City Beach North Playground Public Survey

The Town of Cambridge is planning upgrades to a number of playgrounds in the City Beach North area in the coming years. As the Town has limited resources to allocate to these upgrades, we want to ensure that all new playground developments meet the expectations of the community, whilst delivering a value for money outcome.

The below survey has been prepared to gather community input and generate a holistic plan for the areas 10 different playground facilities. Data received will assist in decision making around playground use, equipment, surfacing and access.

Please answer the following questions and help us develop playgrounds which meet the needs of the community.

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* 1. Your Name

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* 2. What is your Suburb

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* 3. What are the ages of the playground users when you visit the playground? (tick more than 1 box if required)

0-3

4-6

7-9

10+

Adult

Senior

N/A

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* 4. Refer to the Map above. Which of the following playgrounds do you visit?

Ocean Village Park West

Ocean Village Park North

Ocean Village Park East

Maloney Park West

Maloney Park East

Bent Park West

Bent Park Central

Bent Park East

Tilton Park

Gifford Gardens Park

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* 5. How often do you visit your favourite playground from Q4?

Daily

Weekly

Monthy

Rarely (eg. once a year or less)

Never

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* 6. What new equipment would you like to see in your favourite playground? rank the following items from most preferred to least preferred

Swings

Small slide

Big slide

Climbing elements

Flying fox

Tunnel

Firemens pole

See-saw

Rockers

Spinner / Carousel

Monkey bars

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* 7. What else would you like to see in your favourite playground?

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* 8. Rank your preference for the following playground softfall materials from most preferred to least preferred.

Sand softfall

Mulch softfall

Rubber softfall - understanding that the cost of rubber is up to 8 x higher than mulch and sand, and this may result in reduced equipment provision.

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* 9. How important are the following elements for a playground?

	Not very important	Important	Very important
Shade sails	Shade sails Not very important	Shade sails Important	Shade sails Very important
Natural shade provided by trees	Natural shade provided by trees Not very important	Natural shade provided by trees Important	Natural shade provided by trees Very important
Drinking fountains	Drinking fountains Not very important	Drinking fountains Important	Drinking fountains Very important
Seating	Seating Not very important	Seating Important	Seating Very important
Accessible pathways	Accessible pathways Not very important	Accessible pathways Important	Accessible pathways Very important
Play options for adults and seniors	Play options for adults and seniors Not very important	Play options for adults and seniors Important	Play options for adults and seniors Very important

Provide comment to support your answer

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* 10. Context: The Town has a limited amount of funds for park infrastructure replacements and upgrades. To get the best value from the limited funds, the Town would like to understand what quality and quantity of play equipment the community would like to see within their local parks.

Q. Please rank the following playground scenarios that best suits you. (1 = most preferred, 4 = least preferred);

Same playground location at my local park and similar equipment (e.g. no change to my park)

Same playground locations, but different equipment at each park.

Less playground locations, with more playground equipment at each location.

A small number of very large playgrounds with more equipment, seating, shade sails, etc.

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* 11. Please provide any further comments regarding question 10

100% of survey complete.