Ratings Information:

Initial figures: 0.569m viewers (overnight), 10th place day
Consolidated figures: 0.708m viewers, 10th place

Final figure (increased precision): 708,000 viewers

The figures above only include viewers in the metropolitan areas of Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. These are referred to as the "5 City Metro" ratings.

The Caretaker averaged 882,000 national viewers in Australia (these figures include the five ABC 1major capital cities and regional and rural viewers). It was the second highest rating drama of the day (after The Code and Scorpion which were equal first on 904,000 national viewers) and the tenth highest rating program of the day overall. Excluding regional and rural viewers, this story averaged 569,000 viewers in the five major Australian capital cities and was also the tenth highest rating program of the day overall in the big cities. These ratings do not include time shifted viewers.