Toybox Community Children's Centre
46 New West Road, Port Lincoln SA 5606
Toybox Community Children's Centre is a long day care centre in Port Lincoln SA 5606, run by Lower Eyre Peninsula Community Childcare Services. It is approved for 80 children. It opens 7:45am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Working Towards the National Quality Standard, last assessed November 2024. It is one of 10 services in Port Lincoln; 2 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 80
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- November 2024
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 46 New West Road, Port Lincoln SA 5606
- 0448 263 797
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:45am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:45am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:45am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:45am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 7:45am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Toybox Community Children's Centre sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in South Australia averaged $14.10 an hour in the June quarter 2026, before the Child Care Subsidy. Services report their current fees and vacancies on StartingBlocks.gov.au, or you can call and ask.
Rating history
- Previous
- Current (Jan 2025)
Rating changed from Exceeding to Working Towards
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJan 2025 | PreviousJan 2015 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Working Towards | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Working Towards | Exceeding |
Nearby in Port Lincoln
- Bishop Kindergarten 30 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Kirton Point Children's Centre for Early Childhood Development and Parenting 50 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Navigator College ELC 78 places Long day care
- Navigator College OSHC 19 places Outside school hours care
- Park Terrace Kindergarten 44 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Port Lincoln Children's Centre 32 places Preschool / kindergarten
Service details, ratings and hours: ACECQA National Registers, export of 29 October 2026. Average fees: Department of Education, Child Care Subsidy data report, June quarter 2026. Locations are suburb centres. Confirm fees, hours and vacancies with the service. About this data.
About Port Lincoln
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 14,458
- Median age
- 41
- Household income /wk
- $1,243
- Median rent /wk
- $240
- Avg household size
- 2.3