District Sports Australian Rules Football Based on the way Australian Rules is currently played Wyndham will Community Demand 4.90% require 47 ovals in 2045. Demand Ratio 1 oval per 9,599 residents It is expexted that all will have shared use between the summer and Current Providers 1 x VFL Club 18 x Football Clubs winter seasons, with cricket as a primary summer tenant. 7 x Auskick Centres (separate to clubs) A regional level facility will also be required due to the populatity of the 1 x Umpires Association Venue Current Facility Supply 27 ovals sport. Chirnside Park is Wyndham’s current Category A facility and is 2026 Facility Demand 33 ovals capable of supporting the demands of a Category A venue, supporting 2045 Facility Demand 47 ovals large spectator crowds, additional pavilion and function infrastructure. The development currently underway cements Wyndham’s commitment Australian Rules football is the most participated in outdoor game based to this venue for elite Australian Rules football. sport in Wyndham. Males (88%) and females (12%) participate up to five different ways, as identified in the graph below, with the club Recommendations environment being the most popular way to engage (76%). Residents Deliver the Newmarket Road Reserve and Mainview reserve oval under the age of 18 (64%) are the largest participant base with residents facilities inline with exsiting planning documents aged between 18 50 (32%) and over 50 years (4%) engaging through – Develop the Manor Lakes School oval to support the Howqua senior and masters compeition. Way reserve infrastructure, under a school shared facility Wyndham currently has 27 Category B & C seven located at single arrangement. oval facilities, 16 at double oval facilities, one triple oval venue and one Master Plan the Alfred Road site to include two football ovals synthetic oval. There is one Category A oval located at Chirnside Park. Progress growth corridor planning to enable oval facilites at the locations listed in Map 4.
District Sports Australian Rules Football Community Demand 4.90% Demand Ratio 1 oval per 9,599 residents Current Providers 1 x VFL Club 18 x Football Clubs 7 x Auskick Centres (separate to clubs) 1 x Umpires Association Venue Current Facility Supply 27 ovals 2026 Facility Demand 33 ovals 2045 Facility Demand 47 ovals Australian Rules football is the most participated in outdoor game based sport in Wyndham. Males (88%) and females (12%) participate up to five different ways, as identified in the graph below, with the club environment being the most popular way to engage (76%). Residents under the age of 18 (64%) are the largest participant base with residents aged between 18 – 50 (32%) and over 50 years (4%) engaging through senior and masters compeition. Wyndham currently has 27 Category B & C seven located at single oval facilities, 16 at double oval facilities, one triple oval venue and one synthetic oval. There is one Category A oval located at Chirnside Park. Based on the way Australian Rules is currently played Wyndham will require 47 ovals in 2045. It is expexted that all will have shared use between the summer and winter seasons, with cricket as a primary summer tenant. A regional level facility will also be required due to the populatity of the sport. Chirnside Park is Wyndham’s current Category A facility and is capable of supporting the demands of a Category A venue, supporting large spectator crowds, additional pavilion and function infrastructure. The development currently underway cements Wyndham’s commitment to this venue for elite Australian Rules football. Recommendations Deliver the Newmarket Road Reserve and Mainview reserve oval facilities inline with exsiting planning documents Develop the Manor Lakes School oval to support the Howqua Way reserve infrastructure, under a school shared facility arrangement. Master Plan the Alfred Road site to include two football ovals Progress growth corridor planning to enable oval facilites at the locations listed in Map 4.
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