Car Park Line Marking

Quick answer: Line Marking Australia marks new car park layouts and remarks existing ones to AS/NZS 2890.1:2004. Standard bays are 5.4 m long and 2.4 to 2.6 m wide depending on the user class, with 80 to 100 mm lines. Accessible bays follow AS/NZS 2890.6:2009. We have completed over 5,000 carpark projects since 2009.

The accessible bay mistake we see most

A facility manager in Dandenong South called us last year after council slapped them with a $4,800 fine. Their accessible parking bays were marked as 2.9-metre single bays with no shared zone, instead of the required 2.4-metre bay plus 2.4-metre shared zone. The previous contractor had used the wrong template. The standard calls for a 2.4-metre bay with a 2.4-metre shared area beside it, and a bollard in the shared area. That's an expensive lesson we've seen repeated across Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane.

Here's the thing most property managers don't realise: carpark line marking isn't just about making things look neat. It's about compliance, safety, and liability. Get it wrong and you're looking at council fines, insurance issues, and potential lawsuits if someone gets hurt.

Our carpark line marking experience

We've completed over 5,000 carpark projects since 2009. Shopping centres in Laverton North with 800+ bays. Office towers in North Sydney requiring overnight work across four consecutive weekends. Council facilities in Geelong with specific VicRoads requirements. Each one delivered to AS/NZS 2890.1 specifications, properly documented, and backed by our quality guarantee.

We learned the hard way that shortcuts don't work. Back in 2017, we rushed a job in Sunshine West and didn't allow proper curing time. Had to redo the entire carpark at our cost, roughly $8,000 gone. That expensive mistake taught us our current process: proper surface preparation, correct material selection, adequate curing time, and thorough documentation. We haven't had a callback for marking failure since.

Car park bay sizes under AS/NZS 2890.1:2004

The standard sorts car parks into user classes. Class 1 (staff and residents) uses 2.4 m bays with a 6.2 m aisle. Class 1A uses 2.4 m bays with a 5.8 m aisle. Class 2 (offices and medical centres) uses 2.5 m bays, and Class 3 (shopping centres) uses 2.6 m bays, both with a 5.8 m aisle. Class 3A uses 2.6 m bays with a 6.6 m aisle.

Every 90 degree bay is 5.4 m long, and covered car parks need at least 2.2 m headroom. The number of accessible bays comes from clause D4D6 of the National Construction Code. See our accessible parking line marking page for those rules.

Recent car park line marking jobs

These are real car park jobs our crews finished in 2026. We list the suburb and scope only, never the client.

• Caroline Springs, VIC (school, Sep 2026): 69 bays including 2 accessible bays, plus yellow hatched no-parking areas, done after hours.
• Hornsby, NSW (strata, Aug 2026): 380 m of lines over 69 bays, 100 bay numbers and non-slip yellow on 10 trip hazards, done on a weekend.
• Mount Waverley, VIC (Sep 2026): 30 bays, an accessible bay and shared zone.
• Acacia Ridge, QLD (industrial, Sep 2026): 21 bays, parallel parking, ONE WAY lettering, arrows and reserved-parking lettering.
• East Brisbane, QLD (Oct 2026): 8 bays, an accessible bay with shared zone and 44 m of yellow walkway lines.
• Thomastown, VIC (Oct 2026): 14 faded bays re-marked.
• Ringwood East, VIC (Aug 2026): car bays, an accessible bay, hatched zone and STAFF stencils, done after hours.

What we mark in a car park

How a car park line marking job runs

1. Quote: send your plans or a few photos and we give you a fixed price within 48 hours. Larger sites get a site visit first.
2. Scheduling: we plan the work around your trading hours, usually at night, on weekends or one section at a time, so the car park stays open.
3. Preparation: the surface is swept or pressure cleaned, and old lines are removed where the layout changes.
4. Set-out and marking: bays are measured to AS/NZS 2890.1 and marked in waterborne paint, solvent paint or thermoplastic depending on the traffic.
5. Handover: areas reopen once the paint is dry, and you get photos and a compliance note for your records.

What affects the price of car park line marking

Car park line marking is priced on the job, not a flat rate per bay. The main factors are the number of bays and metres of line, the surface condition, the paint or thermoplastic used, whether old lines must be removed, and whether the work is done after hours. Small jobs carry the same set-up and travel costs as big ones, so combining several items in one visit usually costs less. Read our line marking cost guide for more detail.

Car park line marking near you

We mark car parks in every capital city and many regional centres: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra and Darwin. For the full rules behind every bay size, see our AS/NZS 2890.1 car park standards guide.