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Toowoomba Childcare Costs 2026: Find Places, Rates

Navigate Toowoomba childcare options in 2026: costs, subsidies, long day care, kindergarten placements and what families need to know.

By Toowoomba Daily · Published 3 July 2026 at 9:37 pm Updated

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Toowoomba Childcare Costs 2026: Find Places, Rates
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Childcare and Kindergarten in Toowoomba 2026

Toowoomba has a well-established childcare market for a regional Queensland city, with good options across the Darling Downs. earlychildhood.qld.gov.au

Types of Childcare in Toowoomba

  • Long day care: Centre-based care for children 0-5
  • Family day care: Registered home-based carer
  • Queensland Kindy: 15 hours/week funded kindergarten for 4 year olds in the year before Prep

What Does Childcare Cost in Toowoomba 2026?

  • Long day care daily fee: $80-$145/day — more affordable than the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane
  • Family day care: $65-$110/day

The Child Care Subsidy (CCS)

Apply through myGov/Centrelink. servicesaustralia.gov.au

How to Find Childcare in Toowoomba

Use startingblocks.gov.au. Toowoomba's well-established childcare sector means wait times are generally more manageable than in major coastal cities, though popular centres in Rangeville, South Toowoomba and Highfields can have waiting lists.

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