CHILD CARE
At August 2007, School age care and Long day care were the most used child care services in the ACT, with 6,092 and 6,078 places respectively. In comparison, in March 2006 there were 6,158 School age care places, and 5,659 Long day care places.
The total number of places in the ACT increased from 14,435 in March 2006 to 14,789 in August 2007. The total number of licences remained similar; 229 licenses in August 2007, compared with 228 in March 2006.
8.2 Child care services, ACT - August 2007 |
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| Current licences | Places | |
| no. | no. | |
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| Family day care(a) | 5 | 1 788 | |
| Independent preschools | 8 | 410 | |
| Long day care | 104 | 6 078 | |
| Play School | 20 | 421 | |
| School age care | 92 | 6 092 | |
| Total | 229 | 14 789 | |
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| (a) Family day care licences are issued to schemes and not individual places. Therefore each scheme can coordinate multiple places. |
| ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services, Office for Children, Youth and Family Support, Children's Services Unit, Data available on request. |
