![]() Brisbane Times | Costs rise on raising children Sydney Morning Herald The cost of raising children has risen by 50 per cent in the past five years with a middle-income family now spending $812,000 on two children, new modelling shows. In 2007 the same family spent $537,000 on children from the time they were born until they ... Parents spending 50pc more to bring up children Childcare, schools lead rise in cost of raising children |