The biggest frustration families have with childcare pricing is not the cost itself - it is not knowing what they are actually paying for. Traditional nanny agencies bury their margin, so you never quite know how much reaches the carer and how much the agency keeps. Nest and Nurture Little Ones does the opposite: the pricing is fixed, visible and simple.
The hourly rates
In-home care starts at 40 dollars per hour for one child, rising by 20 dollars per hour for each additional child. Two children is 60 dollars per hour. Three children is 80 dollars per hour. Every rate is fixed and shown before you book - there are no surprise callout fees or surge pricing.
Where the money goes
Out of each hour, Nest and Nurture Little Ones takes a flat platform fee and the carer keeps the remainder. We do not scale our cut up as the carer earns more, and we do not take a percentage of every job the way agencies do. That flat fee is how we can pay carers properly while keeping family pricing predictable.
How it compares to the alternatives
- Nanny agencies: high hourly rates plus a hidden margin, often with placement fees on top
- Daycare centres: cheaper per hour after the Child Care Subsidy, but no one-on-one care
- In-home care with Little Ones: fixed rate, flat platform fee, one-on-one attention, no hidden margin
Is it worth it?
For one child in a centre, in-home care will usually cost more. But for families with two or more children, for those on shift hours, or for anyone who wants genuine one-on-one care without a commute, the maths gets much closer - and the transparency means you always know exactly what you are paying and why.
No subsidy guesswork here
We show you the real hourly rate up front. Whether any subsidy applies to your situation is worth checking with Services Australia, but our pricing itself never hides anything.
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