Data set from Childcare and early years provider survey

Mean and median hourly fee by child age and provider type

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Published 14 December 2023

Last updated 14 December 2023

Mean and median hourly fees charged by childcare providers to parents, broken down by child age and provider type.

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Data set details

• Theme: Early years
• Publication: Childcare and early years provider survey
• Release: Reporting year 2023
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Mean hourly fee
  • Median hourly fee
  • Unweighted base
• Filters:
  • Age group
  • Provider type
• Time period: 2023

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	provider_type	age_group	mean_hourly_fee	median_hourly_fee	unweighted_base
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Private group-based providers	Children aged under 2	7.08	6.8	1876
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Voluntary group-based providers	Children aged under 2	6.73	6.36	253
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Nursery class childcare settings	Children aged under 2	7.35	6.65	40
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Maintained nursery schools	Children aged under 2	7.3	6.68	11 [u]
2023	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England	Childminders	Children aged under 2	5.62	5.25	3352

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 5 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age_group	Age group
mean_hourly_fee	Mean hourly fee
median_hourly_fee	Median hourly fee
provider_type	Provider type
unweighted_base	Unweighted base

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