Childcare recruitment agencies Perth: educators and teachers for WA centres

Greater Perth had 2,116,647 residents at the 2021 Census, with 129,598 aged 0 to 4 (6.1%, against 6.1% across Western Australia and 5.8% across Australia) and 136,414 aged 5 to 9 (6.4%). Community and personal service workers made up 12.0% of employed residents against 11.5% nationally, and primary education employed 2.5% of employed residents, which tells a provider that schools are one of the larger employers recruiting in the same city. Those are counts of residents, not vacancies. Childcare recruitment in Perth covers a long metropolitan area, so a brief that names the corridor, such as Joondalup and Wanneroo, Ellenbrook, Rockingham and Baldivis, or Midland and Armadale, helps us search for candidates who live near the service.

The Government of Western Australia describes the Working with Children Check as compulsory for people doing child-related work, and says a WA Check is valid for three years, covers paid and unpaid work in the state, and cannot be used in other states or territories. The legislation says an organisation must not engage someone in child-related work without a current card or a pending application, so a candidate who has lodged an application may be allowed to start, while a provider can still decide to wait for the card. Add the national child safety training that began on 27 February 2026 to the onboarding list.

Western Australia uses one educator to ten children from 36 months up to and including preschool age, the same as New South Wales and one fewer child per educator than Queensland, South Australia and Victoria. Over preschool age ACECQA lists a special WA rule: when no kindergarten children are present, one to ten for the first twelve children and then one to thirteen, so a room with eleven or twelve school-age children still needs two staff. All early childhood teachers must be registered with the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia. The regulator is the Education and Care Regulatory Unit in the Department of Communities. ACECQA also lists Western Australia among the jurisdictions with their own qualification rules for outside school hours care.

Childcare recruitment agencies in Perth include relief suppliers and permanent recruiters. A childcare recruitment agency in Perth like CrossNation handles early childhood recruitment of permanent and contract roles for your own payroll, so you send the role, the room, the qualification level and the roster, we shortlist, and you decide whom to interview. We do not run relief rosters. If a role is for a school site, say whether it is a kindergarten, a pre-primary program or outside school hours care, because the staffing and qualification rules differ. Providers who want overseas educators can brief us for sponsorship-ready overseas candidates; the employer holds or obtains its own approval, and CrossNation cannot promise a visa, an approval or a job. This is general information, not migration advice. Speak to a registered migration agent.

Joondalup, Wanneroo, Ellenbrook, Rockingham, Baldivis, Mandurah, Midland, Armadale, Fremantle, Bunbury.

Greater Perth had 2,116,647 residents at the 2021 Census and a median age of 37, compared with 38 in Western Australia and 38 in Australia.

The industries employing the most people in Greater Perth included Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals), Iron Ore Mining, Primary Education.

Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) employed 46,257 people (4.4% of employed residents), compared with 4.2% in Western Australia and 4.5% in Australia.

These are ABS 2021 Census figures. They describe the area, not CrossNation's own placements.

Postcode 6000 falls in the range 6000 to 6038 on the Home Affairs designated regional area postcodes page, which is Category 2, cities and major regional centres.

Median weekly household income in Greater Perth was $1,865 at the 2021 Census, above the Western Australia figure of $1,815 and above the Australian figure of $1,746.

The most common occupation groups among employed residents were professionals (23.7%), technicians and trades workers (14.7%), clerical and administrative workers (12.5%).

Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) was the industry employing the most residents of Perth, at 4.4% of employed residents.

Wages for a role follow the award or enterprise agreement that covers it, not the Census medians. The screening checks for care and disability roles in Western Australia are on our recruitment agency Western Australia page. This is general information, not migration advice. Speak to a registered migration agent.

Wages are separate from our fee and follow the Children's Services Award 2010 or an enterprise agreement. The award sets a level 3 qualified educator (approved certificate III) at $1,233.90 a week ($32.47 an hour) and a level 5 advanced educator at $1,389.50 a week ($36.57 an hour) for full-time employees from 1 July 2026, and superannuation is paid on top at 12%. These are award minimums, the same in every state. Check Fair Work for the latest rates.