Best Cat Litter Mats in Australia (2026)

Litter tracking is the problem nobody mentions before they get a cat. Granules stick to paws, the cat jumps out of the tray, and within a week there is litter in the hallway, the bedroom and occasionally the bed. A mat in front of the tray is the standard fix, and the designs are more different from each other than the category suggests.

We built this comparison from Amazon Australia's own listings: current AU pricing, rating and review volume, plus a read-through of recent verified reviews looking for complaint patterns rather than the star average alone. See how we test for the full method.

Three mechanisms, not one

The Amazon Basics works by texture: crisscross diamond grooves with a deep border, so litter falls into the channels as the cat walks over. The Ycozy works by filtration: two honeycomb layers, litter falls through the top one and is held between them, and you open the mat along its Velcro edges to tip it out. The Pawinner works by surface: seamless silicone with raised edges, which traps less litter but is the only one here that will not absorb anything.

Which one suits you depends less on the cat than on your floor. On carpet, the honeycomb traps the most. On hard floors where you want to wipe rather than empty, the silicone is the easier life.

Urine is the deciding factor nobody checks

If your cat is an enthusiastic sprayer, or you have a senior cat with the occasional accident, a double-layer honeycomb mat becomes a thing you have to disassemble and wash rather than shake out. The Pawinner is food-grade silicone with raised edges and no seams, which is why it is also sold as a feeding mat. For that specific household it is worth the extra over the Upsky.

The sample sizes here are unusually lopsided

The Amazon Basics hasa very large review base. The Ycozy has 641, the Upsky 518, the Pawinner 122. We have put the Amazon Basics first largely on that strength: a 4.5 across nearly twenty thousand buyers in a category this simple is about as close to a safe default as this site ever gets. The Pawinner's 4.4 from 122 is a genuinely small sample and we would treat it as provisional.

Size, and the mistake people make

Buy the mat bigger than feels sensible. A cat clears a small mat in one hop and the mat does nothing. The Ycozy at 90 x 60 cm and the Upsky at 89 x 60 cm are both wide enough to catch a jump; the Amazon Basics at 60 x 88 cm is the same idea in a different orientation. Measure the space in front of your tray before choosing, especially if the tray sits in a corner.

Methodology note

Not tested in our own home. Everything here comes from the listings, the published dimensions and the complaint patterns in recent verified reviews.