Changing Places Toilets in Victoria

Victoria records 136 of Australia's 321 public toilets recorded as Changing Places facilities — 42% of the national total. That is more than any other state or territory — New South Wales is next with 60. They sit in 105 named towns.

Melbourne (8), Geelong (6) and Cowes (3) carry the most between them. Those 3 account for 17 of the 136; a further 87 towns record exactly one.

Named listings include McKenzie Reserve on Anzac Avenue, Crown, Surrey Hills (Union Road) and Berninneit Cultural Centre. Around Melbourne the listings run to Observatory Precinct, Rod Laver Arena and John Cain Arena.

The mix runs to 39 parks and reserves, 20 community buildings, 11 sporting grounds and 10 shopping centres. Across the set the listings cover 11 of the 17 kinds of site the map names. A further 33 are filed under the map's catch-all "Other" category. They are 2% of the 5,803 public toilets recorded in Victoria, and 1% of the round-the-clock ones.

120 of the 136 are recorded as wheelchair accessible — including Ballarat Botanical Gardens - North and Tarneit Community Learning Centre. 80 open with an MLAK key, the national Master Locksmiths Access Key — among them Arthurs Seat Eagle and Victoria Park Playground. 56 of the 136 have a baby-change table, and every one of those sits at a site that is also wheelchair accessible.

31 of the 136 are published as open 24 hours — such as Opposite Yarra Juntion Shire Office and Memorial Park. 26 open in daylight hours only, 9 list variable hours and 7 follow the host venue's hours. Where set times are published, the earliest opening is 4:50am at Bendigo Station and the latest closing is 11:30pm at Fed Square - The Atrium. 40 publish no weekly hours at all, so treat those as unknown rather than open.

None of them are recorded as charging for entry. A Changing Places facility goes well beyond a standard accessible cubicle: an adult-sized height-adjustable change table, a ceiling hoist, a peninsula toilet and room for two carers. They are built to a registered standard, and many are locked outside staffed hours behind an MLAK or locally issued key. Every figure here is counted from the National Public Toilet Map, which operators and councils update at their own pace.