Toilets with Sharps Disposal in New South Wales

New South Wales records 1,017 of Australia's 4,955 public toilets with a sharps disposal bin — 21% of the national total. That makes it the third-largest state total, behind Victoria (1,571) and Queensland (1,081). They sit in 552 named towns.

Coffs Harbour (17), Sydney (15) and Wagga Wagga (12) carry the most between them. Those 3 account for 44 of the 1,017; a further 359 towns record exactly one.

They include Nords Wharf Road, Apex Park, Picton, Eastern Hill Lookout and Fernside Skate Park. Around Coffs Harbour the listings run to High Street, Ocean Parade and Park Beach.

Most sit in parks and reserves (458), with 107 shopping centres, 71 sporting grounds and 56 car parks. Across the set the listings cover 17 of the 17 kinds of site the map names. A further 103 are filed under the map's catch-all "Other" category. They are 13% of the 7,651 public toilets recorded in New South Wales, and 13% of the round-the-clock ones.

811 of the 1,017 are recorded as wheelchair accessible — including World Square Lower Ground and Beaconsfield Park. 20 are Changing Places facilities, with an adult-sized change table and a hoist — among them Bolton Park and Caves Beach. 63 open with an MLAK key, the national Master Locksmiths Access Key — among them Pit Paddock and Market Square. 22 need a key from the operator instead, which means finding whoever holds it before you arrive. 433 of the 1,017 have a baby-change table, and 413 of those sit at a site that is also wheelchair accessible.

352 of the 1,017 are published as open 24 hours — such as Jimmys Beach Day Area and Albert Park. 270 open in daylight hours only, 27 list variable hours and 14 follow the host venue's hours. Where set times are published, the earliest opening is 2:30am at Sydney Airport - International Terminal and the latest closing is 11:59pm at EG Gregory Hills. 18 are shown as closed on Mondays. 356 publish no weekly hours at all, so treat those as unknown rather than open.

9 of the 1,017 charge for entry; the rest are free — the charging ones being Tourist & Travellers Centre and Hyde Park - North 1. 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. Every figure here is counted from the National Public Toilet Map, which operators and councils update at their own pace.