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Public toilets, ACT

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Publisher City and Environment DirectorateUpdated as neededLicence CC BY 4.0 with the ACTmapi terms of useLatest 2026-08-11Rows 229Fields 25

The public toilets in the ACT that the City and Environment Directorate owns or manages, from the Public Toilet Assets layer on ACTmapi. Each row carries the asset type and subtype, the asset identifier and name, the location, the operational state, whether there is an accessible cubicle, the number of male, female, unisex and accessible cubicles, urinals and sinks, the total cubicles, the hours or conditions of public access, the water supply and toilet system, the suburb, address, owner and maintainer, the date the record was last edited, the publisher's global identifier and the point's longitude and latitude.

Also called: ACTGOV Public Toilet Assets, Canberra public toilets map, ACT public toilets and ablution blocks.

Before you use it
The licence has a condition
The ACTmapi terms of use at https://www.actmapi.act.gov.au/terms-and-conditions apply in addition to the CC BY 4.0 licence. They state that the Territory makes the material available for information purposes only and makes no warranty about it. A user waives and releases the Australian Capital Territory to the full extent permitted by law from any and all claims relating to the usage of the material. The terms place no limit on reuse, and the data may be shared and adapted with the attribution kept.
What is in each row?
One public toilet the ACT Government owns or manages, with its asset identifier and name, the park or place it is in, its type, whether it is active, whether it has an accessible cubicle, its cubicle, urinal and sink counts, when the public can use it, its water supply and toilet system, the suburb and address, the owner and maintainer, the date the record was last edited, and its coordinates.
Does it list every public toilet in Canberra?
No. The publisher lists the toilets that City Services or the Parks and Conservation Service in the City and Environment Directorate owns or manages. Toilets run privately, by other directorates or by the Federal Government may not be included.
Why are some cubicle counts empty?
The publisher leaves the count of male, female, unisex and accessible cubicles, urinals and sinks blank for about 90 of the 229 toilets. A blank count is kept blank here and is not read as zero.
What licence applies?
The layer is published under CC BY 4.0, and the ACTmapi terms of use apply in addition. Those terms add a disclaimer and a waiver and release of claims against the Territory. They place no limit on reuse.
229 public toilets drawn in 51 cells of 0.05 degrees, the fullest with 17.
Public toilets counted in cells of 0.05 degrees. State outlines from the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2021, CC BY 4.0.
229public toilets
2021 to 2025years drawn
25fields
11formats
1version
0501001502002502021 MANUAL STYLE ABLUTION BLOCK: 120212024 AUTOMATED SYSTEM EG EXCELOO BRAND TOILET: 152024 MANUAL STYLE ABLUTION BLOCK: 892024 MANUAL STYLE ABLUTION BLOCKS WITH SHOWER FACILITIES: 22024 PIT TOILET: 162024 PUBLIC TOILET LOCATED WITHIN BUILDING: 8520242025 AUTOMATED SYSTEM EG EXCELOO BRAND TOILET: 52025 MANUAL STYLE ABLUTION BLOCK: 32025
AUTOMATED SYSTEM EG EXCELOO BRAND TOILETMANUAL STYLE ABLUTION BLOCKMANUAL STYLE ABLUTION BLOCKS WITH SHOWER FACILITIESPIT TOILETPUBLIC TOILET LOCATED WITHIN BUILDING
Public toilets per year by type, 2021 to 2025. 2019 is not drawn because the rows begin on 10 October 2019. 2026 is not drawn because the rows run to 16 June 2026. Both figures are counts of rows from version 2026-08-11, worked out in the build. Nothing else is added.

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Any agent that connects to publicdata.au/mcp can find this dataset, read its 25 fields, count and filter across all 229 rows and diff its versions. Every answer names the version and carries City and Environment's attribution. No key.

Then ask it: What does Public toilets, ACT hold, and what changed in the newest version?

claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp

One command. No key, no account, no sign-up.

Download it as Excel, CSV, JSON and 8 more formats

Pick a format and a version. Excel is picked first because it opens in the tools most offices have. The URL is yours to keep. A dated version keeps its content.

Format
"Latest" redirects to the newest version and will change when the publisher releases again. A dated version keeps its content.
https://publicdata.au/d/act-public-toilets/latest/data.xlsx
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One workbook with a records sheet of 229 typed rows, a fields sheet and a publicdata sheet with the provenance. Dates are real Excel dates. Opens in Excel, Numbers, LibreOffice and Sheets.

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Excel and Power BI read the CSV from its address and refresh from it. The R and Python packages take any dataset on this site by its slug, so a new dataset needs no new release. The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS, and a query reads only the blocks it touches.

The dated URL in the code never changes. https://publicdata.au/d/act-public-toilets/latest/ redirects to the newest version.

https://publicdata.au/d/act-public-toilets/latest/data.csv

In Excel choose Data, then From Web, and paste this address. Excel keeps it, so Refresh All reads the newest version. A sheet holds about a million rows; past that, load the query to the Data Model.

What is in it

Column names are made snake_case and the publisher's original header is kept beside each one. Blank cells are null. Nothing is added, removed, ranked or summarised. Cells were typed and headers were made snake_case. The point of each feature is given as longitude and latitude columns. Rows were left alone.

FieldTypePublisher's headerNote
asset_typestringASSET_TYPE
asset_sub_typestringASSET_SUB_TYPEThe publisher's type, such as a manual ablution block, a toilet inside a building, an automated toilet or a pit toilet.
asset_idstringASSET_ID
asset_namestringASSET_NAME
locationstringLOCATION
operational_statestringOPERATIONAL_STATE`ACTIVE` or `INACTIVE`, as the publisher records it.
disabled_cubiclestringDISABLED_CUBICLE`DISABLED ACCESS` or `NO DISABLED ACCESS`, as the publisher records it.
male_cubicle_numberintegerMALE_CUBICLE_NUMBER
female_cubicle_numberintegerFEMALE_CUBICLE_NUMBER
unisex_cubicle_numberintegerUNISEX_CUBICLE_NUMBER
disabled_cubicle_numberintegerDISABLED_CUBICLE_NUMBER
urinal_numberintegerURINAL_NUMBER
total_no_of_cubiclesintegerTOTAL_NO_OF_CUBICLES
sink_numberintegerSINK_NUMBER
toilet_accessstringTOILET_ACCESSWhen the public can use the toilet, such as `24 HOURS` or the hours of a reserve, as the publisher records it.
water_supplystringWATER_SUPPLY
toilet_systemstringTOILET_SYSTEM
suburbstringSUBURB
addressstringADDRESS
ownershipstringOWNERSHIP
maintained_bystringMAINTAINED_BY
last_edited_datedateLAST_EDITED_DATEThe date the publisher last edited the asset's record.
globalidstringGlobalID
longitudenumber(longitude)
latitudenumber(latitude)

Download this table as a data dictionary (Excel), or read it as a Frictionless Table Schema at schema.json. The key is asset_id.

A sample of 10 rows

From the latest version, newest first by record last edited, then in the publisher's order, with every field. A blank cell is shown as null.

asset_typeasset_sub_typeasset_idasset_namelocationoperational_statedisabled_cubiclemale_cubicle_numberfemale_cubicle_numberunisex_cubicle_numberdisabled_cubicle_numberurinal_numbertotal_no_of_cubiclessink_numbertoilet_accesswater_supplytoilet_systemsuburbaddressownershipmaintained_bylast_edited_dateglobalidlongitudelatitude
PUBLIC TOILETMANUAL STYLE ABLUTION BLOCKTOLT55WESTON PARK DISTRICT PARK MANUAL STYLE ABLUTION BLOCKBLOCK 3/123/YARRALUMLAINACTIVEDISABLED ACCESS3201060AEST 7AM TO 8PM, AEDT 7AM TO 10PMnullnullYARRALUMLAYARRALUMLA,ACT,2600,AUSTRALIAPLACE MANAGEMENTPM - INNER SOUTH OPERATIONS2026-06-169273f79c-6554-4b9e-a768-26216098eb94149.089451771-35.2969274249
PUBLIC TOILETAUTOMATED SYSTEM EG EXCELOO BRAND TOILETTOLT316BUNCLE PLACE NEIGHBOURHOOD PARKBUNCLE PLACE NEIGHBOURHOOD PARKACTIVEDISABLED ACCESSnullnull2nullnull22AEST 7AM TO 8PM, AEDT 7AM TO 10PMPOTABLE TOWN WATERCONNECTED TO TOWN SEWERAGEDUNLOPSHOOBRIDGE CIRCUIT,DUNLOP,2615,ACT,AUSTRALIAPLACE MANAGEMENTPM - BELCONNEN OPERATIONS2026-06-02d18de743-9d4f-4462-b25e-7752e62956f1149.020160321-35.1940771013
PUBLIC TOILETAUTOMATED SYSTEM EG EXCELOO BRAND TOILETTOLT315BLOCK 2/98/DENMAN PROSPECT AUTOMATICBLOCK 2/98/DENMAN PROSPECTACTIVENO DISABLED ACCESSnullnull1nullnull1null24 HOURSPOTABLE TOWN WATERCONNECTED TO TOWN SEWERAGEDENMAN PROSPECTLEX WATSON CIRCUIT,DENMAN PROSPECT,2611,ACT,AUSTRALIAPLACE MANAGEMENTPRIVATE2026-04-292065fea8-573b-405f-8378-78e11722b25f149.023627469-35.2928950622
PUBLIC TOILETMANUAL STYLE ABLUTION BLOCKTOLT146BURNUM BURNUM CLOSE COMMUNITY RECREATION IRRIGATED PARK MANUAL STYLE ABLUTION BLOCKBURNUM BURNUM CLOSE COMMUNITY RECREATION IRRIGATED PARKACTIVENO DISABLED ACCESS0000000AEST 7AM TO 8PM, AEDT 7AM TO 10PMPOTABLE TOWN WATERCONNECTED TO TOWN SEWERAGEBONNERBONNER,ACT,2914,AUSTRALIAPLACE MANAGEMENTPM - GUNGAHLIN OPERATIONS2026-03-163dd210b1-2c60-4f2e-93c4-baa784909328149.142194422-35.1593186484
PUBLIC TOILETAUTOMATED SYSTEM EG EXCELOO BRAND TOILETTOLT311RUTH PARKRUTH PARKACTIVEDISABLED ACCESSnullnull2nullnull21AEST 7AM TO 8PM, AEDT 7AM TO 10PMPOTABLE TOWN WATERCONNECTED TO TOWN SEWERAGECOOMBSEDGEWORTH PARADE,COOMBS,2611,ACT,AUSTRALIAPLACE MANAGEMENTPM - WODEN WESTON MOLONGLO OPERATIONS2026-02-192051925e-7f8f-4df4-819e-749854183751149.038529259-35.3137387322
PUBLIC TOILETAUTOMATED SYSTEM EG EXCELOO BRAND TOILETTOLT312EVATT SHOPPING CENTREEVATT SHOPPING CENTREACTIVEDISABLED ACCESSnullnull20131AEST 7AM TO 8PM, AEDT 7AM TO 10PMPOTABLE TOWN WATERCONNECTED TO TOWN SEWERAGEEVATTMCCLURE PLACE,EVATT,2617,ACT,AUSTRALIAPLACE MANAGEMENTPM - BELCONNEN OPERATIONS2026-02-19e53236aa-868f-447b-8498-69a5f97deb39149.073670436-35.2086654125
PUBLIC TOILETAUTOMATED SYSTEM EG EXCELOO BRAND TOILETTOLT314BIZANT STREET NEIGHBOURHOOD PARKBIZANT STREET NEIGHBOURHOOD PARKACTIVEDISABLED ACCESSnullnull1nullnull11AEST 7AM TO 8PM, AEDT 7AM TO 10PMPOTABLE TOWN WATERCONNECTED TO TOWN SEWERAGEAMAROOBIZANT STREET,AMAROO,2914,ACT,AUSTRALIAPLACE MANAGEMENTPM - GUNGAHLIN OPERATIONS2026-02-19282e365d-877a-49ec-8dd6-e7e82fff2f8b149.135440615-35.1738405503
PUBLIC TOILETAUTOMATED SYSTEM EG EXCELOO BRAND TOILETTOLT313YERRABI DISTRICT PARKYERRABI DISTRICT PARKACTIVEDISABLED ACCESSnullnull2nullnull22AEST 7AM TO 8PM, AEDT 7AM TO 10PMPOTABLE TOWN WATERCONNECTED TO TOWN SEWERAGEGUNGAHLINWUNDERLICH STREET,GUNGAHLIN,2912,ACT,AUSTRALIAPLACE MANAGEMENTPM - GUNGAHLIN OPERATIONS2026-02-19f473da60-fa08-469b-916c-f7a7e5cf99ab149.130832305-35.1792383496
PUBLIC TOILETAUTOMATED SYSTEM EG EXCELOO BRAND TOILETTOLT310LONGERENONG STREET PEDESTRIAN PARKLAND TOILET BLOCKLONGERENONG STREET PEDESTRIAN PARKLANDACTIVEDISABLED ACCESSnullnull1nullnull1null24 HOURSPOTABLE TOWN WATERCONNECTED TO TOWN SEWERAGEFARRERLONGERENONG STREET,FARRER,2607,ACT,AUSTRALIAPLACE MANAGEMENTPM - WODEN WESTON MOLONGLO OPERATIONS2025-10-22348321d0-c833-4cdc-8d9d-471558be2a2e149.103676184-35.3766481128
PUBLIC TOILETAUTOMATED SYSTEM EG EXCELOO BRAND TOILETTOLT307BURTON STREET COMMUNITY RECREATION IRRIGATED PARK TOILET BLOCKBURTON STREET COMMUNITY RECREATION IRRIGATED PARKACTIVEDISABLED ACCESSnullnull11null21OFFICE HOURSPOTABLE TOWN WATERCONNECTED TO TOWN SEWERAGEWATSONBURTON STREET,WATSON,2602,ACT,AUSTRALIAPLACE MANAGEMENTPM - INNER NORTH OPERATIONS2025-09-300e0a839c-f105-4bf5-b48a-cd226dd89adc149.151879426-35.2392935421
The first row as JSON

As it appears in data.json.

GET https://publicdata.au/d/act-public-toilets/latest/data.json
{
  "asset_type": "PUBLIC TOILET",
  "asset_sub_type": "MANUAL STYLE ABLUTION BLOCK",
  "asset_id": "TOLT18",
  "asset_name": "HAIG PARK MANUAL STYLE ABLUTION BLOCK",
  "location": "HAIG PARK",
  "operational_state": "ACTIVE",
  "disabled_cubicle": "DISABLED ACCESS",
  "male_cubicle_number": 1,
  "female_cubicle_number": 2,
  "unisex_cubicle_number": 0,
  "disabled_cubicle_number": 0,
  "urinal_number": 0,
  "total_no_of_cubicles": 3,
  "sink_number": 0,
  "toilet_access": "AEST 7AM TO 8PM, AEDT 7AM TO 10PM",
  "water_supply": null,
  "toilet_system": null,
  "suburb": "BRADDON",
  "address": "BRADDON,ACT,2612,AUSTRALIA",
  "ownership": "PLACE MANAGEMENT",
  "maintained_by": "PM - INNER NORTH OPERATIONS",
  "last_edited_date": "2024-07-11",
  "globalid": "291c67ba-a2f3-487c-b923-c1d631a52263",
  "longitude": 149.131804599375,
  "latitude": -35.2701375493569
}

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How filters work

Each filter is field=operator.value in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive, except that like and ilike ignore case in the ASCII letters A to Z. Prefix not. to negate a filter, as not.eq.value.

OperatorWhat it matches
eq.valueEqual to the value.
neq.valueNot equal to the value. A blank cell does not match.
gt.valueGreater than the value.
gte.valueGreater than or equal to the value.
lt.valueLess than the value.
lte.valueLess than or equal to the value.
like.*text*Matches a pattern where * stands for any run of characters, ignoring case in the ASCII letters A to Z.
ilike.*text*The same as like. Both ignore case in ASCII letters only, so É and é differ.
in.(a,b,c)Equal to any value in the list. A value cannot contain a comma.
is.nullBlank in the source, or suppressed by the publisher.
ParameterWhat it does
selectFields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent.
orderfield.asc or field.desc, comma-separated. When absent, rows come in the order of the file they are read from. For the newest versions that is the version's own data.parquet, which keeps the publisher's order unless the dataset sorted it. Any other version is read from the Parquet file the answer names in file, and when that file is sorted the answer names its sort in order, which ties follow too.
limitRows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent.
offsetRows to skip. The next URL in each answer sets it for you.
groupOn aggregate, fields to group by, comma-separated.
metricOn aggregate, count, sum.field, avg.field, min.field or max.field, comma-separated. count when absent.
formatjson, ndjson or csv. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers.

Without a version the API answers from the newest version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put versions/<date>/ before rows or aggregate for an answer from that version alone. Every version with a table can be queried, and /api/v1/datasets/<slug>/versions lists them. A query on a version the database does not hold is read from its Parquet file, and one that would read too much of it is refused with DuckDB SQL that answers it from the file. The 1 newest version is loaded; versions lists them.

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https://publicdata.au/mcp is a remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP with the same tools, defined in the same place, so a tool added to the pages is added here too. It needs no key and no account. Its row tools and the query API answer every version through one query path, so a tool's answer and the query URL it cites give the same rows. A query that would read too much of a file is refused with DuckDB SQL that answers it from the file. It also has search and fetch, the two tools ChatGPT's deep research and company knowledge call by name, which run search_datasets and read a dataset's record in the shapes those features expect. The row tools are held to the query API's limit of 60 queries in 10 seconds from one address, and each call is two queries because it also counts the matching rows. Add it to Claude Code with claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp, add the URL in Claude as a custom connector, or give it to any client that connects to remote MCP servers. Each dataset with a table is also a resource at https://publicdata.au/d/<slug>/fields.json, which lists its fields with their types, the publisher's descriptions, their ranges and the values they hold, so an agent can read a dataset's shape before it writes a query.

What changed

One version for every release the publisher has made since this site started following the dataset. The date is the day the file changed on the portal.

  • 2026-08-11
    229 rows25 fieldsutf-8-sigdfa1c1e848cd

versions.json · changes.json · history.tar.zst (26 KB, every version's Parquet and manifest)

Questions

How do I download Public toilets as a CSV file?

Open https://publicdata.au/d/act-public-toilets/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/act-public-toilets/v/2026-08-11/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same.

Can I open Public toilets in Excel?

Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/act-public-toilets/v/2026-08-11/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 229 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/act-public-toilets/v/2026-08-11/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.

What years does Public toilets cover?

The current version covers 2021 to 2025. Each release from City and Environment becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online.

How often is Public toilets updated?

City and Environment releases it as needed. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.

Can I use Public toilets commercially?

Yes, with one condition. The ACTmapi terms of use at https://www.actmapi.act.gov.au/terms-and-conditions apply in addition to the CC BY 4.0 licence. They state that the Territory makes the material available for information purposes only and makes no warranty about it. A user waives and releases the Australian Capital Territory to the full extent permitted by law from any and all claims relating to the usage of the material. The terms place no limit on reuse, and the data may be shared and adapted with the attribution kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file.

Is this the official source for Public toilets?

No. The publisher is City and Environment Directorate, and its page is https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/5fbbda15bc254a0ead86fa34edb12e56?f=json. National Digital converted the publisher's file to other formats. It renamed and typed the columns and kept only those the schema lists. National Digital made these changes, and the publisher is not responsible for them. The original sits beside every version as source.geojson with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared.

What coordinate system does Public toilets use?

Longitude and latitude in WGS84 (EPSG:4326), as the feature service projects them on request. The layer's own coordinates are in GDA2020 (EPSG:7855). The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects.

What this site did to the data. Cells were typed, headers were renamed and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. The publisher's file sits beside every version as source.geojson so the change can be checked.

Attribution and citation

The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used.

“ACTGOV Public Toilet Assets” from ACTmapi ©Australian Capital Territory, City and Environment Directorate, https://actmapi-actgov.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/5fbbda15bc254a0ead86fa34edb12e56, accessed 26 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0 and the ACTmapi terms of use, https://www.actmapi.act.gov.au/terms-and-conditions. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/act-public-toilets/v/2026-08-11/

The map's state outlines are from the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2021, under CC BY 4.0.

The attribution alone is inside every file. Harvard is the author-date form a report or a brief asks for. Paste the HTML on a web page so the links carry.

Licence record

City and Environment Directorate states the licence, CC BY 4.0 with the ACTmapi terms of use, on its own page, which was read and recorded here on 24 October 2026.

Every fetch reads the licence again and stops when it has changed. The fetch that made version 2026-08-11 read it from www.arcgis.com on 26 October 2026.

For agents and tools

This page carries a schema.org Dataset record and is listed in /.well-known/ard.json and /catalog.json.

Source

City and Environment Directorate publishes this table on services1.arcgis.com. Questions about the content go to the publisher. Questions about the files here go to corrections.

Fetched 26 October 2026. Source SHA-256 dfa1c1e848cddece…

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