Park Toilets in South Australia

South Australia records 872 of Australia's 9,681 public toilets in parks and reserves — 9% of the national total. That makes it the fourth-largest state total, behind New South Wales (2,713), Victoria (2,629) and Queensland (2,075). They sit in 460 named towns.

Adelaide (27), Belair (15) and Flinders Ranges (14) carry the most between them. Those 3 account for 56 of the 872; a further 272 towns record exactly one.

Among them are Perry Bend on River Road, Prospect Estate Reserve, Clare Skate Park and Hamilton Reserve. Around Adelaide the listings run to Rymill Park, Whitmore Square and Edwards Park - Anzac Highway.

Of the 872, 592 have parking on site, 80 have drinking water and 581 are recorded as wheelchair accessible. They are 42% of the 2,067 public toilets recorded in South Australia, and 37% of the round-the-clock ones.

581 of the 872 are recorded as wheelchair accessible — including Roy Amer Reserve and Happy Valley Reservoir. 8 are Changing Places facilities, with an adult-sized change table and a hoist — among them Edinburgh Reserve and Pooraka Triangle Park. 5 open with an MLAK key, the national Master Locksmiths Access Key — among them Glenthorne National Park Adventure Playground and Croydon Park Playground Reserve. 17 need a key from the operator instead, which means finding whoever holds it before you arrive. 188 of the 872 have a baby-change table, and 180 of those sit at a site that is also wheelchair accessible.

364 of the 872 are published as open 24 hours — such as Emu Bay and Main Street Reserve. 259 open in daylight hours only, 117 list variable hours and 3 follow the host venue's hours. Where set times are published, the earliest opening is 5am at Kingston Coast Park and the latest closing is 11pm at John Mathwin Reserve. 12 are shown as closed on Mondays. 377 publish no weekly hours at all, so treat those as unknown rather than open.

8 of the 872 charge for entry; the rest are free — the charging ones being Wirra Campground and Innes National Park 15. This is the largest category in the dataset by a wide margin, and it stretches from a single pan in a pocket park to a serviced block in a regional park. Many are locked at dusk even where no closing time is published. Every figure here is counted from the National Public Toilet Map, which operators and councils update at their own pace.