Australia Playground Atlas

Australia

Playgrounds across Australia, as recorded in the open map

20,214 playgrounds mapped in OpenStreetMap across Australia. 5,991 are recorded as open to the public; for the rest, access is not recorded.

  • 20,214playgrounds listed
  • 5,991access recorded as public
  • 1,102with equipment recorded
  • 108kinds of equipment recorded
Playgrounds mapped in AustraliaPlaygrounds mapped in Australia: 20,214 locations plotted; 5,991 access recorded as public, 14,223 access not recorded. Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 4. Positions from OpenStreetMap. Schematic, not for navigation.
Circle size shows how many are mapped nearby Schematic map · boundary © ABS (CC BY 4.0) · locations © OpenStreetMap contributors

What’s recorded here

Share of the 20,214 listed playgrounds where OpenStreetMap records each detail. Blank does not mean “no”.

  • Access recorded as public5,991 30%
  • Equipment1,102 5%
  • Surface1,915 9%
  • Wheelchair access214 1%
  • Fencing8 under 1%
  • Shade5 under 1%

Access recorded as public is the most often recorded detail here (30%). Help improve the record.

A note for parents: this guide lists what’s recorded, not what’s safe or suitable. Please judge each playground yourself on the day.

How they break down

Equipment recorded inside playground areas

Equipment recorded inside playground areas (count of listed playgrounds)
ValueCount
Swings662
Play structure498
Slide400
Climbing frame218
Spring rider173
Basket swing149
Seesaw101
Flying fox100

By surface (where recorded)

By surface (where recorded) (count of listed playgrounds)
ValueCount
sand876
woodchips722
rubber53
rubbercrumb27
wood26
grass22
tartan21
artificial turf19

States and territories

8 states and territories with at least one listed playground. Areas with enough recorded detail get their own page.

AreaPlaygroundsPublic (recorded)
New South Wales5,8511,541
Victoria5,6831,057
Queensland own guide4,1021,923
Western Australia2,083388
South Australia1,330400
Australian Capital Territory579532
Tasmania441121
Northern Territory14529

About this data

  • Playgrounds come from OpenStreetMap (leisure=playground). Equipment is linked only when a separately mapped item sits inside the playground’s mapped area, or the playground itself lists it.
  • Fencing and shade are almost never recorded in OpenStreetMap for Australian playgrounds (fewer than 0.1% nationally). “Not recorded” does not mean “no fence” or “no shade”.
  • We do not rate safety, suitability for an age group, popularity or cleanliness. Ages are shown only as the mapper tagged them.
  • Playgrounds inside mapped school, kindergarten or childcare grounds, and those tagged private or customers-only, are not listed.

OpenStreetMap snapshot 9 Nov 2026 (Geofabrik extracts). Areas: ABS ASGS Edition 4 (2026); suburbs and localities are ABS approximations, not legal boundaries. Most recent edit among these records: 9 Nov 2026. How we build this guide.