---
title: Air quality monitoring sites, South Australia
resource: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/
publisher: Environment Protection Authority
licence: CC BY 4.0
licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
version: 2025-07-08
rows: 16
fields: 7
source: https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/a768c1f5-9714-4576-90bd-9dddaaa66ce4/resource/206bce6a-d345-4147-bebd-b16959e47718/download/topo_epa_airqualitymonitoringsites_wgs84.geojson
source_sha256: 496b2e080fd342c72128783369252f1ab164ae9aba06f69603abceaac9bc3e13
language: en-AU
operator: National Digital
not_endorsed: true
---

# Air quality monitoring sites, South Australia

The Environment Protection Authority's air quality monitoring sites in South Australia, active and inactive, with the parameters each measures and its location.

Published by Environment Protection Authority under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Environment Protection Authority has not endorsed this site.

Also called: SA EPA Air Quality Monitoring Sites, Adelaide air quality stations, South Australian air monitoring network.

## Download

Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/v/2025-07-08/`:

- csv: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/latest/data.csv (2.4 KB)
- xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/latest/data.xlsx (9.3 KB)
- json: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/latest/data.json (6.0 KB)
- geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/latest/data.geojson (7.4 KB)
- parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/latest/data.parquet (7.6 KB)
- sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/latest/data.sqlite (29 KB)
- duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB)
- gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/latest/data.gpkg (57 KB)
- geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/latest/data.geo.parquet (6.1 KB)
- ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/latest/data.ndjson (5.4 KB)
- arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/latest/data.arrow (6.3 KB)
- csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/latest/data.csv.gz (832 B)

Pinned version 2025-07-08: `https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/v/2025-07-08/data.<format>`. Dated versions never change.

## Query

The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/aggregate.

- Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/rows?limit=5
- Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/aggregate?group=status&metric=count

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 with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`.

- `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent.
- `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent.
- `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent.
- `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you.
- `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated.
- `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent.
- `format`: `json`, `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 loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions/<date>/` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets/<slug>/versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/openapi.json

## Explore

Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded.

## Fields

| field | type | publisher's header | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `object_id` | integer | OBJECTID |  |
| `site` | string | MONITORING |  |
| `parameters` | string | PARAMETERS |  |
| `status` | string | STATUS |  |
| `data_page` | string | AIR_QUALITY |  |
| `longitude` | number | (longitude) | Decimal degrees, WGS84, from the point geometry. |
| `latitude` | number | (latitude) | Decimal degrees, WGS84, from the point geometry. |

Key: `object_id`.

## Versions

- 2025-07-08: 16 rows, 7 fields, sha256 496b2e080fd3. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/v/2025-07-08/

Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/history.tar.zst

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## Attribution and citation

Environment Protection Authority, Government of South Australia, Air Quality Monitoring Sites, https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/air-quality-monitoring-sites, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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

Plain text: Environment Protection Authority, Government of South Australia, Air Quality Monitoring Sites, https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/air-quality-monitoring-sites, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/v/2025-07-08/

Harvard: Environment Protection Authority (2025) Air quality monitoring sites, South Australia, version 2025-07-08 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/v/2025-07-08/

Markdown: Data: [Air quality monitoring sites, South Australia](https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/air-quality-monitoring-sites), Environment Protection Authority, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/v/2025-07-08/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/).

## Questions

### How do I download Air quality monitoring sites as a CSV file?

Open https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/v/2025-07-08/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same.

### Can I open Air quality monitoring sites in Excel?

Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/v/2025-07-08/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 16 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/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites/v/2025-07-08/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.

### How often is Air quality monitoring sites updated?

EPA releases it when the publisher updates the list. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.

### Can I use Air quality monitoring sites commercially?

Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file.

### Is this the official source for Air quality monitoring sites?

No. The publisher is Environment Protection Authority, and its page is https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/air-quality-monitoring-sites. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.geojson with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared.

### What coordinate system does Air quality monitoring sites use?

Coordinates are longitude and latitude in WGS84 (EPSG:4326), from the publisher's WGS84 GeoJSON file. The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects.

### What is in each row?

One air quality monitoring site of the Environment Protection Authority, with its name, the parameters it measures, whether it is active, the link to its readings where it has one, and its location.

### Where are the readings?

The EPA publishes each station's hourly readings as separate portal datasets, one zip of monthly files per year. This table lists the sites.

## What this site did to the data

Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.geojson`.

## Improve this dataset

This page is built from [register/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/sa-air-quality-monitoring-sites.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.