Acquire centres with sharper conviction
Screen whether the local market can support occupancy, pricing, and future upside before deeper diligence.
Australian childcare site intelligence
The fastest most accurate way to know whether a childcare location is viable.
Enter an address and get a decision-ready view of local demand, existing supply, future childcare pipeline, catchment economics, and source-backed evidence.
- Decision read
- <1 min
- Catchment rings
- 5 / 10 / 15
- Evidence sources
- Source-linked
Quick read
This location is worth a closer look.
The catchment shows useful unmet demand and a strong family pool, but the decision should factor in approved and assessment-stage childcare projects nearby.
Commercial ratio: 2.5 children per place
Demand covered today: 71%
Upcoming projects: 4
Next question: are fees, staffing, and nearby projects strong enough for a new or acquired centre?
Market snapshot
Today and likely future supply
Commercial competition ratio
2.5
children per place
If likely pipeline opens
2.1
children per place
Metric
Found
Meaning
Commercial young children
2,840
Base demand pool in the trade area
Long day care places
1,126
Existing supply already competing
Future places approved
168
Likely future competition
What it tells you
It turns a location into a go/no-go conversation.
Open demand after current supply is accounted for
Future supply risk from childcare development applications
Drive-time catchments that match how families actually travel
Resident and worker demand signals for different site types
Source-backed evidence that can survive an investment meeting
Built around the buyer
For the moments where a childcare location needs a fast, defensible answer.
Test development sites before committing
See if a catchment can absorb more places, then pressure-test that upside against nearby future supply.
Prioritise operator expansion corridors
Compare suburbs and addresses with consistent demand, supply, growth, catchment, and pipeline logic.
Give advisers a defensible evidence pack
Turn site screening into a report with clear assumptions, source links, freshness, and shareable outputs.
Beyond mapping
Maps show what is there. Child Care Demand shows what it means.
Question
Mapping workflow
Child Care Demand
Nearby services
Pins on a map
Approved service supply, licensed places, ratings, and commercial catchment weighting
Demand
Manual ABS lookups
Child-age population, worker demand, growth, and estimated unmet demand
Catchment
Rough radius guesses
5, 10, and 15 minute drive-time rings around the exact address
Future competition
Separate council searches
Childcare DA pipeline, proposed places, status, links, and coverage freshness
Decision output
Screenshots and spreadsheets
A structured report for acquisitions, developments, expansion, and diligence
Source-backed
Built for diligence, not just browsing.
The report makes the evidence visible: source links, coverage states, and freshness signals sit beside the commercial read so your team can see what is known, what is missing, and what still needs judgement.
ACECQA approved-service register
ABS demographic and growth inputs
Drive-time catchment geometry
Official council and planning portals
Report freshness and coverage states
Workflow
From address to investment conversation.
01
Enter an address
Start with the exact site, centre, suburb, or acquisition target you are reviewing.
02
Read the viability signals
Review demand, current supply, open demand, catchment strength, and future pipeline risk.
03
Share the evidence
Use the report in site meetings, acquisition screens, development reviews, and board packs.
Pricing
One avoided bad site pays for the year.
Unlimited reports and addresses, billed per active workspace seat. No separate mapping package, no report credits, no usage spreadsheet to manage.
Find out if your next childcare location is viable.
Start with one address. Keep the report if the site deserves a deeper look.