Towards sustainable urban communities: Investigating the associations between community parks and place attachment in master-planned estates in Sydney

•To investigate the relationship between community park use and place attachment.•Evidence from a survey in two Master-Planned Estates in Sydney during COVID-19.•Pedestrian accessibility to parks is positively associated with place attachment.•Connectivity with surroundings is positively associated with place attachment.•Children playground satisfaction is positively associated with place attachment.