Carpark 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.