To find childcare for his child, it is sometimes a real obstacle course. This Thursday, July 28, 2016, the statistical service of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (Drees) published a fairly revealing study on this subject …
We learn that in France, in 2013, there were around 64 “reception places” (which includes collective nurseries, daycare stops, family nurseries, childminders and schooling) for 100 children under 3 years old.
But this is an average: in some areas the problem is much bigger. Thus, in Paris, there are “only” 14.7 places for 100 pieces of cabbage. In the cities bordering the Mediterranean, the same ordeal: 7 to 32 places for 100 children on average.
1 in 8 two-year-olds attended school in 2013
On the other hand, on the axis which crosses the country from East to West (from Loire-Atlantique to the Territoire de Belfort, roughly), there are 66 to 89 places for 100 p’tits ends. Still insufficient, but much more comfortable anyway!
But if we only consider the reception in collective and family crèches, the trend is reversed: the Île-de-France region and the south-east of the country are the best off (16 to 45 places for 100 children, against 14.7 places on average throughout the territory).
As for childminders, it is in the Paris region and in the south of France that we see the greatest deficit. To easily find a professional, it is in the western departments that you will have to move.
At the start of the 2013 school year, preschool across the country have welcomed 92,000 2-year-old children: this represents 1 in 8 toddlers. La Drees estimates that in mainland France, there are around 12,700 establishments for young children: 87% are collective and 13% are family nurseries, for a total of 397,300 places. Childminders’ assistants offer a total of 982,000 places.
