This is a list of grounds used in the West Australian Football League, the premier Australian rules football competition in Western Australia, and all of its previous incarnations since its formation as the Western Australian Football Association in 1885.
Contents |
| Ground name (sponsored name) |
Location | Capacity | Record capacity (year) |
Matches | Tenant(s) former tenants |
First used | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary Park | Rockingham | 2500 | 2241 (2009) |
5 | Peel Thunder | ? | Hosted five matches between Peel and South Fremantle. |
| Arena Joondalup | Joondalup | 16 000 | 15 082 (1994) |
336 | West Perth | 1994 | |
| Bassendean Oval (Steel Blue Oval) |
Bassendean | 22 000 | 22 350 (1980) |
757 | Swan Districts | 1934 | |
| Claremont Oval | Claremont | 10 000 | 18 268 (1983) |
796 | Claremont | 1927 | |
| Claremont Showgrounds | Claremont | 10 000 | ? | 30 | Claremont | 1925 | |
| East Fremantle Oval | East Fremantle | 20 000 | 21 317 (1979) |
602 | East Fremantle | 1953 | |
| Fremantle Oval | Fremantle | 17 500 | 23 109 (1979) |
1464 | South Fremantle East Fremantle (1898–1952) North Fremantle (1912–15) |
1898 | |
| Fremantle Park | Fremantle | ? | ? | ? | Fremantle/Unions | 1890 | |
| Geraldton Recreation Ground | Beachlands | 5000 | 7970 (1985) |
7 | East Fremantle | 1985 | |
| Gosnells Recreation Ground | Gosnells | 2000 | 1597 (1996) |
1 | Perth | 1996 | |
| Jubilee Park | City Beach | 2500 | 2500 (1998) |
1 | neutral | 1998 | Hosted a match between Perth and Subiaco in 1998. |
| Lathlain Park (Brownes Stadium) |
Lathlain | 20 000 | 19 541 (1967) |
505 | Perth | 1928 | |
| Leederville Oval (Medibank Stadium) |
Leederville | 18 000 | 24 567 (1978) |
916 | East Perth Subiaco West Perth (1915–93) |
1915 | Shared between East Perth and Subiaco since 1999. |
| North Fremantle Oval currently known as Gil Fraser Reserve |
North Fremantle | 05000 | 4000 | 131 | North Fremantle East Fremantle (1901–12)( South Fremantle (1901–12) |
1901 | |
| Perth Oval (nib Stadium) |
Perth | 20 500 | 26 760 (1969) |
834 | East Perth | 1997 | Hosted six WAFL Grand Finals between 1912 and 1935. |
| Sir Richard Moore Oval | Kalgoorlie | 6000 | 7139 (1986) |
5 | Subiaco | 1986 | |
| Rushton Park (Kelmscott) | Kelmscott | 2000 | 3601 (1989) |
3 | Perth | 1989 | |
| Rushton Park (Mandurah) (Bendigo Bank Stadium) |
Mandurah | 10 000 | 7147 (1986) |
132 | Peel Thunder | 1986 | |
| Shenton Park | Shenton Park | ? | ? | 8 | Subiaco | 1900 | |
| Subiaco Oval (Patersons Stadium) |
Subiaco | 43 500 | 52 781 (1979) |
1411 | neutral Subiaco Claremont (1945–46) |
1908 | Used for the WAFL Grand Final every year. Hosts occasional Subiaco home games, the last of which was in 2008. |
| Wanneroo Showgrounds | Wanneroo | 6000 | 5007 (1989) |
3 | East Perth West Perth |
1989 | |
| WACA Ground | East Perth | 24 500 | 11 835 (1994) |
681 | Perth West Perth |
1898 | Hosted eight WAFL Grand Finals between 1906 and 1926. |
| Ground name (sponsored name) |
Location | Capacity | Record capacity (year) |
Matches | First used | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Rock Sporting Complex | Bruce Rock | 2000 | 1900 (2001) |
1 | 2001 | |
| Capricorn Oval | Newman | 2000 | 3000 (2008) |
2 | 2002 | |
| Collie Recreation Ground | Collie | 2000 | 1800 (2001) |
1 | 2001 | |
| Collingwood Park | Albany | 5000 | 4638 1989 |
5 | 1989 | |
| Corrigin Oval | Corrigin | 2000 | 1900 (2009) |
1 | 2009 | |
| Cunderdin Oval | Cunderdin | 2000 | 1678 (2004) |
1 | 2004 | |
| Dampier Sports Club | Dampier | 6000 | 6040 (1985) |
1 | 1985 | |
| Esperance Oval | Esperance | 2500 | 2394 (2005) |
3 | 2000 | |
| Frost Park | Mount Barker | 2500 | 2556 (1987) |
1 | 1987 | |
| Greater Sports Ground | Katanning | 2000 | 1872 (2004) |
1 | 2004 | |
| Hands Oval | Bunbury | 5000 | 6573 (1984) |
5 | 1984 | |
| Jurien Oval | Jurien Bay | 1500 | 1250 (2002) |
1 | 2002 | |
| Kambalda Oval | Kambalda West | 2000 | 1514 (2006) |
1 | 2006 | |
| Manjimup Recreation Gronud | Manjimup | 2000 | 1965 (2006) |
1 | 2006 | |
| McLean Oval | Denmark | 2500 | 2500 (2004) |
1 | 2004 | |
| Millars Well Oval currently known as Kevin Richards Memorial Oval |
Karratha | 5000 | 5000 (2000) |
1 | 2000 | |
| Moora Reserve | Moora | ? | ? | 1 | 1999 | |
| Newdegate Showgrounds | Newdegate | 1500 | 1500(2002) | 1 | 2002 | |
| Ord River Sports Club | Kununurra | 4000 | 3000(2000) | 1 | 2000 | |
| Peter Haynes Oval | Broome | 5000 | 3950 (2006) |
1 | 2006 | |
| Sir Stewart Bovell Park | Busselton | 2000) | 1473 (2003) |
1 | 2003 | |
| Talanjee Oval | Exmouth | ? | ? | 1 | 1999 | |
| Toodyay Showgrounds | Toodyay | 2000 | 1200 (2000) |
1 | 2000 | |
| Town Oval | Carnarvon | 3000 | 2650 (2007) |
1 | 2007 | |
| VC Mitchell Park | Donnybrook | 2000 | 1648 (2005) |
1 | 2005 | |
| Waldeck Street Oval | Dongara | 1500 | 1850 (2007) |
1 | 2007 | |
| Wickepin Oval | Wickepin | 1500 | 1300 (2002) |
1 | 2002 |
Various country towns in Western Australia have hosted WAFL games as a part of the competition's "Country Week", or for similar promotions. Towns which have at least one regular season WAFL game are listed below. The exact name of the ground can often not be determined, but is listed where possible.
| Location | Ground name | Matches | Home team(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | Collingwood Park other venues unknown |
4 | Claremont | Claremont has hosted four games in Albany, most recent in 2009 at Collingwood Park.[1] |
| Broome | N/A | 1 | Swan Districts | Hosted one match between Claremont and Swan Districts. |
| Bruce Rock | N/A | 1 | N/A | Hosted one match between Perth and West Perth in 2001.[2] |
| Bunbury | Hands Oval other venues unknown |
5 | East Perth (2) Swan Districts (3) |
|
| Busselton | N/A | 1 | N/A | Hosted one match between East Perth and Swan Districts. |
| Carnarvon | N/A | 1 | N/A | Hosted one match between South Fremantle and West Perth. |
| Collie | N/A | 1 | N/A | Hosted one match between Claremont and Swan Districts. |
| Corrigin | N/A | 1 | N/A | Hosted one match between Peel and West Perth. |
| Cunderdin | N/A | 1 | N/A | Hosted one match between Perth and Subiaco. |
| Dampier | N/A | 3 | East Perth | |
| Denmark | N/A | 1 | N/A | Hosted one match between Claremont and South Fremantle. |
| Dongara | N/A | 1 | N/A | Hosted one match between East Fremantle and Perth. |
| Donnybrook | N/A | 1 | N/A | Hosted one match between East Perth and Peel. |
| Esperance | N/A | 2 | Peel Thunder | |
| Exmouth | N/A | 1 | N/A | Hosted one match between East Perth and Subiaco. |
| Geraldton | N/A possibly at Geraldton Recreation Ground |
6 | East Fremantle | |
| unknown location in the Goldfields | N/A | ~1 | Subiaco | Hosted one match involving Subiaco in 1912.[3] |
| Jurien Bay | N/A | 1 | N/A | Hosted one match between Perth and Subiaco. |
| Kalgoorlie | N/A | 5 | Subiaco | |
| Kambalda | N/A | 1 | Subiaco | Hosted one match between Perth and Subiaco in 2006. |
| Katanning | N/A | 1 | N/A | Hosted one match between Claremont and East Perth in 2000. |