Childcare AU

What Childcare AU: Centres, Fees, Vacancies & NQS Ratings can do

• Two ways in. Search mode sweeps any suburb + postcode across one or more care types in a single run; URL mode accepts a pasted search page or a single centre link straight from a browser.
• A whole suburb in one page. Each suburb + postcode combination returns every centre CareForKids lists there in one page fetch, so a single run already covers a full locality without walking extra pages.
• Full profile on demand. Switch on detail fetching for the complete fee table by age band, day-by-day vacancy schedule, all seven NQS quality area ratings, gallery images, contact name and hours, socials, provider group and the ACECQA service approval number.
• Reviews as their own feed. Switch to reviews-only output and get one row per parent review (name, rating, date, full text, source, avatar) with the centre's context attached, instead of one row per centre.
• Filter before you pay. Verified-only, has-vacancies, minimum rating and maximum daily fee narrow results in Search mode and on any pasted URL, including a single centre link.
• Built for monitoring. Resume a large multi-suburb sweep that got interrupted, or turn on incremental mode to schedule the same search and get back only new, changed, reappeared or expired centres.

Choose what to collect

These inputs let you configure Childcare AU: Centres, Fees, Vacancies & NQS Ratings. Open the actor on Apify to enter your values and review the current options.

Fields in the output

The documented dataset includes the fields below. Availability can depend on the source page and selected mode.

Example output

An example from this actor’s documentation. Values are illustrative; this is not a fresh live result.

{
  "id": "00000",
  "url": "https://www.careforkids.com.au/child-care/00000/sample-centre-suburb-2000",
  "name": "Sample Childcare Centre",
  "suburb": "Sample Suburb",
  "postcode": "2000",
  "state": "NSW",
  "address": "Sample Address, Sample Suburb, NSW",
  "latitude": -33,
  "longitude": 151,
  "phone": "+61 2 0000 0000",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "reviewCount": 0,
  "dailyFee": 200,
  "hasVacancies": true,
  "isVerified": true,
  "listingType": "Standard",
  "careTypes": [
    "Long Day Care"
  ],
  "requestedCareType": "longdaycare",
  "services": [
    "Sample Service A",
    "Sample Service B"
  ],
  "nqsRating": "Meeting",
  "nqsRatingOverall": "Meeting",
  "nqsRatingLabel": "Meeting National Quality Standard",
  "nqsAreaRatings": [
    "Meeting NQS",
    "Meeting NQS",
    "Meeting NQS",
    "Meeting NQS",
    "Meeting NQS",
    "Meeting NQS",
    "Meeting NQS"
  ],
  "providerGroup": "Sample Provider Group",
  "googlePlaceId": "ChIJ0000000000",
  "logoUrl": "https://img-cdn.example.com/api/img?type=UserPhoto&id=00000",
  "galleryImageUrls": [
    "https://img-cdn.example.com/api/img?type=UserImage&id=00001",
    "https://img-cdn.example.com/api/img?type=UserImage&id=00002"
  ],
  "feeGroups": [
    {
      "careType": "Long Day Care",
      "fees": [
        {
          "fromWeeks": 6,
          "toYears": 2,
          "maxPrice": 200,
          "feeTypeDisplay": "/day"
        },
        {
          "fromYears": 2,
          "toYears": 5,
          "maxPrice": 200,
          "feeTypeDisplay": "/day"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "vacancies": [
    {
      "careType": "Long Day Care",
      "ageGroup": "6 wks to 2 yrs",
      "ageGroupLabel": "Babies",
      "daysOfWeek": [
        false,
        true,
        true,
        true,
        true,
        true,
        false
      ]
    }
  ],
  "serviceExtras": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Sample Service Feature",
      "iconId": "sample-feature"
    }
  ],
  "highlights": "Sample highlight bullet|Another sample bullet|Final sample bullet",
  "hasWaitlist": false,
  "dailyAverageFee": 200,
  "approvedPlaces": 90,
  "serviceApprovalNumber": "SE-00000000",
  "contactName": "Sample Contact, Director",
  "contactTime": "7:30am to 6:00pm",
  "websiteUrl": "https://www.example.com/sample",
  "facebookUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/sample-childcare-centre",
  "instagramUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/sample_childcare_centre",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Ways to use this data

• Parents and relocation planners: compare fees, vacancies and NQS ratings across a shortlist of suburbs before enrolling.
• Childcare operators and franchise groups: track competitor pricing, vacancy trends and parent reviews in nearby suburbs.
• Directory and comparison sites: republish a normalized childcare dataset for a suburb or region alongside your own listings.
• Researchers and policy analysts: build a dataset of NQS ratings, approved-place capacity and fee bands across a state or region.

Before you run

Start with a small input and check the resulting records against your expected fields. Source content and actor options can change; the current Apify listing is the reference for availability and pricing.

Questions about this actor