Childcare in Tasmania
Tasmania has 247 approved childcare services across 113 suburbs: 143 offer long day care, 1 run a kindergarten or preschool program, 157 offer before and after school care and 5 are family day care schemes. 20% of rated services are Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent, against 18% nationally.
Childcare by city
Each city page ranks its suburbs by the share of services rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent, and lists the services rated Excellent.
Long day care in Tasmania averaged $13.35 an hour in the June quarter 2026, about $134 for a 10-hour day before the Child Care Subsidy; a family earning $120,000 pays about $21 a day after it. Fees by state · CCS calculator
Childcare by suburb
- Sandy Bay 9 services
- Devonport 8 services
- Newstead 8 services
- Hobart 6 services
- Kingston 6 services
- Burnie 6 services
- South Launceston 6 services
- Bellerive 5 services
- Blackmans Bay 5 services
- Claremont 5 services
- Riverside 5 services
- Howrah 5 services
- Glenorchy 5 services
- Ulverstone 5 services
- Newnham 4 services
- Lindisfarne 4 services
- South Hobart 4 services
- Lenah Valley 4 services
- North Hobart 4 services
- New Norfolk 4 services
- Warrane 3 services
- Launceston 3 services
- Moonah 3 services
- Cambridge 3 services
- Somerset 3 services
- New Town 3 services
- Huonville 3 services
- Midway Point 3 services
- Sorell 3 services
- Margate 3 services
- Latrobe 3 services
- Invermay 3 services
- Trevallyn 2 services
- Bagdad 2 services
- Brighton 2 services
- St Leonards 2 services
- Smithton 2 services
- Montagu Bay 2 services
- Penguin 2 services
- Dodges Ferry 2 services
- Kingston Beach 2 services
- Battery Point 2 services
- West Hobart 2 services
- Norwood 2 services
- Richmond 2 services
- West Launceston 2 services
- St Helens 2 services
- West Ulverstone 2 services
- Deloraine 2 services
- Wynyard 2 services
- Campbell Town 2 services
- Legana 2 services
- West Moonah 2 services
- Rokeby 2 services
- Beaconsfield 1 service
- Mangalore 1 service
- Mornington 1 service
- Berriedale 1 service
- Cygnet 1 service
- Exeter 1 service
- Forth 1 service
- Flinders Island 1 service
- Kings Meadows 1 service
- Prospect Vale 1 service
- George Town 1 service
- Dover 1 service
- Currie King Island 1 service
- Park Grove 1 service
- Mt Nelson 1 service
- Rosetta 1 service
- Swansea 1 service
- Taroona 1 service
- Mowbray Heights 1 service
- East Launceston 1 service
- Scottsdale 1 service
- Oakdowns 1 service
- Queenstown 1 service
- Shearwater 1 service
- Spreyton 1 service
- Triabunna 1 service
- St Marys 1 service
- Youngtown 1 service
- Ravenswood 1 service
- Lauderdale 1 service
- Bicheno 1 service
- Oatlands 1 service
- woodbridge 1 service
- East Devonport 1 service
- Lilydale 1 service
- Mount Stuart 1 service
- Campania 1 service
- Snug 1 service
- Yolla 1 service
- Kempton 1 service
- Summerhill 1 service
- Port Sorell 1 service
- Bridport 1 service
- Geeveston 1 service
- Havenview 1 service
- Geilston Bay 1 service
- Westbury 1 service
- Hagley 1 service
- Collinsvale 1 service
- Evandale 1 service
- Bridgewater 1 service
- Dunalley 1 service
- South Arm 1 service
- Derwent Park 1 service
- Sheffield 1 service
- Perth 1 service
- Longford 1 service
- Riana 1 service
- Molesworth 1 service
Services and ratings: ACECQA National Registers, export of 29 October 2026. Fees: Department of Education, Child Care Subsidy data report, June quarter 2026.