Port Augusta Child Care Centre
127 Stirling Road, Port Augusta SA 5700
Port Augusta Child Care Centre is a long day care centre in Port Augusta SA 5700, run by The Corporation of the City of Port Augusta. It is approved for 90 children. It is rated Working Towards the National Quality Standard, last assessed March 2026. It is one of 8 services in Port Augusta; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 90
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- March 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
- Before school care
- After school care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- 127 Stirling Road, Port Augusta SA 5700
- 08 8642 5702
- 08 8641 9157
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:45-17:45
- Tuesday
- 7:45-17:45
- Wednesday
- 7:45-17:45
- Thursday
- 7:45-17:45
- Friday
- 7:45-17:45
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Port Augusta Child Care Centre sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in South Australia averaged $14.10 an hour in the June quarter 2026, before the Child Care Subsidy. Services report their current fees and vacancies on StartingBlocks.gov.au, or you can call and ask.
Rating history
- Previous
- Current (Mar 2026)
Rating changed from Meeting to Working Towards
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMar 2026 | PreviousJan 2016 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Working Towards | Exceeding |
| Overall | Working Towards | Meeting |
Nearby in Port Augusta
- Augusta Park Childhood Services Centre 30 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Carlton Preschool 45 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Edge Early Learning Port Augusta 75 places Long day care
- Flinders Children's Centre 45 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Port Augusta West Primary School OSHC 60 places Outside school hours care
- Seaview Christian College Kindergarten 44 places Preschool / kindergarten
Service details, ratings and hours: ACECQA National Registers, export of 29 October 2026. Average fees: Department of Education, Child Care Subsidy data report, June quarter 2026. Locations are suburb centres. Confirm fees, hours and vacancies with the service. About this data.
About Port Augusta
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 6,437
- Median age
- 39
- Household income /wk
- $1,092
- Median rent /wk
- $194
- Avg household size
- 2.2