$86.4bn
$X.Xbn
888k
30,835
$XX.Xbn
Organisations in the Community Services subdivision play an important role in supporting Australia's welfare system. Subdivision operators help to arrange care and counsel for individuals in need, including the economically disadvantaged and other vulnerable members of society like children and the elderly. Favourable demographic trends and ongoing government funding have supported the subdivision's performance in recent years.
Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 4.7 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $86.4bn in 2024.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2024 | Revenue ($m)
2024 |
---|---|---|
Goodstart Early Learning | 1,455.0 | |
Bolton Clarke | 1,200.0 | |
Salvation Army Australia | 1,020.0 |
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Personal welfare services, Child care services and Aged care residential services. Personal welfare services is the largest segment of the Community Services in Australia.
Personal welfare services have grown in relative importance
Community service providers offer childcare services and ancillary healthcare services, including homes for the mentally ill or victims of substance abuse. Most subdivision services are offered through a combination of government and private funding.
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ANZSIC 87 - Community Services in Australia
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The Community Services subdivision demonstrates almost no competition between industries. For example, childcare providers only provide services to children and their parents...
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Comprising over 30,800 enterprises, the Community Services subdivision is dominated by a large number of small-scale organisations. A sizeable proportion of these are non-emp...
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The subdivision is heavily dependent on government funding. Welfare providers and crisis accommodation services are overwhelmingly government funded, while aged-care and chil...
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Wages and, to a lesser extent, purchase costs dominate cost structures across the Community Services subdivision. Aged-care accommodation, crisis accommodation and child care...
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The market size of the Community Services industry in Australia is $86.4bn in 2024.
There are 30,835 businesses in the Community Services industry in Australia, which has grown at a CAGR of 11.1 % between 2019 and 2024.
The market size of the Community Services industry in Australia has been growing at a CAGR of 4.7 % between 2019 and 2024.
Over the next five years, the Community Services industry in Australia is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Community Services market in Australia are Goodstart Early Learning, Bolton Clarke and Salvation Army Australia
Child care services and Personal welfare services are part of the Community Services industry.
The company holding the most market share in Australia is Goodstart Early Learning.
The level of competition is low and increasing in the Community Services industry in Australia.