Management & Maintenance of our Public Open Spaces

The City’s is committed to ongoing management & maintenance practices through scheduled programs over its park, sports fields, parks infrastructure, irrigation, trees, general Public Open Spaces maintenance activities.

The City’s Parks Services Department manages over 820 classified parks and amenity areas including sports fields, parklands, natural areas, community facilities, street gardens and public access ways covering an area of 1890 hectares within an area of 560 square kilometres and includes 19 suburbs and localities from coastal plain suburbs to the hills environment.

Total area of Public Open Space (POS) approximately 1890ha

Area of Local Government (km²) 560.4km²

Number of reserves managed by the City including; Sports fields, Irrigated Passive Reserves, Dry Parks, Natural Areas, Community facilities and Regional Bushland – 269

Maintain 19 active reserves consisting of approximately 89 hectares of maintained turf

The City currently manage a diverse range of approximately 27,000+ street trees, all of which have different characteristics, sizes, ages, health and condition

There are 119 playgrounds in the City of Armadale

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11 skate parks and bike tracks
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3 dog parks
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58 BBQ’s in parklands
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150 Shade Sails
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Fitness equipment within 23 Reserves
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There are 389 bins in parks
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There is approximately 1,297ha of bushland in total of which 42ha is intensively managed by an on-ground team of 3 full time employees

Beautiful and diverse bushland areas ranging from Marri Jarrah dominated woodlands in the Darling Scarp to Banksia woodlands in the Swan Coastal Plain

There are five (5) shared-use facilities within the City for the provision and shared use of public open space and shared community infrastructure on and/or adjacent to school sites

Number of Public Access Ways managed by the City – 270

Parks Services manages over 820 classified parks/reserves

Number of street trees under powerlines Citywide - estimate 12,000 trees

* All statistics as of March 2025 The City’s Parks Services department continues to strive to continuously improve management practices over its parklands, sports fields, public open space, irrigation, general parks maintenance, verges and streetscapes.

The City’s Parks Services Department manages over 820 classified parks and amenity areas including sports fields, parklands, natural areas, community facilities, street gardens and public access ways covering an area of 1890 hectares within an area of 560 square kilometres and includes 19 suburbs and localities from coastal plain suburbs to the hills environment.

* All statistics as of March 2025 The City’s Parks Services department continues to strive to continuously improve management practices over its parklands, sports fields, public open space, irrigation, general parks maintenance, verges and streetscapes.