How many accessible toilets does my event need?
At least one, always, on top of your ordinary toilets. Victoria requires one per 100 toilets.
At least 1accessible toilet, extra to your ordinary ones
Accessible toilet calculator
Use the numbers from your event plan.
Keep planning
For comfort, allow about one accessible toilet per 100 guests, and one at each toilet area.
What the rules say
- Everywhere: event guidance asks for at least one accessible toilet, close to any accessible viewing area.
- Victoria: the building regulations for places of public entertainment require one accessible toilet per 100 toilets, or part of 100, so every event needs at least one.
- Spread out: if the toilets are in more than one spot, put an accessible one at each.
- On top, not instead: accessible toilets don't count towards your ordinary toilet numbers.
Big public events usually need a council permit, and the council may set its own numbers. Ask them.
Placing it
Put it on level ground with a firm, step-free path to the door, close to where people with a disability will be. A wheelchair can't easily cross soft grass, gravel or a cable ramp. The hire company will tell you how much flat space the unit needs.