How many childcare services are in Cairnlea VIC?

6 ACECQA-approved services are listed in Cairnlea, including 5 centre-based and 1 family day care. 0 of them hold an Exceeding NQS or Excellent rating. Daily fees are not published in the national registers, so contact each service for current fees.

Which childcare in Cairnlea has the highest ChildcareScout Score?

Cairnlea Kindy And Child Care Centre (Meeting NQS) currently ranks first in Cairnlea on ChildcareScout Score, which weighs NQS quality, information completeness and location. It is a ranking aid, not an ACECQA rating.

How does childcare quality in Cairnlea compare with VIC?

0% of services in Cairnlea are Exceeding NQS or Excellent, compared with 21% across VIC and 19% in nearby suburbs.

Is Cairnlea near other childcare areas?

Cairnlea is closest to the Melbourne hub. See the Melbourne childcare page for a wider radius search and the nearby-suburb comparison on this page.

Childcare centres in Cairnlea VIC

ChildcareScout lists 6 ACECQA-approved education and care services in Cairnlea, VIC. Of these, 5 are centre-based and 1 is family day care. 0 currently hold Exceeding NQS or Excellent overall ratings, and 6 are Meeting NQS; 0 have no published overall rating. The average ChildcareScout Score among scored services is 85. Fees and vacancies are not published by ACECQA, so they appear as Not available. Register data on this page was last imported 26 Aug 2026.

Melbourne city hub Near me Fees & CCS Data sources

Services: 6
Centre-based: 5
Family day care: 1
Avg score: 85

NQS rating distribution

Excellent0
Exceeding NQS0
Meeting NQS6
Working Towards NQS0
Significant Improvement Required0
Not published0

Cairnlea vs nearby vs VIC

Compare published NQS shares and average ChildcareScout Score for Cairnlea, nearby indexed suburbs, and Victoria.

Exceeding / Excellent %

Cairnlea0%
Nearby suburbs19%
VIC21%

Meeting NQS %

Cairnlea100%
Nearby suburbs72.4%
VIC68.4%

Avg ChildcareScout Score

Bars zoomed to 83–87 so small gaps are visible

Cairnlea85
Nearby suburbs86
VIC86

Service counts in each area

Cairnlea6
Nearby suburbs58
VIC5,017

Shares use published ACECQA overall ratings. Nearby is the average of indexed suburbs closest to this place. Fees and vacancies are not included. Bar lengths use a compressed scale so large state totals don’t hide local counts.