Jan Juc contains 2 preschool/kindergarten facilities (156 places) and 1 OSHC facility (27 places). With no LDC services observed in the area, only preschool, the ratio of children per place for the under 5 age group is 1.6 - placing the area above the national average for supply per child. With projected population growth of 27.1% between now and 2041, and 29.7% in the under 5 age group in particular, 4 new places will be needed to maintain today's ratios. As well as this projected growth, other drivers of note in the area are high female labour force participation of 66.5%, as well as upper quartile employment and income performance.
Proximity analysis saw distances of local residents to their nearest child care centre being longer than typical nationally. Another finding worth noting is the low level of commercial activity in the area and assessment of local working populations which suggest many of the local population commute elsewhere for work with nearby services potentially taking some pressure off local child care centres.
3 school catchments intersect Jan Juc (note; school catchment data provided for public schools only), in which a combined 2,029 children aged under 5 reside, served by 2,102 LDC and preschool places. The overall demand-to-supply ratio across these catchments is 1.0 children per place, with limited variance in this ratio. Meanwhile, the discrepancy in this ratio between Jan Juc and the intersecting school catchments highlights the need for a catchment based approach for specific site assessments.