Toilets with Sharps Disposal in Australian Capital Territory

43 public toilets with a sharps disposal bin are recorded in Australian Capital Territory, out of 4,955 nationally. That makes it the seventh-largest state total, behind Victoria (1,571), Queensland (1,081), New South Wales (1,017), South Australia (572), Western Australia (498) and Tasmania (130). They sit in 31 named towns.

The heaviest concentrations are around Acton (5), Belconnen (3) and Fyshwick (3). Those 3 account for 11 of the 43; a further 25 towns record exactly one.

Named listings include Ada Norris Avenue Neighbourhood Park, Lake Tuggeranong District Park, Yerrabi District Park and Casuarina Sands. Around Acton the listings run to Australian National Botanic Gardens - Ducrou Pavilion, Australian National Botanic Gardens - Top Depot and Visitor Centre - Australian National Botanic Gardens.

Most sit in parks and reserves (24), with 14 shopping centres and 1 community building. A further 4 are filed under the map's catch-all "Other" category. Set against the 314 listings in Australian Capital Territory, that is a 14% share, rising to 4% among the 24-hour listings.

36 of the 43 are recorded as wheelchair accessible — among them Erindale Shopping Centre and Majura Road Edwards Vc Park - Raaf Memorial Grove. 2 are Changing Places facilities, with an adult-sized change table and a hoist: Bon Scott Crescent Community Recreation Irrigated Park and Canberra Centre. 1 opens with an MLAK key, the national Master Locksmiths Access Key. 1 needs a key from the operator instead, which means finding whoever holds it before you arrive. 13 of the 43 have a baby-change table, and every one of those sits at a site that is also wheelchair accessible.

2 of the 43 are published as open 24 hours — including Point Hut Crossing. 3 open in daylight hours only and 2 list variable hours. The widest published window runs 7am to 10pm, at Wanniassa Shops. 7 publish no weekly hours at all, so treat those as unknown rather than open.

Nothing here records a charge at the door. A sharps bin is a sealed container for used needles, lancets and pen needles — for people who inject insulin or other medication as much as anyone else. The map records that a bin is present, not how often it is emptied. All of the counts above are read from the National Public Toilet Map rather than checked in person.