--- title: State maintained rest areas, South Australia resource: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/ publisher: Department for Infrastructure and Transport licence: CC BY 3.0 AU licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ version: 2026-06-28 rows: 391 fields: 22 source: https://www.dptiapps.com.au/dataportal/StateMaintainedRestAreas_geojson.zip source_sha256: 9a3214864fbf1f900c58364e0698a69181b40a1a7576c9665c665a0668231573 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # State maintained rest areas, South Australia The rest areas the State maintains on South Australian roads, each as its mapped footprint, with its type, surface, condition and facility counts, from the Department for Infrastructure and Transport. Published by Department for Infrastructure and Transport under CC BY 3.0 AU. 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. Department for Infrastructure and Transport has not endorsed this site. Also called: Rest Areas - State Maintained, SA rest areas, South Australian highway rest areas, Truck parking bays SA. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/v/2026-06-28/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/latest/data.csv (66 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/latest/data.xlsx (45 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/latest/data.json (199 KB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/latest/data.geojson (589 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/latest/data.parquet (150 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/latest/data.sqlite (94 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/latest/data.duckdb - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/latest/data.gpkg (299 KB) - pmtiles: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/latest/data.pmtiles (846 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/latest/data.ndjson (197 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/latest/data.csv.gz (10 KB) Pinned version 2026-06-28: `https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/v/2026-06-28/data.`. Dated versions keep their content. ## 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-rest-areas-state-maintained/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/aggregate?group=restareatype_desc&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 that `like` and `ilike` ignore case in the ASCII letters A to Z. 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. 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. - `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 version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer from that version alone. Every version with a table can be queried, and `/api/v1/datasets//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 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-rest-areas-state-maintained/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `deptassetid` | string | deptassetid | | | `uid` | string | uid | | | `restareatype_desc` | string | restareatype_desc | | | `restareasurface_desc` | string | restareasurface_desc | | | `restareasize` | number | restareasize | | | `currentcondition_desc` | string | currentcondition_desc | | | `assetstatus_desc` | string | assetstatus_desc | | | `truckparking` | boolean | truckparking | | | `toiletblocks` | number | toiletblocks | | | `watertanks` | number | watertanks | | | `shelters` | number | shelters | | | `tables` | number | tables | | | `bins` | number | bins | | | `comments` | string | comments | | | `phones` | number | phones | | | `seats` | number | seats | | | `sheds` | number | sheds | | | `contractorid` | string | contractorid | | | `restareatype` | string | restareatype | | | `restareasurface` | string | restareasurface | | | `currentcondition` | string | currentcondition | | | `assetstatus` | string | assetstatus | | Key: `deptassetid`. ## Versions - 2026-06-28: 391 rows, 22 fields, sha256 9a3214864fbf. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/v/2026-06-28/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Rest areas, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-rest-areas/) (NSW) - [Roadside stops on state roads, Tasmania](https://publicdata.au/d/tas-roadside-stops/) (Tas) - [Road stopping places on state roads, Western Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-road-stopping-places/) (WA) - [Translink origin-destination trips, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-translink-origin-destination-trips/) (Qld) - [Factors in road crashes, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-factors/) (Qld) - [Translink patronage by mode, South East Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-translink-patronage-seq/) (Qld) - [Translink customer service complaints per 10,000 trips](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-translink-complaints/) (Qld) - [Translink passenger fines and warnings](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-translink-fines-warnings/) (Qld) - [Translink passenger injuries per 10,000 trips](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-translink-passenger-injuries/) (Qld) - [Parking offences and fines, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-parking-offences/) (ACT) - [Interstate and overseas driver licences transferred to the ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/) (ACT) - [Driver licences transferred interstate, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-interstate/) (ACT) ## Attribution and citation Department for Infrastructure and Transport, Government of South Australia, Rest Areas - State Maintained, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/rest-areas-state-maintained, accessed 19 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. 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 Infrastructure and Transport, Government of South Australia, Rest Areas - State Maintained, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/rest-areas-state-maintained, accessed 19 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/v/2026-06-28/ Harvard: Department for Infrastructure and Transport (2026) State maintained rest areas, South Australia, version 2026-06-28 [data set], CC BY 3.0 AU, sourced 19 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/v/2026-06-28/ Markdown: Data: [State maintained rest areas, South Australia](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/rest-areas-state-maintained), Department for Infrastructure and Transport, [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/), sourced 19 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/v/2026-06-28/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download State maintained rest areas as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/v/2026-06-28/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, PMTiles, NDJSON. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open State maintained rest areas in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained/v/2026-06-28/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 391 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-rest-areas-state-maintained/v/2026-06-28/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is State maintained rest areas updated? Infrastructure and Transport releases it as required. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use State maintained rest areas commercially? Yes. CC BY 3.0 AU 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 State maintained rest areas? No. The publisher is Department for Infrastructure and Transport, and its page is https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/rest-areas-state-maintained. 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.zip with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What coordinate system does State maintained rest areas use? The GDA2020 GeoJSON in the publisher's download, read as published. The GeoJSON file uses GDA2020 as well, which differs from the WGS84 GeoJSON expects by well under a metre. ### What is in each row? One rest area that the State maintains in South Australia, with the department's asset number, the rest area type, surface, size in square metres, condition and status, whether truck parking is allowed, and counts of toilet blocks, water tanks, shelters, tables and bins. The shape of each site is its mapped footprint. ### Why are the sites shapes and not points? The department maps each rest area as the area it covers beside the road. The shapes are published as given, moved to GDA2020 where needed, and no centre point is worked out. ### Does it include council rest areas? No. The layer holds the rest areas the State maintains. The publisher says councils should be asked about the rest areas each one maintains. ## 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.zip`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/sa-rest-areas-state-maintained.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.