Key-Access Public Toilets in New South Wales

Of the 591 public toilets that need a key to open on the national map, 272 are in New South Wales. That is more than any other state or territory — Victoria is next with 99. They sit in 192 named towns.

The largest clusters are at Rooty Hill (16), Leeton (10) and Mudgee (9). Those 3 account for 35 of the 272; a further 153 towns record exactly one.

They include Fairfield Train Station on Dale Street, Grassy Head Caravan Park, Manly Warringah Baseball Club - Aquatic Reserve and Albert Park. Around Rooty Hill the listings run to Blacktown International Sports Park - Baseball Grand Stand, Blacktown International Sports Park and Blacktown International Sports - Softball Stadium.

The mix runs to 66 sporting grounds, 50 parks and reserves, 48 train stations and 30 shopping centres. Across the set the listings cover 13 of the 17 kinds of site the map names. A further 23 are filed under the map's catch-all "Other" category. That is 4% of every public toilet recorded in New South Wales (7,651 in total), and 1% of those open 24 hours.

193 of the 272 are recorded as wheelchair accessible — such as Caringbah No 1 Oval - Cricket and Parklands Oval. 3 are Changing Places facilities, with an adult-sized change table and a hoist — among them The Children's Hospital at Westmead and Parramatta City Library (Phive). 2 open with an MLAK key, the national Master Locksmiths Access Key: Ingleburn and Little Beach Changing Places. 81 of the 272 have a baby-change table, and 80 of those sit at a site that is also wheelchair accessible.

35 of the 272 are published as open 24 hours — among them Short Point and Patonga Caravan Park. 27 open in daylight hours only, 67 list variable hours and 14 follow the host venue's hours. Where set times are published, the earliest opening is 4am at Shell Coles Express Muswellbrook and the latest closing is 11:30pm at Lismore Train Station. 18 are shown as closed on Mondays. 106 publish no weekly hours at all, so treat those as unknown rather than open.

2 of the 272 charge for entry; the rest are free: Brackens Hut and Stocko. These are locked, and the key is held by an operator — a council office, a caretaker, a surf club or a nearby business. This is a separate set from the MLAK network: across the whole dataset only three listings record both, so a Master Locksmiths Access Key will not open most of the places listed here. These numbers come straight from the National Public Toilet Map, so confirm anything you are relying on before you set out.