Toilets with Sharps Disposal in Western Australia

Western Australia records 498 of Australia's 4,955 public toilets with a sharps disposal bin — 10% of the national total. That makes it the fifth-largest state total, behind Victoria (1,571), Queensland (1,081), New South Wales (1,017) and South Australia (572). They sit in 242 named towns.

Perth (16), Rockingham (13) and Bunbury (9) carry the most between them. Those 3 account for 38 of the 498; a further 127 towns record exactly one.

They include Collie Cemetery on Coalfields Road, Kununoppin, Clydesdale Park and Bremer Bay Skate Park. Around Perth the listings run to Citiplace Rest Centre, Elizabeth Quay and Narrows Interchange.

Most sit in parks and reserves (215), with 46 sporting grounds, 33 beaches and 31 car parks. Across the set the listings cover 16 of the 17 kinds of site the map names. A further 71 are filed under the map's catch-all "Other" category. They are 18% of the 2,767 public toilets recorded in Western Australia, and 14% of the round-the-clock ones.

407 of the 498 are recorded as wheelchair accessible — including Brighton Beach and Palms Community Centre. 13 are Changing Places facilities, with an adult-sized change table and a hoist — among them Deep Water Point Reserve and Memorial Park. 11 open with an MLAK key, the national Master Locksmiths Access Key — among them Parnham Reserve and Broome Recreation Aquatic Centre. 10 need a key from the operator instead, which means finding whoever holds it before you arrive. 152 of the 498 have a baby-change table, and 144 of those sit at a site that is also wheelchair accessible.

191 of the 498 are published as open 24 hours — such as Swimmers Beach and Male Oval. 99 open in daylight hours only, 26 list variable hours and 7 follow the host venue's hours. Where set times are published, the earliest opening is 3am at Perth Airport - Terminal 4 and the latest closing is 11pm at Citiplace Rest Centre. 9 are shown as closed on Mondays. 167 publish no weekly hours at all, so treat those as unknown rather than open.

2 of the 498 charge for entry; the rest are free — the charging ones being Munglinup. 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.