Annual Early Childhood Education Census Publications
Publication Details
This is the home page for the annual Early Childhood Education Census fact sheets and reports.
Author(s): Various
Date Published: Annually
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Annual ECE Census 2025: Fact Sheets
These fact sheets summarise the results from the June 2025 Annual Census of ECE services. They provide statistical snapshots on key aspects of the early childhood education sector.…
Author(s): Data and Insights, Ministry of Education
Date Published: December 2025
Updated: February 2026
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Annual ECE Census 2024: Fact Sheets
These fact sheets summarise the results from the June 2024 Annual Census of ECE services. They provide statistical snapshots on key aspects of the early childhood education sector.…
Author(s): Data and Insights, Ministry of Education
Date Published: February 2025
Date Updated: August 2025
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Annual ECE Census 2023: Fact Sheets
These fact sheets summarise the results from the June 2023 Annual Census of ECE services. They provide snapshots of a sector-wide statistical summary of key aspects of the early childhood education sector.…
Author(s): Data and Insights, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2024
Date Updated: September 2024
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Annual ECE Census 2022: Fact Sheets
These fact sheets summarise the results from the June 2022 Annual Census of ECE services. They provide snapshots of a sector-wide statistical summary of key aspects of the early childhood education sector.…
Author(s): Evidence Data and Knowledge, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 2023
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Annual ECE Census 2021: Fact Sheets
These fact sheets summarise the results from the June 2021 Annual Census of ECE services. They provide snapshots of a sector-wide statistical summary of key aspects of the early childhood education sector.…
Author(s): Evidence Data and Knowledge, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2022
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Annual ECE Census 2020: Fact Sheets
These fact sheets summarise the results from the June 2020 Annual Census of ECE services. They provide snapshots of a sector-wide statistical summary of key aspects of the early childhood education sector.…
Author(s): Evidence Data and Knowledge, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2021
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Annual ECE Census 2019: Fact Sheets
These fact sheets summarise the results from the June 2019 Annual Census of ECE services. They provide snapshots of a sector-wide statistical summary of key aspects of the early childhood education sector.…
Author(s): Evidence Data and Knowledge, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2019
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Understanding wait times and occupancy rates: Results from the 2018 Early Childhood Education Census
This report discusses key aspects of waiting times and occupancy rates for early childhood education (ECE) services and their relationship to enrolments and licensed places. It intends to provide a better understanding of variation in waiting times by service type…
Author(s): Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2019
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Understanding staffing: results from the 2018 Early Childhood Education census
This report presents findings on early childhood education (ECE) teachers1 from the 2018 ECE census.2 It primarily focusses on teaching staff from teacher-led licensed services, including home-based coordinators.3 This report excludes non-teaching staff such as managers and support staff…
Author(s): Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2019
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Understanding home-based early childhood education: results from the 2017 ECE census
This report analyses key aspects of the home-based ECE services in 2017, as well as trends over the previous decade. It summaries results from the June 2017 annual census of ECE services and kōhanga reo (available on Education Counts), as…
Author(s): Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2019
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Annual ECE Census 2018: Fact Sheets
These fact sheets summarise the results from the June 2018 Annual Census of ECE services. They provide snapshots of a sector-wide statistical summary of key aspects of the early childhood education sector.…
Author(s): Education Data and Knowledge, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2018
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Understanding attendance; results from the 2017 Early Childhood Education census
This report analyses key aspects of the Early Childhood Education (ECE) sector in 2017 (including ngā kōhanga reo), as well as trends over the previous decade. It summarises results from the June 2017 annual census of ECE services and kōhanga…
Author(s): Ministry of Education.
Date Published: October 2018
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Annual ECE Census 2017: Fact Sheets
These fact sheets summarise the results from the June 2017 Annual Census of ECE services. They provide snapshots of a sector-wide statistical summary of key aspects of the early childhood education sector.…
Author(s): Education Data and Knowledge, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: January 2018
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Annual ECE Census Summary Report 2015
This report provides a statistical summary of key aspects of the early childhood education (ECE) sector me ngā kōhanga reo in 2015 and trends over the previous ten years. It summarises the results from the June 2015 annual census of…
Author(s): Education Data and Knowledge, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: January 2016
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Annual ECE Census Summary Report 2014
This report summarises the results from the June 2014 Annual Census of ECE services. It provides a sector-wide statistical summary of key aspects of the early childhood education sector and the trends over the past decade.…
Author(s): Education Data and Knowledge, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: January 2015
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Annual ECE Census Summary Report 2013
This report summarises the results from the June 2013 Annual Census of ECE services. It provides a sector-wide statistical summary of key aspects of the early childhood education sector and the trends over the past decade.…
Author(s): Data Management & Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: January 2014
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Annual ECE Census Summary Report 2012
This report summarises the results from the July 2012 Annual Census of ECE services. It includes statistics on the number of services, number of enrolments, hours of attendance, number of teachers, language of communication used by teachers, and other statistics…
Author(s): Data Management and Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: January 2013
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Annual ECE Census Summary Report 2011
This report summarises the results from the July 2011 Annual Census of ECE services. It includes statistics on the number of services, number of enrolments, hours of attendance, number of teachers, language of communication used by teaching staff, and other…
Author(s): Data Management and Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: January 2012
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Annual ECE Census Summary Report 2010
This report summarises the results from the July 2010 Annual Census of ECE services. It includes statistics indicating the number of services, number of children enrolled, hours of attendance, the language of communication used by teaching staff, and statistics on…
Author(s): Data Management and Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: January 2011
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Annual ECE Census Summary Report 2009
This report summarises the results from the July 2009 Annual Census of ECE services. It includes statistics indicating the number of services, number of children enrolled, hours of attendance, the language of communication used by teaching staff, and statistics on…
Author(s): Data Management and Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: January 2010
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