【大紀元2018年06月19日訊】（大紀元記者趙瓊玉墨爾本編譯報導）一項對墨爾本託兒中心花費的分析顯示，一些日托平均花費最低的城區，通常也是墨爾本房價最低的城區。專家認為，聯邦政府應該控制託兒中心的建設，以緩解城區間託兒中心的不平衡狀況。
據都門（Domain ）新聞報導，My Child.gov.au網站對一些城區託兒費用的分析顯示，漢普頓（Hampton）每天的日托費用是墨爾本最高的，平均為151澳元；其次是阿馬代爾（Armadale）（146澳元）；然後是布萊頓東（Brighton East）（137澳元）。
根據都門集團（Domain Group）的數據，這三個城區的獨立住宅價格也遠高於墨爾本914,518澳元的房價中位數，它們分別為986,250澳元、211.5萬澳元和250萬澳元。
墨爾本日托費用最低的城區是凱勒當斯（Keilor Downs），當地每天的日託兒費平均為84澳元，其次是布羅德米德斯（Broadmeadows）（85澳元）和迪爾公園（Deer Park）（86澳元）。這三個城區獨立住宅中位價分別為65.75萬澳元、54.5萬澳元和57萬澳元。
但是，在一些房價較低的城區，當地居民的家庭收入中位數通常也較低，他們甚至無法享受到較低花費的託兒服務。
在房價為50萬到60萬澳元之間的一些城區，包括帕克納姆（Pakenham）、塔內特（Tarneit）和伯恩賽德高地（Burnside Heights），當地每天的託兒費平均為100－103澳元，與房價在100萬澳元或以上的城區如諾斯科特（Northcote）、克萊頓（Clayton）和佛蒙特（Vermont）的日托費用相當。
澳洲幼托聯盟（Australian Childcare Alliance）主席蒙多（Paul Mondo）說，新託兒中心通常建在墨爾本北部和西部的遠郊城區，但在這些託兒中心滿員之前，家長會支付更多的費用，因為託兒中心是根據人頭來收費的。
澳洲幼兒協會（Early Childhood Australia ）首席執行官佩奇（Samantha Page）指出，託兒中心的修建是「非常隨機的」，開發商經常會根據商業利益最大化的需求來修建託兒中心，而不是根據某個地區的實際需求。
她認為，聯邦政府應該控制託兒中心的建設，以緩解城區間的不平衡狀況。在一些地區，一些幼兒要等很久才能入托，而其它一些地區的託兒中心則沒有足夠的生源。
佩奇說，政府將從7月2日起開始實行新的託兒補貼政策，這意味著一些託兒中心需要調整收費，因為政府對每小時收費設定了價格上限。同時，政府將根據一個家庭的收入和其採用的託兒方式，對該家庭提供一定比例的補貼。
因此，許多中低收入的家庭生活將有所改善，但不符合新政規定的家庭將失去託兒補貼。
墨爾本不同城區托兒費用
| 城區 | 日平均托兒費 | 房屋中位價 |
| Hampton | $151.00 | $1,986,250 |
| Armadale | $146.00 | $2,115,000 |
| Brighton East | $137.00 | $2,500,000 |
| Bentleigh | $134.00 | $1,400,000 |
| St Kilda East | $131.00 | $1,292,500 |
| Malvern | $130.00 | $2,667,500 |
| Prahran | $130.00 | $1,502,000 |
| Upper Ferntree Gully | $130.00 | $708,000 |
| Camberwell | $129.00 | $2,150,000 |
| Box Hill North | $128.00 | $1,300,000 |
| Kew | $128.00 | $2,150,000 |
| Melbourne | $128.00 | $555,000 |
| Port Melbourne | $128.00 | $1,502,500 |
| St Kilda | $128.00 | $1,310,000 |
| Malvern East | $127.00 | $1,878,000 |
| Blackburn | $126.00 | $1,400,000 |
| Caulfield | $126.00 | $1,620,000 |
| Diamond Creek | $126.00 | $787,500 |
| Brighton | $125.00 | $2,500,000 |
| South Melbourne | $125.00 | $1,532,500 |
| Elsternwick | $123.00 | $2,025,000 |
| Maribyrnong | $123.00 | $976,000 |
| Mulgrave | $123.00 | $893,900 |
| Ashburton | $122.00 | $1,815,000 |
| Carnegie | $122.00 | $1,400,000 |
| Carlton | $121.00 | $1,404,000 |
| Moorabbin | $121.00 | $1,105,000 |
| Elwood | $120.00 | $1,800,000 |
| Vermont South | $120.00 | $1,200,000 |
| North Melbourne | $119.00 | $1,300,000 |
| Nunawading | $119.00 | $1,002,000 |
| Richmond | $119.00 | $1,250,000 |
| Aspendale Gardens | $118.00 | $930,000 |
| Essendon | $118.00 | $1,317,500 |
| Bentleigh East | $117.00 | $1,245,000 |
| Mitcham | $117.00 | $1,045,500 |
| Ringwood | $116.00 | $900,000 |
| MacLeod | $115.00 | $640,000 |
| McKinnon | $115.00 | $1,675,000 |
| Newport | $115.00 | $1,070,000 |
| Cheltenham | $114.00 | $1,055,000 |
| Clifton Hill | $114.00 | $1,330,000 |
| Fitzroy | $114.00 | $1,575,000 |
| Hawthorn | $114.00 | $2,300,000 |
| Preston | $114.00 | $950,000 |
| Altona | $113.00 | $911,625 |
| Bayswater | $113.00 | $781,250 |
| Boronia | $113.00 | $725,000 |
| Bulleen | $113.00 | $1,240,000 |
| Mentone | $113.00 | $1,012,500 |
| Templestowe | $113.00 | $1,420,000 |
| Williamstown | $113.00 | $1,510,000 |
| Ascot Vale | $112.00 | $1,124,050 |
| Box Hill | $112.00 | $1,694,000 |
| Greensborough | $112.00 | $821,000 |
| Heathmont | $112.00 | $921,000 |
| Chadstone | $111.00 | $1,080,000 |
| Doncaster East | $111.00 | $1,328,444 |
| Parkville | $111.00 | $2,025,000 |
| Balwyn North | $110.00 | $1,925,500 |
| Flemington | $110.00 | $1,050,500 |
| Footscray | $110.00 | $868,500 |
| Glen Waverly | $110.00 | $1,335,000 |
| Montmorency | $110.00 | $875,000 |
| Pascoe Vale | $110.00 | $770,000 |
| Wantirna South | $110.00 | $1,000,000 |
| Forest Hill | $109.00 | $1,013,000 |
| Balwyn | $108.00 | $2,250,000 |
| Blackburn South | $108.00 | $1,130,000 |
| Brunswick | $108.00 | $1,100,000 |
| Point Cook | $108.00 | $620,000 |
| Rowville | $108.00 | $869,100 |
| Avondale Heights | $107.00 | $850,000 |
| Berwick | $107.00 | $687,500 |
| Bundoora | $107.00 | $750,000 |
| Glenroy | $107.00 | $675,000 |
| Mernda | $107.00 | $560,000 |
| South Morang | $107.00 | $623,750 |
| Thornbury | $107.00 | $1,135,000 |
| Truganina | $107.00 | $540,000 |
| Craigieburn | $106.00 | $530,000 |
| Heidelberg | $106.00 | $1,227,000 |
| Oakleigh South | $106.00 | $1,030,000 |
| Sunshine West | $106.00 | $650,000 |
| Beaconsfield | $105.00 | $702,500 |
| Doreen | $105.00 | $585,750 |
| Oakleigh South | $105.00 | $1,030,000 |
| Aspendale Gardens | $104.00 | $930,000 |
| Epping | $104.00 | $598,000 |
| Werribee | $104.00 | $482,000 |
| Williams Landing | $104.00 | $655,000 |
| Brunswick West | $103.00 | $1,070,000 |
| Coburg | $103.00 | $948,000 |
| Reservoir | $103.00 | $748,000 |
| Sunshine | $103.00 | $770,000 |
| Vermont | $103.00 | $1,027,500 |
| Braybrook | $102.00 | $675,000 |
| Eltham | $102.00 | $930,000 |
| Pascoe Vale South | $102.00 | $940,000 |
| Tarneit | $102.00 | $530,000 |
| Clayton | $101.00 | $1,175,000 |
| Heidelberg Heights | $101.00 | $810,500 |
| Northcote | $101.00 | $1,325,000 |
| Pakenham | $101.00 | $500,000 |
| Taylors Hill | $101.00 | $683,000 |
| Burnside Heights | $100.00 | $593,000 |
| Croydon | $100.00 | $773,250 |
| Gladstone Park | $100.00 | $649,500 |
| Ringwood East | $100.00 | $880,000 |
| Chelsea | $99.00 | $860,000 |
| Cranbourne | $99.00 | $525,000 |
| Mill Park | $99.00 | $678,000 |
| Sunbury | $99.00 | $520,000 |
| Derrimut | $98.00 | $640,000 |
| Hillside | $98.00 | $628,000 |
| Sydenham | $98.00 | $571,000 |
| Wantirna | $98.00 | $951,000 |
| Hoppers Crossing | $97.00 | $539,000 |
| Mount Waverley | $97.00 | $1,380,000 |
| Rosanna | $97.00 | $1,160,000 |
| Wheelers Hill | $97.00 | $1,180,000 |
| Endeavour Hills | $96.00 | $650,000 |
| Whittlesea | $96.00 | $520,000 |
| Doveton | $95.00 | $500,000 |
| Bayswater North | $94.00 | $720,000 |
| Burnside | $94.00 | $606,000 |
| Narre Warren | $94.00 | $610,000 |
| Hampton Park | $93.00 | $528,500 |
| Meadow Heights | $93.00 | $490,000 |
| Narre Warren South | $93.00 | $650,000 |
| Ringwood North | $93.00 | $973,000 |
| Cranbourne North | $91.00 | $550,000 |
| Ferntree Gully | $91.00 | $750,000 |
| Kealba | $91.00 | $616,000 |
| Officer | $91.00 | $541,000 |
| Melton | $90.00 | $395,000 |
| Cranbourne West | $89.00 | $525,000 |
| Roxburgh Park | $88.00 | $540,000 |
| Somerville | $88.00 | $620,000 |
| Springvale South | $88.00 | $713,500 |
| St Albans | $88.00 | $620,000 |
| Deer Park | $86.00 | $570,000 |
| Broadmeadows | $85.00 | $545,000 |
| Keilor Downs | $84.00 | $657,500 |
本數據基於在 MyChild.gov.au網站列明其兩三個託兒中心收費標準的城區統計。
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