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childcare subsidy tables

Family Income Table

Family Income

Your Family Income
Childcare Subsidy Entitlement
$0 - $85,279
90%
More than $85,279 to below $533,279
Between 90% and 0% The percentage goes down by 1% for every $5,000 of income your family earns above $85,279
$533,279 or more
0%
Activity Level Table
What counts as an Activity?
  • Paid work 

  • All types of work across all jobs/employers

  • Authorised leave (e.g. maternity leave, long service leave, annual leave)

  • Unpaid leave of up to 6 months

  • Unpaid work in a family business

  • Time spent setting up a business that has not yet started to operate

  • Training and study (including additional study outside scheduled hours, holiday and non-class periods)

  • Work experience/internships (paid or unpaid)

  • Volunteering

  • Looking for work (including contacting employers, preparing resumes and letters of application, preparing for and attending job interviews etc.)

Activity Levels

Activity Level Per Fortnight
Hours of Subsidised Care Per Fortnight
Less than 8 hours
0 hours if you earn above $85,279 24 hours if you earn $85,279 or below 36 hours – Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander child, regardless of family activity
Between 8 - 16 hours
36 hours
Between 16 - 48 hours
72 hours
More than 48 hours
100 hours
No. of Children Table

Number of children in care

Family Income
Second and younger children subsidy rate
$0 to $143,273
95%
More than $143,273 to below $188,273
Decreasing from 95% The percentage decreases by 1% for every $3,000 of income a family earns
$188,273 o below $267,563
80%
$267,563 to below $357,563
Decreasing from 80% The percentage decreases by 1% for every $3,000 of income a family earns
$357,563 to below $367,563
50%
$367,563 or more
Higher CCS rates no longer apply, all children in the family will receive the standard CCS rate

For more information, visit Services Australia

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