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As of 4 November 2026, 9,759 schools & childcare companies are based in Australia; 282 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 9,759
- Hiring now
- 282 · 104 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Primary schools · 3,210
- Top city
- Melbourne · 115
- Parent market
- Consumer services & leisure · 91,560
Schools & childcare in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary schools | 3,210 | 33% |
| Childcare early learning centres | 3,032 | 31% |
| Kindergartens preschools | 2,094 | 21% |
| Comprehensive all through schools | 1,819 | 19% |
| Secondary schools | 1,151 | 12% |
| Private k12 schools | 680 | 7% |
| Further education colleges | 517 | 5% |
| Vocational technical schools | 321 | 3% |
| Montessori & alternative schools | 302 | 3% |
| Home childminding | 220 | 2% |
| Vocational training centres | 219 | 2% |
| Universities | 206 | 2% |
| Other schools & childcare | 176 | 2% |
| Montessori preschools | 168 | 2% |
| Special educational needs schools | 161 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 355 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 6,784 · 28 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,128 · 23 |
| 51-200 employees | 1,110 · 131 |
| 201-500 employees | 274 · 59 |
| 501-1000 employees | 56 · 20 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 43 · 17 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 4 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 5 · 3 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 115 | 1% |
| Haymarket | 99 | 1% |
| Parramatta Westfield | 45 | 0% |
| Tangerang | 40 | 0% |
| Adelaide Bc | 39 | 0% |
| Croydon | 30 | 0% |
| Cranbourne | 29 | 0% |
| Burwood | 25 | 0% |
| Perth | 25 | 0% |
| Petrie Terrace | 23 | 0% |
| Dandenong | 21 | 0% |
| Berwick | 18 | 0% |
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The stack of schools & childcare in Australia
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9,759 schools & childcare companies are based in Australia; 282 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/consumer_services_leisure/australia/schools_and_childcare)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Schools & childcare in Australia: questions
How many schools & childcare companies are there in Australia?
9,759 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Consumer services & leisure → Schools & childcare → leaf niches such as primary schools, childcare early learning centres, kindergartens preschools. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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