Child Care Lake Grace

As of our last update on May 24, 2026, there are 2 child care centres in Lake Grace. Of these, a single centre provides Long Day Care admissions with 19 places, and a single centre providing other child care services. The suburb also contains a single school with 140 enrolments.

AreaSearch's latest population estimate for Lake Grace as at February 2026 stands at a total of 536 people, of this 43 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 Lake Grace was assessed as having 523 people with 39 of these (7.5%) being children under 5 years old. Given changes in localised population estimates by the ABS we estimate that Lake Grace has experienced population growth of approximately 13 people from the 2021 Census.

In Lake Grace, our latest analysis shows there are 2.3 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 Lake Grace average $120, which is noticeably lower than the regional average of $154 in Rest of WA.

In Lake Grace, there are 7.4 students per LDC place. This figure is considerably lower than the 10.2 students per LDC place in Rest of WA.

The average LDC in Lake Grace was approved 11.7 years ago, while across Rest of WA the typical centre approval is 12 years old.

Yes, workforce activity is significant in this area and is likely a key driver of child care demand.

Childcare operators, developers, investors and financiers would typically conduct a thorough child care supply and demand analysis (SDA) on Lake Grace 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.