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Community Kindergarten Survey Results
9 May 2025
The Annual Community Kindergarten Survey 2024 was undertaken in late 2024. The survey sought to:
- Understand your experience of the kindergarten registration process
- Ensure our kindergarten guidelines are meeting family needs
- Inform future planning for kindergarten infrastructure provision
A total of 591 community members responded to the survey, including 375 responses facilitated by Outreach Officers that targeted culturally and linguistically diverse community. We will use this information to inform future planning for kindergarten provisions in Brimbank.
The information will leverage on our stakeholder partnership and sector capability to reflect best practice along with understanding community need in terms of accessing sessional and integrated kindergarten. This will enable strategic direction for infrastructure investment to meet demand.
This is what we heard.
Participation
Suburbs of respondents
| Albanvale | 1.52% | Keilor East | 0.34% |
| Albion | 5.25% | Keilor Lodge | 0.17% |
| Ardeer | 2.88% | Keilor Park | 1.18% |
| Cairnlea | 2.03% | Kings Park | 4.74% |
| Deer Park | 13.87% | St Albans | 22.00% |
| Delahey | 3.72% | Sunshine | 6.26% |
| Derrimut | 5.25% | Sunshine North | 3.05% |
| Hillside | 1.02% | Sunshine West | 7.95% |
| Sydenham | 3.72% | ||
| Kealba | 1.35% | Taylors Lakes | 3.72% |
| Keilor | 3.21% | Tullamarine | 0.17% |
| Keilor Downs | 2.37% | I don’t live in Brimbank but will be moving there soon | 4.23% |
Languages spoken by respondents
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32.99%
Other language(s)
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31.13%
English and another language
What you know
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86.29%
of respondents know that sessional kindergarten is
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75.97%
of respondents know that their child can access kindergarten in two ways. Sessional kindergarten (free) and integrated long day care (reduced cost)
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65.65%
of respondents know that Brimbank’s Central Registration and Enrolment Scheme is only for sessional kindergartens.
What do you want from our kindergartens
Top 5 answers rated "very important" from 11 questions
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83.76%
Children have a positive relationship with educators
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81.19%
Program preparing children for primary school (structured sessions and breaks, taking own food, etc.)
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76.24%
Positive relationships with parents / carers
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74.26%
Suitable outdoor play area
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72.67%
Resources and materials for children to play with
How do you want 3 year old kindergarten delivered
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60.07%
15 hours per week
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12.18%
5 hours per week
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7.11%
7.5 hours per week
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5.41%
10 hours per week
Families of children yet to start kindergarten are asked to consider where they would like to send their child to kindergarten
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43.15%
Sessional (standalone kindergarten)
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14.55%
Integrated (kindergarten off ered within a long daycare centre)
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24.03%
Unsure
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18.27%
Both
If you miss out on a sessional kindergarten place
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52.62%
Send your child to integrated kindergarten in a long day care
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17.60%
Enrol your child outside of Brimbank Municipality
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15.23%
Not send your child to any program
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14.55%
Unsure
