A new report claims Brisbane is Australia's most affordable city for government education, but the true cost for parents sending their children to state schools can vary significantly. While school fees are non-existent, expenses for uniforms, stationery, electronics, transport, and optional tutoring can add up to thousands of dollars over a child's schooling journey.
The cost to send a child to a state school in Brisbane, including uniforms and stationery, varies based upon the suburb in which they live.
That is based on a calculation that it would cost $101,064 to send a child to Prep this year and keep them in a state school until they graduate Year 12.Futurity Investment Group, which commissioned McCrindle to do the sums, said school fees and voluntary contributions made up just 8 per cent of the total cost of a government education for a child starting school in Brisbane this year.
Yet individual circumstances, such as deciding not to employ a tutor or buy a new iPad, would change these estimates significantly.The report predicts a 13-year Catholic school education in Brisbane would cost $202,485 – higher than in Sydney or Melbourne. Sending a child to Grammar for high school would cost $218,520 in annual fees alone – not including uniforms and other costs – if their fees did not rise each year .
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