Child Care Beresford

As of our last update on May 24, 2026, there are 2 child care centres in Beresford. Of these, a single centre provides Long Day Care admissions with 59 places, and a single centre providing other child care services. The suburb also contains a single school with 621 enrolments.

AreaSearch's latest population estimate for Beresford as at February 2026 stands at a total of 1,538 people, of this 73 are estimated to be children under five years of age.

Some areas have changed considerably since the 2021 Census was undertaken. At the 2021 Census Beresford was assessed as having 1,463 people with 61 of these (4.2%) being children under 5 years old. Given changes in localised population estimates by the ABS we estimate that Beresford has experienced population growth of approximately 75 people from the 2021 Census.

In Beresford, our latest analysis shows there are 1.2 resident children under 5yo per LDC place. This figure is significantly lower than the 3.9 children per place across Rest of WA.

Childcare fees in Beresford average $129, which is slightly lower than the regional average of $154 in Rest of WA.

In Beresford, there are 10.5 students per LDC place. This figure is about the same as the 10.2 students per LDC place in Rest of WA.

The average LDC in Beresford was approved 14.7 years ago, while across Rest of WA the typical centre approval is 12 years old.

Yes, workforce activity is very high in this area and strongly drives child care demand.

Childcare operators, developers, investors and financiers would typically conduct a thorough child care supply and demand analysis (SDA) on Beresford before allocating the significant amount of capital required. Boundary-based analysis such as this is often used as an initial guide however, and analysis would be undertaken on the specific site adopting a radial, travel time, or custom catchment to take into account nearby competition and demand drivers that would influence a centre's performance.