The newly-completed $28,000 playground is located on the corner of William Maker Drive and Glasson Drive and has equipment suitable for young children to those in their early teens.

A second playground on the corner of Botanic Way and Brooklands Drive is about a week away from being opened to the public.

It is worth about $40,000 and will also cater for children up to about 12 years old.

The parks were built in response to population data which highlighted the growth in the city’s north, especially among young families.

MAP: Where are the new playgrounds located?

With the 2016 Census revealing children under nine accounted for 15 per cent of Orange’s population, Orange City Council’s Sport and Recreation Committee Chair Jason Hamling said council was committed to building facilities to cater for its largest population group.

“The last two Censuses have shown us Orange is a place where people come to raise a family,” Cr Hamling said.

“And according to the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Orange is the number one suburb, outside of Sydney, for the number of births based on the mother’s home address.

“All of these statistics have really affirmed what we have been doing and what we have been prioritising as a council.”

Both playgrounds have been funded from financial contributions to council from developers who have sub-divided land.