About caravan parks

Caravans have been used as a form of accommodation for hundreds (if not thousands) of years. In more recent times in Australia caravan parks were intended for travellers or tourists, and it was not until the mid 1980s that it became legal in NSW to live permanently in a caravan park. The increase in the number of permanent residents has been influenced by a range of factors, including:

• the decrease in housing affordability

• the reduction in public housing

• increasing numbers of retirees seeking residential communities, especially in coastal areas

• the increase in number of manufactured-home villages

• the introduction of the NSW Residential Parks Act 1998.

Further information on caravan parks and their communities is available in the PDF About Caravan Parks.