Measure up,
Stand Out!
Leading benchmarking for parks and recreation
Measure up,
Stand Out!
What is Yardstick?
Yardstick is a benchmarking and user surveys tool for parks and recreation. With Yardstick you'll have the data you need to make informed decisions and enhance your service.
Yardstick provides two key services
Benchmarking
An annual benchmarking programme for government agencies looking to compare to other similar sized organisations and check their progress against best practice indicators.
Our current benchmark programmes include parks and facilities.
User Surveys
An online survey tool and question sets specifically designed for park user surveys. These can be delivered by your team or ours. The results are able to be compared against your own results as well as other participating organisations.
Our User Surveys include options for parks and recreation facilities.
Trusted benchmarking across Australia, New Zealand, Canada and beyond.
“Yardstick's benchmarking tools have been pivotal in driving cost recovery improvements. Their targeted approach, particularly through intercept surveys, has allowed us to fine-tune our operations, ensuring efficiency & high-quality service delivery.”
Brad Sutton
Lake Macquarie City Council, NSW, Australia
“The Yardstick program allows us to more effectively manage our parks system including benchmarking our progress towards providing better and more innovative responses to our customers' needs and wants.”
David Ellis
City of Lethbridge, Canada
“Yardstick has proved to be a very valuable benchmarking tool for our parks management. Yardstick is also a valuable self-improvement tool, where we are seeking to improve our performance and cost effectiveness year on year.”
Mark Bowater
Auckland Council, New Zealand