Day care facility children
Children and youth welfare

Children in day care, 1st March 2021, by selected characteristics
Children in day care	2020	2021
1: Excluding children in day care by child minders who also attend a day care centre for children or a full-time school.
Total	3,915,533	3,935,712
of whom: by type of care
in day care centres	3,752,422	3,777,855
with children aged ... to under ... years
0 to 3	38,855	35,419
2 to 8 (excluding school children)	866,034	858,086
5 to 14 (only school children)	335,281	332,994
with children of all age groups	2,512,252	2,551,356
in day care provided by child minders¹	163,111	157,857
of whom: by age groups
under 3 years	829,163	809,908
of whom: in day care centres	695,048	680,502
in day care by child minders¹	134,115	129,406
3 to under 6 years	2,184,499	2,208,549
of whom: in day care centres	2,165,535	2,188,576
in day care by child minders¹	18,964	19,973
6 to under 14 years	901,871	917,255
of whom: in day care centres	891,839	908,777
in day care by child minders¹	10,032	8,478
of whom: more than 7 hours per day in a row
under 3 years	464,393	445,384
of whom: in day care centres	405,412	387,047
in day care by child minders¹	58,981	58,337
3 to under 6 years	1,131,439	1,137,452
of whom: in day care centres	1,123,328	1,128,491
in day care by child minders¹	8,111	8,961
6 to under 14 years	232,190	242,800
of whom: in day care centres	231,322	241,990
in day care by child minders¹	868	810

As at 23 September 2021