--- title: Dogs and cats by council, registration, microchip and desexing, South Australia resource: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/ publisher: Department for Environment and Water licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2025-07-04 rows: 1982 fields: 7 source: https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/11b13cf9-e361-4625-850c-f703e27a146b/resource/5f7f171d-43f8-4cf8-a842-8645aaee0c20/download/data_sa_animals-2025-05-30.xlsx source_sha256: e35f41941f1f359d7a359bd075b204fc48c4ef1ca38b37780387e24f0bb76e62 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Dogs and cats by council, registration, microchip and desexing, South Australia The number of dogs and cats on South Australia's Dogs and Cats Online register in each council, by species, sex, registration, microchip and desexing status. Updated yearly. Published by Department for Environment and Water under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department for Environment and Water has not endorsed this site. Also called: DACO animal data SA, Registered dogs by council South Australia, SA cats microchipped and desexed by council. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/v/2025-07-04/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/latest/data.csv (133 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/latest/data.xlsx (64 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/latest/data.json (306 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/latest/data.parquet (12 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/latest/data.sqlite (139 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/latest/data.ndjson (303 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/latest/data.arrow (31 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/latest/data.csv.gz (11 KB) Pinned version 2025-07-04: `https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/v/2025-07-04/data.`. 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-dogs-cats-registered-animals/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/rows?species=eq.Dog&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/aggregate?group=council&metric=sum.animals&species=eq.Dog 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//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//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-dogs-cats-registered-animals/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `species`: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/v/2025-07-04/by/species/index.json lists 2 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `council` | string | Council | | | `species` | string | AnimalSpecies | | | `sex` | string | Gender | | | `registration_status` | string | RegistrationStatus | | | `microchipped` | boolean | Microchipped | | | `desexed` | boolean | Desexed | | | `animals` | integer | Count | | ## Versions - 2025-07-04: 1982 rows, 7 fields, sha256 e35f41941f1f. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/v/2025-07-04/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/history.tar.zst ## Part of Dogs and Cats Online, South Australia - [Dog and cat owners by council, sex and age, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-owners/) - [Dog and cat attack and harassment incidents, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dog-cat-incidents/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Registered dogs and cats, Golden Plains Shire](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-golden-plains-animal-registrations/) (Local) - [Registered dogs and cats, Southern Grampians Shire](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-southern-grampians-animal-registrations/) (Local) - [Registered dogs by suburb, breed and colour, City of Greater Dandenong](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/) (Local) - [Boat licences and vessel registrations by postcode, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-boat-licences-registrations-by-postcode/) (NSW) - [Registered recreational boats by hull, engine and postcode, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-boat-registrations/) (SA) - [Daily water storage levels, Australian dams and reservoirs](https://publicdata.au/d/au-water-storage-levels/) (Cth) - [Dog off-leash areas, Brisbane](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-brisbane-dog-off-leash-areas/) (Qld) - [Registered associations, charities and cooperatives by region, Queensland, latest count](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-registered-organisations-by-region/) (Qld) ## Attribution and citation Department for Environment and Water, Government of South Australia, Dogs and Cats Online Data, https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/dogs-and-cats-online-data-2024-2025, 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: Department for Environment and Water, Government of South Australia, Dogs and Cats Online Data, https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/dogs-and-cats-online-data-2024-2025, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/v/2025-07-04/ Harvard: Department for Environment and Water (2025) Dogs and cats by council, registration, microchip and desexing, South Australia, version 2025-07-04 [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-dogs-cats-registered-animals/v/2025-07-04/ Markdown: Data: [Dogs and Cats Online, South Australia](https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/dogs-and-cats-online-data-2024-2025), Department for Environment and Water, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/v/2025-07-04/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Dogs and cats by council, registration, microchip and desexing as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/v/2025-07-04/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Dogs and cats by council, registration, microchip and desexing in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/v/2025-07-04/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 1,982 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-dogs-cats-registered-animals/v/2025-07-04/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Dogs and cats by council, registration, microchip and desexing updated? Environment and Water releases it yearly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Dogs and cats by council, registration, microchip and desexing 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 Dogs and cats by council, registration, microchip and desexing? No. The publisher is Department for Environment and Water, and its page is https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/dogs-and-cats-online-data-2024-2025. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.xlsx with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### How do I get only the rows for one species? Every version has one JSON file per value of species, 2 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/v/2025-07-04/by/species/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/v/2025-07-04/by/species/dog.json holds the 1,073 rows where species is Dog. ### What is in each row? The number of dogs or cats recorded as at home on Dogs and Cats Online in one council area that share a sex, registration status, microchip status and desexing status. ### What does registered mean here? The publisher counts an animal as registered if its owner paid the registration fee for the financial year, or where the council charges no fee, confirmed or updated the animal's details. All others are unregistered. ### Which council is it? The council where the animal is housed, which may differ from the council where its owner lives. ### Which year does the table cover? The newest extract from Dogs and Cats Online, taken on 30 May 2025 at the first version. The publisher releases a new portal dataset each year, and each extract becomes a version here. ## 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.xlsx`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.