The survey of 1,500 parents of children under five and expectant mothers, carried out for the DCSF, found that nine out of ten of those using children's centres were satisfied with the services available.
Seventy-eight per cent of those questioned were aware of their local centre and 45 per cent had used their local centre.
The most heavily used services, childcare and nursery education, were used by 24 per cent of respondents.
Awareness of childcare and nursery education services at local centres was highest for playgroups (52 per cent of all respondents), followed by day nurseries (42 per cent), nursery schools (39 per cent), creches (34 per cent) and pre-schools (30 per cent).
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