Childcare in Victoria

Childcare by city

• Childcare in Melbourne
• Childcare in Geelong
• Childcare in Ballarat
• Childcare in Bendigo

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 Victoria averaged $14.65 an hour in the June quarter 2026, about $147 for a 10-hour day before the Child Care Subsidy; a family earning $120,000 pays about $23 a day after it. Fees by state · CCS calculator

• Werribee 53 services
• Craigieburn 52 services
• Tarneit 50 services
• Pakenham 40 services
• Point Cook 39 services
• Berwick 34 services
• Hoppers Crossing 34 services
• Clyde North 34 services
• Sunbury 32 services
• Cranbourne 32 services
• Officer 30 services
• Dandenong 30 services
• Glen Waverley 30 services
• Epping 30 services
• Truganina 30 services
• Preston 29 services
• Shepparton 29 services
• Croydon 28 services
• Frankston 27 services
• St Albans 27 services
• Reservoir 27 services
• Warrnambool 27 services
• Kew 24 services
• Ferntree Gully 24 services
• Wollert 24 services
• Coburg 23 services
• Doncaster East 23 services
• Traralgon 23 services
• Mount Waverley 23 services
• Narre Warren 22 services
• Endeavour Hills 22 services
• Langwarrin 22 services
• Rowville 22 services
• Wantirna South 22 services
• Mildura 22 services
• Cheltenham 22 services
• Essendon 21 services
• Mooroolbark 21 services
• Wangaratta 20 services
• Hampton Park 19 services
• Carrum Downs 19 services
• Greensborough 19 services
• Melton 19 services
• Bentleigh East 19 services
• Springvale South 19 services
• Keysborough 19 services
• Mill Park 19 services
• Wodonga 19 services
• Wyndham Vale 19 services
• Brighton 18 services
• Glenroy 18 services
• Bundoora 18 services
• Mornington 18 services
• Richmond 18 services
• Warragul 18 services
• Narre Warren South 18 services
• Cranbourne North 18 services
• Mernda 18 services
• Glen Iris 17 services
• Elsternwick 17 services
• Footscray 17 services
• Wallan 17 services
• Boronia 17 services
• Mentone 17 services
• Thornbury 17 services
• Ringwood 17 services
• Noble Park 17 services
• Wheelers Hill 17 services
• Doreen 17 services
• Torquay 17 services
• Bendigo 16 services
• Greenvale 16 services
• Drouin 16 services
• Eltham 16 services
• Blackburn 16 services
• Seaford 16 services
• Caroline Springs 16 services
• Doncaster 15 services
• Mount Eliza 15 services
• Newtown 15 services
• Grovedale 15 services
• Thomastown 15 services
• South Morang 15 services
• Cranbourne West 15 services
• Mickleham 15 services
• Pascoe Vale 14 services
• Lilydale 14 services
• Sale 14 services
• Belmont 14 services
• Sunshine 14 services
• Lalor 14 services
• Clyde 14 services
• Bairnsdale 13 services
• Surrey Hills 13 services
• Brighton East 13 services
• Brunswick 13 services
• Camberwell 13 services
• Lara 13 services
• Dandenong North 13 services
• Templestowe Lower 13 services
• Hawthorn 13 services
• Malvern East 13 services
• Bentleigh 13 services
• Clayton 13 services
• Springvale 13 services
• Mulgrave 13 services
• Altona Meadows 12 services
• Ashburton 12 services
• Balwyn North 12 services
• Diamond Creek 12 services
• Ivanhoe 12 services
• Sydenham 12 services
• Hillside 12 services
• Mount Martha 12 services
• Northcote 12 services
• Mitcham 12 services
• Deer Park 12 services
• Sunshine West 12 services
• Swan Hill 12 services
• Roxburgh Park 12 services
• Cranbourne East 12 services
• Clayton South 12 services
• Armstrong Creek 12 services
• Ballarat 11 services
• Wendouree 11 services
• Box Hill North 11 services
• St Kilda East 11 services
• Echuca 11 services
• Frankston South 11 services
• Rosanna 11 services
• Horsham 11 services
• Carlton 11 services
• Oakleigh South 11 services
• Morwell 11 services
• St Kilda 11 services
• Sandringham 11 services
• Sebastopol 11 services
• Altona 10 services
• Altona North 10 services
• Ocean Grove 10 services
• Balwyn 10 services
• Canterbury 10 services
• Colac 10 services
• Bulleen 10 services
• Templestowe 10 services
• Ascot Vale 10 services
• Hawthorn East 10 services
• Wantirna 10 services
• Mount Evelyn 10 services
• Kangaroo Flat 10 services
• North Melbourne 10 services
• Melton South 10 services
• Moe 10 services
• Beaumaris 10 services
• Vermont South 10 services
• Toorak 10 services
• Ringwood East 10 services
• Highton 10 services
• Braybrook 10 services
• Newport 10 services
• Williamstown 10 services
• Bayswater 10 services
• Melbourne 10 services
• Brookfield 10 services
• Broadmeadows 10 services
• Bacchus Marsh 9 services
• Leopold 9 services
• Benalla 9 services
• Fawkner 9 services
• Brunswick West 9 services
• Caulfield South 9 services
• Ormond 9 services
• Cobram 9 services
• Watsonia 9 services
• Donvale 9 services
• Flemington 9 services
• Fitzroy North 9 services
• Rosebud 9 services
• Yarraville 9 services
• Gisborne 9 services
• Healesville 9 services
• Kilsyth 9 services
• Armadale 9 services
• Moorabbin 9 services
• Forest Hill 9 services
• Nunawading 9 services
• Oakleigh 9 services
• Doveton 9 services
• Moonee Ponds 9 services
• Kalkallo 9 services
• Burwood 8 services
• Oak Park 8 services
• Castlemaine 8 services
• Corio 8 services
• Bell Post Hill 8 services
• Montmorency 8 services
• Strathmore 8 services
• Fitzroy 8 services
• Hamilton 8 services
• Hastings 8 services
• Somerville 8 services
• Keilor East 8 services
• Montrose 8 services
• Malvern 8 services
• South Yarra 8 services
• Alphington 8 services
• Burwood East 8 services
• Vermont 8 services
• Port Melbourne 8 services
• Mooroopna 8 services
• Elwood 8 services
• Hampton 8 services
• Sunshine North 8 services
• West Wodonga 8 services
• Wonthaggi 8 services
• Leongatha 8 services
• Kilmore 8 services
• Yarrawonga 8 services
• Manor Lakes 8 services
• Narre Warren North 8 services
• Drysdale 8 services
• Thornhill Park 8 services
• Ararat 7 services
• Ballarat Central 7 services
• Alfredton 7 services
• Hallam 7 services
• Beaconsfield 7 services
• Box Hill 7 services
• Meadow Heights 7 services
• Aspendale 7 services
• Pascoe Vale South 7 services
• Keilor 7 services
• Keilor Downs 7 services
• Taylors Lakes 7 services
• Kyabram 7 services
• Melton West 7 services
• Blackburn North 7 services
• Blackburn South 7 services
• Hughesdale 7 services
• Portland 7 services
• Heathmont 7 services
• Ringwood North 7 services
• South Melbourne 7 services
• Dingley Village 7 services
• Ashwood 7 services
• Chirnside Park 7 services
• Mordialloc 7 services
• Bannockburn 7 services
• Taylors Hill 7 services
• Williams Landing 7 services
• Strathfieldsaye 7 services
• Avondale Heights 7 services
• Murrumbeena 7 services
• Dallas 7 services
• Weir Views 7 services
• Ballan 6 services
• Golden Square 6 services
• Chelsea 6 services
• Collingwood 6 services
• Norlane 6 services
• Koo Wee Rup 6 services
• West Footscray 6 services
• Nagambie 6 services
• Macleod 6 services
• Heidelberg 6 services
• Delahey 6 services
• Knoxfield 6 services
• Maryborough 6 services
• Irymple 6 services
• Newborough 6 services
• Tatura 6 services
• Stawell 6 services
• Maribyrnong 6 services
• Yarra Junction 6 services
• Laverton 6 services
• Coolaroo 6 services
• Southbank 6 services
• Mansfield 6 services
• Cairnlea 6 services
• Lynbrook 6 services
• Cowes 6 services
• Docklands 6 services
• Romsey 6 services
• Kyneton 6 services
• Derrimut 6 services
• Beveridge 6 services
• Frankston North 6 services
• Maddingley 6 services
• Mambourin 6 services
• Lucas 6 services
• Aintree 6 services
• Donnybrook 6 services
• Darley 5 services
• White Hills 5 services
• Bunyip 5 services
• Tullamarine 5 services
• Camperdown 5 services
• Bell Park 5 services
• Warranwood 5 services
• Croydon North 5 services
• Bayswater North 5 services
• Yarrambat 5 services
• Research 5 services
• Euroa 5 services
• Carlton North 5 services
• Dromana 5 services
• East Geelong 5 services
• Geelong West 5 services
• Tyabb 5 services
• Epsom 5 services
• Kensington 5 services
• Rockbank 5 services
• Parkdale 5 services
• Churchill 5 services
• Fairfield 5 services
• Numurkah 5 services
• Prahran 5 services
• Heathmont East 5 services
• Riddells Creek 5 services
• Seymour 5 services
• Emerald 5 services
• Upwey 5 services
• Albert Park 5 services
• Aspendale Gardens 5 services
• Maidstone 5 services
• Lakes Entrance 5 services
• Whittlesea 5 services
• Baranduda 5 services
• Eltham North 5 services
• Maiden Gully 5 services
• Clifton Hill 5 services
• Gladstone Park 5 services
• Kennington 5 services
• Carnegie 5 services
• Brunswick East 5 services
• Hadfield 5 services
• Mount Duneed 5 services
• Lyndhurst 5 services
• Deanside 5 services
• Fraser Rise 5 services
• Brown Hill 4 services
• Beechworth 4 services
• Newcomb 4 services
• Nar Nar Goon 4 services
• Beaconsfield Upper 4 services
• Mont Albert North 4 services
• Campbellfield 4 services
• Westmeadows 4 services
• Glen Huntly 4 services
• Bonbeach 4 services
• Carrum 4 services
• Abbotsford 4 services
• Creswick 4 services
• Briar Hill 4 services
• Park Orchards 4 services
• Warrandyte 4 services
• Lower Plenty 4 services
• Hurstbridge 4 services
• Essendon North 4 services
• Tootgarook 4 services
• Viewbank 4 services
• Huntly 4 services
• Kings Park 4 services
• Airport West 4 services
• Kew East 4 services
• Scoresby 4 services
• Maffra 4 services
• Parkville 4 services
• Diggers Rest 4 services
• Mckinnon 4 services
• Clarinda 4 services
• Woodend 4 services
• Black Rock 4 services
• Ardeer 4 services
• Woori Yallock 4 services
• Spotswood 4 services
• Chiltern 4 services
• Delacombe 4 services
• Lang Lang 4 services
• Kialla 4 services
• Caulfield 4 services
• Kealba 4 services
• Chadstone 4 services
• Noble Park North 4 services
• Heidelberg West 4 services
• Highett 4 services
• Burnside Heights 4 services
• New Gisborne 4 services
• West Melton 4 services
• Kerang 4 services
• Robinvale 4 services
• Geelong 4 services
• North Bendigo 4 services
• Eynesbury 4 services
• Botanic Ridge 4 services
• Alexandra 3 services
• Stratford 3 services
• Clifton Springs 3 services
• Whittington 3 services
• Gembrook 3 services
• Cockatoo 3 services
• Broadford 3 services
• Longwarry 3 services
• Buninyong 3 services
• Deepdene 3 services
• Balaclava 3 services
• Edithvale 3 services
• Coburg North 3 services
• Elliminyt 3 services
• Pearcedale 3 services
• Croydon South 3 services
• Daylesford 3 services
• Tongala 3 services
• Red Hill 3 services
• South Kingsville 3 services
• Herne Hill 3 services
• Geelong North 3 services
• Macedon 3 services
• Crib Point 3 services
• Balnarring 3 services
• Baxter 3 services
• Yarra Glen 3 services
• Yallambie 3 services
• Heidelberg Heights 3 services
• Wandong 3 services
• The Basin 3 services
• Wandin North 3 services
• Merbein 3 services
• Red Cliffs 3 services
• Mortlake 3 services
• Oakleigh East 3 services
• Kingsbury 3 services
• Rochester 3 services
• Tecoma 3 services
• Monbulk 3 services
• Middle Park 3 services
• Chelsea Heights 3 services
• Patterson Lakes 3 services
• Albion 3 services
• Dennington 3 services
• Little River 3 services
• Winchelsea 3 services
• Yea 3 services
• Teesdale 3 services
• Haddon 3 services
• Moorooduc 3 services
• Windsor 3 services
• Koroit 3 services
• Rosedale 3 services
• Tooradin 3 services
• Lake Gardens 3 services
• Trafalgar 3 services
• Belgrave Heights 3 services
• Burnside 3 services
• Niddrie 3 services
• Kingsville 3 services
• Croydon Hills 3 services
• Kurunjang 3 services
• Kinglake Central 3 services
• Yackandandah 3 services
• Marong 3 services
• Eaglehawk 3 services
• Lancefield 3 services
• Ravenhall 3 services
• Caulfield North 3 services
• Inverloch 3 services
• Gordon 3 services
• Albanvale 3 services
• Miners Rest 3 services
• Dandenong South 3 services
• Winter Valley 3 services
• Bellfield 3 services
• Harkness 3 services
• Charlemont 3 services
• Soldiers Hill 3 services
• Werribee South 3 services
• Yarragon 3 services
• Waurn Ponds 3 services
• Terang 3 services
• Korumburra 3 services
• Eastwood 3 services
• Willaura 2 services
• East Sale 2 services
• Paynesville 2 services
• Redan 2 services
• Inverleigh 2 services
• Moriac 2 services
• Jan Juc 2 services
• Portarlington 2 services
• Garfield 2 services
• Box Hill South 2 services
• Mount Clear 2 services
• Bayles 2 services
• St Helena 2 services
• Rupanyup 2 services
• California Gully 2 services
• Panton Hill 2 services
• Rye 2 services
• Sorrento 2 services
• Somers 2 services
• Bittern 2 services
• Timboon 2 services
• Elmore 2 services
• Inglewood 2 services
• Loch 2 services
• Poowong 2 services
• Trentham 2 services
• Seville 2 services
• Coldstream 2 services
• Heyfield 2 services
• Briagolong 2 services
• Maldon 2 services
• Heathcote 2 services
• East Melbourne 2 services
• Nangiloc 2 services
• Yinnar 2 services
• Myrtleford 2 services
• Yallourn North 2 services
• Willow Grove 2 services
• Nathalia 2 services
• Apollo Bay 2 services
• Lavers Hill 2 services
• Whorouly 2 services
• Moyhu 2 services
• Heywood 2 services
• Dartmoor 2 services
• Preston West 2 services
• Pyalong 2 services
• Queenscliff 2 services
• Lockington 2 services
• Glengarry 2 services
• St Arnaud 2 services
• Avenel 2 services
• Belgrave 2 services
• Belgrave South 2 services
• Kallista 2 services
• Menzies Creek 2 services
• Selby 2 services
• The Patch 2 services
• Spring Gully 2 services
• Axedale 2 services
• Corryong 2 services
• Warburton 2 services
• Rushworth 2 services
• Murchison 2 services
• Allansford 2 services
• Syndal 2 services
• Birregurra 2 services
• Dunolly 2 services
• Shepparton East 2 services
• Tallygaroopna 2 services
• Glenrowan 2 services
• Traralgon South 2 services
• Tyers 2 services
• Newstead 2 services
• Rokewood 2 services
• Seabrook 2 services
• San Remo 2 services
• Caulfield East 2 services
• Wonga Park 2 services
• Puckapunyal 2 services
• Mount Beauty 2 services
• Mount Helen 2 services
• Warracknabeal 2 services
• Wy Yung 2 services
• Kangaroo Ground 2 services
• Strathmerton 2 services
• Ivanhoe East 2 services
• Long Gully 2 services
• Mont Albert 2 services
• Mirboo North 2 services
• Neerim South 2 services
• Pyramid Hill 2 services
• Drouin West 2 services
• Lysterfield 2 services
• Toolamba 2 services
• Shepparton North 2 services
• Toora 2 services
• Hamlyn Heights 2 services
• Manifold Heights 2 services
• Dederang 2 services
• Tawonga 2 services
• Barwon Heads 2 services
• Flowerdale 2 services
• Tangambalanga 2 services
• Whitfield 2 services
• Lake Boga 2 services
• Port Fairy 2 services
• Langwarrin South 2 services
• Gormandale 2 services
• Moolap 2 services
• Waubra 2 services
• Foster 2 services
• Sassafras 2 services
• Bangholme 2 services
• Skipton 2 services
• Meredith 2 services
• Sea Lake 2 services
• Notting Hill 2 services
• Junction Village 2 services
• Sailors Gully 2 services
• Murtoa 2 services
• Devon Meadows 2 services
• Nhill 2 services
• Dimboola 2 services
• Hopetoun 2 services
• Leneva 2 services
• Cobblebank 2 services
• Tallangatta 2 services
• Bright 2 services
• Casterton 2 services
• Epping North 2 services
• Ballarat North 2 services
• Brooklyn 2 services
• Yarram 2 services
• West Melbourne 2 services
• Upper Ferntree Gully 2 services
• Corinella 2 services
• Harrietville 2 services
• Strathtulloh 2 services
• Harcourt 2 services
• Ballarat East 2 services
• North Geelong 2 services
• Napoleons 2 services
• Newhaven 2 services
• Toolern Vale 2 services
• Mount Dandenong 2 services
• Seaholme 1 service
• Natimuk 1 service
• Lindenow 1 service
• Black Hill 1 service
• Anglesea 1 service
• Bendigo South 1 service
• East Brunswick 1 service
• Attwood 1 service
• Charlton 1 service
• Merlynston 1 service
• Cohuna 1 service
• Leitchville 1 service
• Hepburn 1 service
• Jeparit 1 service
• Minyip 1 service
• Echuca South 1 service
• Montmorency South 1 service
• Ascot Vale West 1 service
• Aberfeldie 1 service
• Flinders 1 service
• Seaford North 1 service
• Breakwater 1 service
• Thomson 1 service
• Boort 1 service
• Cobden 1 service
• Beulah 1 service
• St Albans North 1 service
• Keilor Park 1 service
• Kew North 1 service
• Boronia West 1 service
• Goroke 1 service
• Werrimull 1 service
• Macarthur 1 service
• Nullawarre 1 service
• Beaumaris East 1 service
• Mornington South 1 service
• Boolarra 1 service
• Dunkeld 1 service
• Penshurst 1 service
• Chatsworth 1 service
• Thorpdale 1 service
• Barmah Town 1 service
• Orbost 1 service
• Point Lonsdale 1 service
• Richmond North 1 service
• Gunbower 1 service
• Merrigum 1 service
• Longford 1 service
• Rutherglen 1 service
• Manangatang 1 service
• Nyah West 1 service
• Woorinen South 1 service
• Talbot 1 service
• Bellbridge 1 service
• Bruthen 1 service
• Swan Reach 1 service
• Launching Place 1 service
• Millgrove 1 service
• Ouyen 1 service
• Coleraine 1 service
• Stanhope 1 service
• Colbinabbin 1 service
• Purnim West 1 service
• Lorne 1 service
• Meeniyan 1 service
• Wallace 1 service
• Scarsdale 1 service
• Cavendish 1 service
• Muckleford 1 service
• Koondrook 1 service
• Narre Warren East 1 service
• Tungamah 1 service
• Undera 1 service
• Katamatite 1 service
• Edenhope 1 service
• Rainbow 1 service
• Dingee 1 service
• Lake Bolac 1 service
• Eildon 1 service
• Freshwater Creek 1 service
• North Warrandyte 1 service
• Balmoral 1 service
• Violet Town 1 service
• Hawkesdale 1 service
• Melbourne Airport 1 service
• St Albans Park 1 service
• Flora Hill 1 service
• Sanctuary Lakes 1 service
• Kaniva 1 service
• Wendouree West 1 service
• Avonsleigh 1 service
• Hmas Cerberus 1 service
• Wahgunyah 1 service
• East Malvern 1 service
• Girgarre 1 service
• Marysville 1 service
• Buln Buln 1 service
• Rosebud West 1 service
• Boneo 1 service
• Cabarita 1 service
• Darnum 1 service
• Lockwood South 1 service
• Tylden 1 service
• Lockwood 1 service
• Harkaway 1 service
• Clayton North 1 service
• Camberwell East 1 service
• Essendon Fields 1 service
• Kialla West 1 service
• Cranbourne South 1 service
• Kinglake 1 service
• Karingal 1 service
• Fish Creek 1 service
• Welshpool 1 service
• Mildura South 1 service
• Big Hill 1 service
• Reservoir North 1 service
• Bellbrae 1 service
• Coburg East 1 service
• Anakie 1 service
• Oxley 1 service
• Forrest 1 service
• Don Valley 1 service
• Cardinia 1 service
• Myrniong 1 service
• Wattle Glen 1 service
• Ivanhoe West 1 service
• Chum Creek 1 service
• Coragulac 1 service
• Macclesfield 1 service
• Bennettswood 1 service
• St Andrews 1 service
• Upwey South 1 service
• Wallington 1 service
• Simpson 1 service
• Exford 1 service
• Beaufort 1 service
• Gowanbrae 1 service
• Quarry Hill 1 service
• Greta South 1 service
• Derrinallum 1 service
• Lismore 1 service
• Skye 1 service
• Dalyston 1 service
• Garvoc 1 service
• Nichols Point 1 service
• Chewton 1 service
• Walwa 1 service
• Clunes 1 service
• Wedderburn 1 service
• Grassmere 1 service
• Woolsthorpe 1 service
• Cann River 1 service
• Linton 1 service
• Johnsonville 1 service
• Toongabbie 1 service
• Nerrina 1 service
• St Leonards 1 service
• Bolinda 1 service
• Avoca 1 service
• Macleod West 1 service
• Campbells Creek 1 service
• Mitta Mitta 1 service
• Donald 1 service
• Arnolds Creek 1 service
• Dennnington 1 service
• Malmsbury 1 service
• South Geelong 1 service
• South Wharf 1 service
• Ceres 1 service
• Jackass Flat 1 service
• Cardigan Village 1 service
• Newington 1 service
• Barnawartha 1 service
• Lovely Banks 1 service
• Eureka 1 service
• Curlewis 1 service
• St Andrews Beach 1 service
• Wurruk 1 service
• Nilma 1 service
• Birchip 1 service
• Bonshaw 1 service
• Mount Pleasant 1 service
• Lethbridge 1 service
• Smythes Creek 1 service
• Erica 1 service
• Wycheproof 1 service
• Orrvale 1 service
• Hesket 1 service
• Ferny Creek 1 service
• Brunswick North 1 service
• Watsonia North 1 service
• Pomonal 1 service
• Taradale 1 service
• Darraweit Guim 1 service
• Nyora 1 service
• Katandra West 1 service
• Woodford 1 service
• Boisdale 1 service
• Axe Creek 1 service
• Everton 1 service
• Toolangi 1 service
• Canadian 1 service
• Koorlong 1 service
• Sandhurst 1 service
• East Bendigo 1 service
• Blowhard 1 service
• Lal Lal 1 service
• Hazelwood North 1 service
• Labertouche 1 service
• Goornong 1 service
• Bungaree 1 service
• Drouin East 1 service
• Longwood 1 service
• Talgarno 1 service
• Dookie 1 service
• Congupna 1 service
• Grahamvale 1 service
• Lancaster 1 service
• Beeac 1 service
• Mallacoota 1 service
• Buxton 1 service
• Upper Plenty 1 service
• Warrenheip 1 service
• Mount Cottrell 1 service
• Ross Creek 1 service
• Tallarook 1 service
• Magpie 1 service
• Snake Valley 1 service
• Silvan 1 service
• Coimadai 1 service
• Katunga 1 service
• Eagle Point 1 service
• Nicholson 1 service
• Geelong East 1 service
• Newham 1 service
• Alberton 1 service
• Plumpton 1 service
• Badger Creek 1 service
• Ripplebrook 1 service
• Wesburn 1 service
• Tarnagulla 1 service
• Tarneit North 1 service
• Invermay 1 service
• Mount Macedon 1 service
• Portland North 1 service
• Murrabit 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.