How to read the demographic and supply data that decides whether a childcare site works — catchment, places per child, the pipeline, and the gaps the numbers miss.

Childcare property yields, lease length, and government-backed revenue are reshaping commercial portfolios. Here’s why the numbers compare favourably to retail, office, and industrial.

Regional childcare runs different numbers to metro — lower rent, thinner staff pools, longer waitlists, and yields 100 bps wider. Here’s how to read the regional market.

Option terms can add 30–50% to the sale price of a leasehold childcare centre — or wipe it out. Here’s how operators, landlords and buyers should read them.

What childcare centre buyers — and their lenders — actually scrutinise: the lease, real earnings, NQF rating, transferability, and demand. Fix it before you list.

How the Child Care Subsidy actually works — income brackets, hourly rate caps, the 5% withholding, and why CCS quietly governs a centre’s revenue and value.

Selling your childcare centre? Here’s why confidentiality protects your staff, occupancy and sale price — and how a discreet, off-market process actually works.

The childcare software stack every Australian centre needs in 2026 — CCS, family communication, rostering, finance — and what buyers check during due diligence.

Childcare make-good clauses cost $80k–$300k+ to fulfil and decide whether a centre is sellable. Here’s what operators and landlords must know.

CBRE’s March 2026 Early Education Report — translated for buyers, sellers and investors. Cap rates, transaction volumes, rent benchmarks and supply maths for Australian childcare in 2026.