City guide
Public Toilets in Cairns
117 public toilets within 20 km of Cairns City, listed nearest the centre first — 38 recorded as open 24 hours, 66 wheelchair accessible.
Showing the 48 listings nearest Cairns City, with no more than 4 from any one suburb so the centre does not crowd out the rest. Every count on this page is taken from all 117.
Cairns Esplanade Lagoon
Cairns, QLD,
Esplanade
Night Markets
Cairns City, QLD,
67 Esplanade
Fogarty Park
Cairns City, QLD,
17 Pier Point Road
Pier Shopping
Cairns, QLD,
Pier Point Road
Cairns City
Cairns, QLD,
107 Lake St
City Place
Cairns, QLD,
Lake Street
Muddy's Playground
Cairns City, QLD,
143-145 Esplanade
Grafton Street
Cairns City, QLD,
49 Grafton Street
Cairns Esplanade North
Cairns North, QLD,
152 Abbott Street
KFC Cairns
Parramatta Park, QLD,
Corner of Martyn Street and Florence Street
BP Central Cairns
Parramatta Park, QLD,
Corner Of Martyn Street And Florence Street
Council Chambers
Parramatta Park, QLD,
119-145 Spence Street
Cairns Esplanade
Cairns North, QLD,
245 Esplanade
Cairns Showground Dump Point
Bungalow, QLD,
Scott Street
Showgrounds Shopping Centre
Bungalow, QLD,
153 Mulgrave Rd
Martyn Street Sports Reserve
Manunda, QLD,
Little Street
Cairns Esplanade Fun Ship Parkland
Cairns North, QLD,
279 Esplanade
Cairns Esplanade North
Cairns North, QLD,
281-283 Esplanade
Portsmith Boat Ramp
Portsmith, QLD,
Trawler Base Road
Puma Portsmith
Portsmith, QLD,
104 Cook Street
Cairns Regional Council Depot
Manunda, QLD,
40 Macnamara Street
ARC Disability Services Inc
Manunda, QLD,
52-54 Macnamara Street
Direct Factory Outlet Cairns
Westcourt, QLD,
274-302 Mulgrave Road
Centenary Lakes Freshwater Lake
Edge Hill, QLD,
43-47 Greenslopes Street
Tanks Arts Centre
Edge Hill, QLD,
64 Collins Avenue
Lennon Street Park
Westcourt, QLD,
Lennon Street/1-11 English Street
Tingira Street Boatramp
Portsmith, QLD,
Tingira Street
Flecker Botanic Gardens (East)
Edge Hill, QLD,
76 Collins Avenue
Flecker Botanic Gardens
Edge Hill, QLD,
Collins Avenue
BP Manunda
Manunda, QLD,
Corner Alfred Street and Sydney Street
Yellow Arrow Car Park
Aeroglen, QLD,
LOT 82 Aeroglen Drive
Second Beach/Bessie Point
Glen Boughton, QLD,
Giangurra Esplanade
Touch Park
Aeroglen, QLD,
Aeroglen Drive
Quarry Street
Aeroglen, QLD,
5-9 Quarry Street
Cairns Mossman Caravan Dump Point
Woree, QLD,
Kate St Woree QLD 4868 Southern Wastewater Treatment Plant
United Southgate
Woree, QLD,
Cnr Ray Jones Dve & Kate St
Stockland Cairns
Earlville, QLD,
537 Mulgrave Road
Caltex Woree
Woree, QLD,
590 Mulgrave Road
Cairns Airport
Aeroglen, QLD,
130 DC3 Street
Liberty Cairns South
Cairns (Woree), QLD,
540 Bruce Highway
Lions Park
Earlville, QLD,
Mulgrave Road & Henley Street
Ambrym Point
Yarrabah, QLD,
Pine Creek - Yarrabah Road
Jeff Pezzutti Park
Woree, QLD,
81-97 Windarra Street
Turner Park
Bayview Heights, QLD,
18-22 Park Street
Barron River Boat Ramp
Stratford, QLD,
52-54 Greenbank Road
Machan's Beach Esplanade (South)
Machans Beach, QLD,
O'Shea Esplanade, corner of Cinderella Street
Brinsmead Park Reserve
Brinsmead, QLD,
47 Meander Close
Loridan Drive Reserve Park
Brinsmead, QLD,
82 Loridan Drive
Cairns by what you need
Each page lists only the toilets with that feature, nearest the centre first.
Cairns's public toilets: what the data shows
The National Public Toilet Map records 117 public toilets within 20 km of Cairns City, spread across 36 suburbs and localities. Cairns City (9), Cairns (9) and Yarrabah (8) hold the most. 19 are within 2 km of the centre, including Cairns Esplanade Lagoon, Night Markets and Fogarty Park.
38 of the 117 (32%) are recorded as open 24 hours, among them Cairns City, BP Central Cairns and Shell Cairns Truckstop. A recorded "24 hours" is the council's weekly pattern, not a live status, so treat it as likely rather than certain late at night.
66 (56%) are recorded as wheelchair accessible and 27 have a baby change table. 3 accessible toilets are locked and need an MLAK key, and 1 is a Changing Places facility with a hoist and adult change table.
Most sit in parks and reserves (44), service stations (15) and shopping centres (11). 117 are recorded as free and none records a charge.
Common questions
- How many public toilets are there in Cairns?
- 117 public toilets are recorded on the National Public Toilet Map within 20 km of Cairns City, across 36 suburbs and localities. Only facilities on the national map are counted, so a café or shopping-centre toilet that was never listed is not included.
- Are there 24-hour public toilets in Cairns City?
- Yes — 6 toilets within 2 km of the centre are recorded as open 24 hours, including Cairns Esplanade Lagoon, Night Markets and Fogarty Park. Across the whole city 38 are recorded as 24-hour. "24 hours" is the council's recorded pattern, not a live status.
- Where are the wheelchair-accessible toilets in Cairns?
- 66 of the 117 listings (56%) are recorded as wheelchair accessible, and 3 of those are locked with an MLAK key. The accessible filter on this page lists them nearest the centre first, and each suburb page has its own accessible list.
- Do public toilets in Cairns cost money?
- Almost never. 117 of the 117 listings are recorded as free to use and none records a charge; the rest simply have no payment field recorded.
- Which Cairns suburbs have the most public toilets?
- Cairns City (9), Cairns (9), Yarrabah (8), Trinity Beach (6) and Aeroglen (5). Counts are by the suburb each listing is filed under, so a large park precinct can put one suburb well ahead of its neighbours.
- Are there public showers in Cairns?
- 13 listings within 20 km record a shower, mostly at beaches, pools and camping grounds. The data says only that a shower exists — not whether it is hot, free or coin-operated — so check the listing notes and the free showers guide.
Where this data comes from
Data from the National Public Toilet Map, Australian Government Department of Health, released 28 January 2025 and imported 27 May 2025; amenity details such as dump points, sharps disposal, ambulant cubicles and adult change tables were refreshed from the 1 August 2026 release. Licensed CC BY 3.0 AU. The dataset has no per-facility verification date — if a listing is wrong, use the report button on it. See our data sources for more.