[1] The change was made to avoid conflict with the quadrennial World Masters Games, which had been held in odd-numbered years since 2005.

[4] The main venue was Western Australian Athletics Stadium,[1][3][5] which had a nine-lane mondotrack laid in 2014.

[6] Supplemental venues included Ern Clark Athletic Centre,[7] which also had a recently-upgraded eight-lane mondotrack.

[8][9] Road walks and cross country were held at Alderbury and Perry Lakes Reserves in Floreat.

[15] This championship was organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a local organising committee.