Childcare in Brisbane
There are 1,648 approved childcare services in the Brisbane urban area: 1,009 offer long day care, 349 run a kindergarten or preschool program and 556 offer before and after school care. 15% of rated services are Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent, against 18% nationally.
Highest-rated suburbs
Suburbs with at least 5 rated services, ranked by the share rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
| Suburb | Rated services | Exceeding or Excellent |
|---|---|---|
| Bulimba | 5 | 3 (60%) |
| Ascot | 5 | 3 (60%) |
| Deception Bay | 10 | 5 (50%) |
| Eatons Hill | 6 | 3 (50%) |
| Murrumba Downs | 6 | 3 (50%) |
| Ferny Hills | 5 | 2 (40%) |
| Rothwell | 5 | 2 (40%) |
| Ferny Grove | 5 | 2 (40%) |
| Yamanto | 5 | 2 (40%) |
| St Lucia | 5 | 2 (40%) |
Services rated Excellent
Excellent is the highest rating, awarded by ACECQA to services that apply after being rated Exceeding. 3 services in Brisbane hold it:
- Bribie Island Community Kindergarten Bribie Island
- Goodstart Early Learning Red Hill Red Hill
- Winston Glades Early Education Centre & Preschool Flinders View
How the ratings work: National Quality Standard ratings explained.
Types of care in Brisbane
| Type of care | Services in Brisbane |
|---|---|
| Long day care | 1,009 |
| Kindergarten or preschool program | 349 |
| Family day care schemes | 54 |
| Before and after school care | 556 |
| Vacation care | 546 |
Services that offer more than one type of care are counted once for each. Family day care is counted by scheme, not by educator.
What childcare costs in Brisbane
The Department of Education publishes fees by state, not by city. Long day care in Queensland averaged $14.15 an hour in the June quarter 2026, about $142 for a 10-hour day before the Child Care Subsidy. What a family pays after the subsidy depends on income:
| Family income | Subsidy rate | Daily gap fee |
|---|---|---|
| $80,000 | 90% | $14 |
| $120,000 | 84% | $23 |
| $180,000 | 72% | $40 |
For a 10-hour day at the Queensland average fee, one child under school age, before the 5% of the subsidy that is withheld until the year is balanced. Work out your own with the CCS calculator, or see childcare fees by state.
All suburbs in Brisbane
- Acacia Ridge 8
- Albany Creek 13
- Alderley 2
- Alexandra Hills 11
- Algester 4
- Algester East 1
- Annerley 4
- Anstead 1
- Arana Hills 3
- Ascot 5
- Ashgrove 11
- Aspley 9
- Auchenflower 4
- Augustine Heights 6
- Bahrs Scrub 3
- Bald Hills 8
- Balmoral 2
- Banksia Beach 2
- Banyo 7
- Bardon 8
- Beachmere 3
- Beaudesert 10
- Beaudesert Town 1
- Beenleigh 8
- Bellbird Park 6
- Bellbowrie 4
- Bellmere 3
- Belmont 1
- Berrinba 2
- Bethania 3
- Birkdale 9
- Blacksoil 1
- Blackstone 1
- Bongaree 1
- Boondall 6
- Booval 3
- Boronia Heights 6
- Bowen Hills 4
- Bracken Ridge 8
- Brassall 8
- Bray Park 8
- Bribie Island 4
- Bridgeman Downs 3
- Brighton 7
- Brisbane 2
- Brisbane Airport 2
- Brisbane City 4
- Brookfield 2
- Brookwater 3
- Browns Plains 8
- Bulimba 5
- Bundamba 4
- Buranda 1
- Burbank 1
- Burpengary 14
- Burpengary East 2
- Caboolture 27
- Caboolture South 2
- Calamvale 13
- Camira 5
- Camp Hill 10
- Camp Mountain 1
- Cannon Hill 8
- Capalaba 13
- Carbrook 4
- Carina 6
- Carina Heights 3
- Carindale 6
- Carole Park 1
- Carseldine 2
- Cashmere 2
- Cedar Creek 1
- Cedar Grove 1
- Chambers Flat 2
- Chapel Hill 3
- Chelmer 1
- Chermside 5
- Chermside West 6
- Churchill 4
- Chuwar 1
- Clayfield 12
- Cleveland 9
- Clontarf 9
- Collingwood Park 8
- Coopers Plains 7
- Coorparoo 15
- Corinda 9
- Cornubia 4
- Crestmead 8
- Daisy Hill 9
- Dakabin 7
- Darra 6
- Dayboro 4
- Deagon 4
- Deception Bay 11
- Deebing Heights 2
- Doolandella 1
- Drewvale 1
- Durack 5
- Dutton Park 3
- Eagleby 8
- East Brisbane 5
- East Ipswich 2
- Eastern Heights 1
- Eatons Hill 6
- Edens Landing 4
- Eight Mile Plains 14
- Ekibin 2
- Elimbah 3
- Ellen Grove 3
- Enoggera 9
- Everton Hills 7
- Everton Park 9
- Fernvale 4
- Ferny Grove 5
- Ferny Hills 5
- Fig Tree Pocket 5
- Fitzgibbon 1
- Flagstone 4
- Flinders View 2
- Forest Lake 11
- Forestdale 1
- Fortitude Valley 5
- Gaythorne 2
- Geebung 7
- Gleneagle 2
- Goodna 15
- Gordon Park 1
- Graceville 5
- Grange 3
- Greenbank 9
- Greenslopes 3
- Griffin 6
- Grovely 2
- Gumdale 4
- Hamilton 6
- Hawthorne 2
- Heathwood 2
- Hendra 4
- Heritage Park 3
- Herston 3
- Highgate Hill 1
- Hill End 1
- Hillcrest 6
- Holland Park 10
- Holland Park West 4
- Holmview 1
- Inala 13
- Indooroopilly 10
- Ipswich 5
- Jamboree Heights 2
- Jimboomba 16
- Jindalee 3
- Kallangur 16
- Kangaroo Point 2
- Karalee 5
- Karana Downs 3
- Karawatha 1
- Karrabin 2
- Kedron 8
- Kelvin Grove 3
- Kenmore 13
- Keperra 3
- Kimberley Park 1
- Kingston 7
- Kippa Ring 1
- Kippa-Ring 8
- Kruger 1
- Kuraby 2
- Lawnton 4
- Leichhardt 2
- Logan Central 7
- Logan Reserve 4
- Logan Village 4
- Loganholme 7
- Loganlea 6
- Lota 2
- Lutwyche 2
- Macgregor 1
- Mackenzie 1
- Mango Hill 11
- Manly 8
- Manly West 9
- Mansfield 5
- Margate 4
- Marsden 9
- Mcdowall 5
- Meadowbrook 3
- Middle Park 5
- Milton 2
- Mitchelton 9
- Moggill 1
- Moorooka 9
- Morayfield 19
- Morningside 8
- Mount Cotton 3
- Mount Crosby 1
- Mount Gravatt 10
- Mount Gravatt East 4
- Mount Nebo 1
- Mount Ommaney 1
- Mount Samson 2
- Mount Warren Park 6
- Mt Warren Park 2
- Mundoolun 1
- Murarrie 4
- Murrumba Downs 6
- Narangba 9
- Narangba Valley 1
- Nathan 3
- New Farm 3
- Newmarket 6
- Newport 1
- Newtown 1
- Ningi 2
- Norman Park 4
- North Booval 2
- North Ipswich 5
- North Lakes 13
- Northgate 3
- Nundah 6
- One Mile 1
- Ormiston 6
- Oxley 7
- Paddington 5
- Pallara 4
- Park Ridge 16
- Parkinson 2
- Peak Crossing 2
- Petrie 7
- Petrie Terrace 1
- Pullenvale 3
- Raceview 10
- Rainworth 1
- Red Hill 2
- Redbank 3
- Redbank Plains 21
- Redcliffe 4
- Redland Bay 8
- Regents Park 6
- Richlands 5
- Ripley 7
- Ripley Valley 1
- Riverhills 2
- Riverview 2
- Robertson 2
- Rochedale 7
- Rochedale South 8
- Rocklea 1
- Rosalie 1
- Rosewood 4
- Rothwell 6
- Runcorn 4
- Sadliers Crossing 4
- Salisbury 8
- Samford 3
- Samford Village 1
- Sandgate 6
- Sandstone Point 1
- Scarborough 3
- Seven Hills 2
- Shailer Park 6
- Sheldon 3
- Sherwood 4
- Shorncliffe 1
- Silkstone 4
- Sinnamon Park 3
- Slacks Creek 7
- South Brisbane 6
- South Maclean 1
- South Ripley 3
- Spring Hill 4
- Spring Mountain 3
- Springfield 14
- Springfield Central 5
- Springfield Lakes 6
- Springwood 13
- St Johns Wood 1
- St Lucia 5
- Stafford 7
- Stafford Heights 5
- Stapylton 1
- Steiglitz 1
- Stones Corner 2
- Strathpine 9
- Stretton 3
- Sunnybank 9
- Sunnybank Hills 6
- Taigum 7
- Tanah Merah 1
- Taringa 4
- Tarragindi 7
- The Gap 10
- Thorneside 1
- Thornlands 8
- Tingalpa 6
- Tivoli 1
- Toombul 1
- Toowong 6
- Underwood 10
- Upper Caboolture 1
- Upper Kedron 1
- Upper Mount Gravatt 10
- Victoria Point 9
- Virginia 2
- Wacol 2
- Wakerley 1
- Walloon 2
- Wamuran 2
- Wanora 1
- Warner 5
- Waterford 5
- Waterford West 11
- Wavell Heights 5
- Wellington Point 5
- West End 6
- West Ipswich 1
- Wights Mountain 2
- Wilston 4
- Windsor 3
- Wishart 3
- Woodend 2
- Woodhill 1
- Woodhill Via Beaudesert 1
- Woodridge 7
- Woody Point 1
- Woolloongabba 4
- Wooloowin 6
- Woongoolba 1
- Wynnum 9
- Wynnum North 1
- Wynnum West 5
- Yamanto 5
- Yarrabilba 7
- Yatala 3
- Yeronga 9
- Zillmere 3
Frequently asked questions
How many childcare centres are there in Brisbane?
There are 1,648 approved childcare services in the Brisbane urban area, including 1,009 that offer long day care and 556 that offer before and after school care. Many services offer more than one type of care.
How much does childcare cost in Brisbane?
Long day care in Queensland averaged $14.15 an hour in the June quarter 2026, about $142 for a 10-hour day before the Child Care Subsidy. A family earning $120,000 pays about $23 a day after the subsidy. Fees vary by centre, so check each service directly.
How many Brisbane childcare services are rated Exceeding?
231 of the 1,571 rated services in Brisbane (15%) are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent, compared with 18% across Australia.
Which Brisbane suburbs have the most childcare?
Caboolture (27), Redbank Plains (21) and Morayfield (19) have the most approved services in Brisbane.
Services and ratings: ACECQA National Registers, export of 29 October 2026. City boundary: ABS Significant Urban Area (Brisbane), ASGS Edition 3 (2021), matched to services by postcode. Fees: Department of Education, Child Care Subsidy data report, June quarter 2026.