--- title: Ambulance Victoria response times by council area, 2018-19 resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/ publisher: Ambulance Victoria licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2025-06-04 rows: 169 fields: 5 source: https://www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-05/LGA-Response-Time-Performance-FY-2019.csv source_sha256: b4aeb40b76bcaab85f3e81513e23813764bb80686f645a97a8dc17c0ea14631d language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Ambulance Victoria response times by council area, 2018-19 The share of Code 1 ambulance incidents reached within 15 minutes, the average response time and the number of incidents in each Victorian council area in 2018-19, from Ambulance Victoria. Published by Ambulance Victoria under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Ambulance Victoria has not endorsed this site. Also called: Ambulance Victoria LGA response time performance, Code 1 ambulance response times by LGA, Victorian ambulance response times by council. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/v/2025-06-04/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/latest/data.csv (6.8 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/latest/data.xlsx (13 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/latest/data.json (26 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/latest/data.parquet (9.3 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/latest/data.sqlite (33 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/latest/data.ndjson (25 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/latest/data.arrow (7.9 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/latest/data.csv.gz (2.4 KB) Pinned version 2025-06-04: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/v/2025-06-04/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/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/rows?final_dispatch_code=eq.Code%201&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/aggregate?group=lga_name&metric=avg.avg_response_seconds&final_dispatch_code=eq.Code%201 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/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `lga_name` | string | LGA Name | | | `final_dispatch_code` | string | Final Dispatch Code | Code 1 is a lights and sirens response, Code 2 an urgent response without them. | | `pct_within_15_mins` | string | %<=15mins | The share of incidents reached within 15 minutes, with its percent sign. Code 1 only. | | `avg_response_seconds` | integer | AVG RT - Seconds | | | `total_incidents` | integer | Total Number | | ## Versions - 2025-06-04: 169 rows, 5 fields, sha256 b4aeb40b76bc. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/v/2025-06-04/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/history.tar.zst ## Part of Ambulance Victoria response time performance - [Ambulance Victoria response times by town and city, 2017-18](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-town/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Elective surgery by urgency category and hospital, Queensland, September quarter 2025](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-elective-surgery-by-category/) (Qld) - [People waiting and median waits in emergency departments, Queensland, live](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/) (Qld) - [Emergency department patients seen on time by hospital and triage category, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-ed-patients-seen-on-time/) (Cth) - [Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/) (Cth) - [Police, fire, ambulance and SES stations, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/) (Cth) - [Emergency department busyness by day and hour, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-busyness/) (Qld) - [Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland, latest quarter](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/) (Qld) - [Elective surgery by specialty and hospital, Queensland, September quarter 2025](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-elective-surgery-by-specialty/) (Qld) - [CFA incident responses, Victoria, 2009-10 to 2021-22](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/) (Vic) ## Attribution and citation Ambulance Victoria, Victorian Government, Ambulance Victoria LGA Response Time Performance, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ambulance-victoria-lga-response-time-performance, 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: Ambulance Victoria, Victorian Government, Ambulance Victoria LGA Response Time Performance, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ambulance-victoria-lga-response-time-performance, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/v/2025-06-04/ Harvard: Ambulance Victoria (2025) Ambulance Victoria response times by council area, 2018-19, version 2025-06-04 [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/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/v/2025-06-04/ Markdown: Data: [Ambulance Victoria response time performance](https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ambulance-victoria-lga-response-time-performance), Ambulance Victoria, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/v/2025-06-04/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Ambulance Victoria response times by council area as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/v/2025-06-04/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 Ambulance Victoria response times by council area in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/v/2025-06-04/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 169 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/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/v/2025-06-04/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Ambulance Victoria response times by council area cover? The current version covers the years since 2018. Each release from Ambulance Victoria becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Ambulance Victoria response times by council area updated? Ambulance Victoria no longer updates it. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Ambulance Victoria response times by council area 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 Ambulance Victoria response times by council area? No. The publisher is Ambulance Victoria, and its page is https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ambulance-victoria-lga-response-time-performance. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What does each row hold? One council area and dispatch code, Code 1 or Code 2, for the 2018-19 financial year, with the share of incidents reached within 15 minutes, the average response time in seconds and the number of incidents. The publisher reports the 15 minute share for Code 1 only, so it is blank on Code 2 rows. ### Why are there rows that are not council areas? The publisher adds rows for Unincorporated Vic, Interstate LGAs and its Total AV, and ends both the Code 1 and the Code 2 table with a note on Moonee Valley, where inter hospital transfers arriving by air lengthen Code 2 times. These rows are kept as published. ### Why is there a row that repeats the column names? The publisher's file holds the Code 1 table and then the Code 2 table, and repeats the header row between them. That row is kept as published, with its number columns null. ### Why is the share within 15 minutes text? The publisher writes it with a percent sign, such as 51.1%, and it is kept as written. ## 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.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.