--- title: Registered dogs by suburb, breed and colour, City of Greater Dandenong resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/ publisher: City of Greater Dandenong licence: CC BY 3.0 AU licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ version: 2021-01-06 rows: 7564 fields: 6 source: https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/638fb09b-5ec5-4b8c-9af7-919cb879e752/resource/abdce0cb-33f0-42cd-908a-3ee39ad2c176/download/registered-dogs.csv source_sha256: 316d65396e7dde79b5bf7b1c53eda3b2f2cb9bde0b556d191dd3caa173aff5be language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Registered dogs by suburb, breed and colour, City of Greater Dandenong Each of about 7,500 dogs on the City of Greater Dandenong's register, with suburb, postcode, breed code, colour code and sex. Published by City of Greater Dandenong under CC BY 3.0 AU and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. City of Greater Dandenong has not endorsed this site. Also called: Greater Dandenong registered dogs, Dandenong dog registrations by breed, Dog breeds in Noble Park and Keysborough. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/v/2021-01-06/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/latest/data.csv (361 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/latest/data.xlsx (195 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/latest/data.json (832 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/latest/data.parquet (27 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/latest/data.sqlite (344 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/latest/data.ndjson (824 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/latest/data.arrow (151 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/latest/data.csv.gz (35 KB) Pinned version 2021-01-06: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/v/2021-01-06/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-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/aggregate?group=breed&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//` 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-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `locality`: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/v/2021-01-06/by/locality/index.json lists 10 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `locality` | string | Locality | | | `postcode` | string | Postcode | | | `animal_type` | string | Animal_Type | | | `breed` | string | Breed_Description | | | `colour` | string | Colour_Description | | | `sex` | string | GENDER | M, F or U as the council records it. | ## Versions - 2021-01-06: 7564 rows, 6 fields, sha256 316d65396e7d. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/v/2021-01-06/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/history.tar.zst ## Part of Victorian council dog and cat registrations - [Registered dogs and cats, Golden Plains Shire](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-golden-plains-animal-registrations/) - [Registered dogs and cats, Southern Grampians Shire](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-southern-grampians-animal-registrations/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Dogs and cats by council, registration, microchip and desexing, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-registered-animals/) (SA) - [Dog off-leash areas, Brisbane](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-brisbane-dog-off-leash-areas/) (Qld) - [Public barbecues in the Adelaide Park Lands and city](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-adelaide-city-barbecues/) (Local) - [Boat licences and vessel registrations by postcode, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-boat-licences-registrations-by-postcode/) (NSW) - [Park barbecue locations, Brisbane](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-brisbane-park-barbecues/) (Qld) - [Dog and cat owners by council, sex and age, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dogs-cats-owners/) (SA) - [Registered recreational boats by hull, engine and postcode, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-boat-registrations/) (SA) - [Public barbecues, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-barbecues/) (ACT) - [Registered associations, charities and cooperatives by region, Queensland, latest count](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-registered-organisations-by-region/) (Qld) - [Dog and cat attack and harassment incidents, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-dog-cat-incidents/) (SA) ## By suburb - [BANGHOLME](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/in/bangholme/): 91 rows - [DANDENONG](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/in/dandenong/): 759 rows - [DANDENONG NORTH](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/in/dandenong-north/): 1,598 rows - [DANDENONG SOUTH](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/in/dandenong-south/): 15 rows - [KEYSBOROUGH](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/in/keysborough/): 1,875 rows - [LYNDHURST](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/in/lyndhurst/): 4 rows - [NOBLE PARK](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/in/noble-park/): 1,403 rows - [NOBLE PARK NORTH](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/in/noble-park-north/): 554 rows - [SPRINGVALE](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/in/springvale/): 684 rows - [SPRINGVALE SOUTH](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/in/springvale-south/): 581 rows ## Attribution and citation City of Greater Dandenong, Registered Dogs - Greater Dandenong, sourced 3 October 2026, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dandenong-registered-dogs, 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: City of Greater Dandenong, Registered Dogs - Greater Dandenong, sourced 3 October 2026, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dandenong-registered-dogs, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/v/2021-01-06/ Harvard: City of Greater Dandenong (2021) Registered dogs by suburb, breed and colour, City of Greater Dandenong, version 2021-01-06 [data set], CC BY 3.0 AU, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/v/2021-01-06/ Markdown: Data: [Victorian council dog and cat registrations](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dandenong-registered-dogs), City of Greater Dandenong, [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/v/2021-01-06/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Registered dogs by suburb, breed and colour as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/v/2021-01-06/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 Registered dogs by suburb, breed and colour in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/v/2021-01-06/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 7,564 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-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/v/2021-01-06/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Registered dogs by suburb, breed and colour updated? Greater Dandenong no longer updates it. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Registered dogs by suburb, breed and colour 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 Registered dogs by suburb, breed and colour? No. The publisher is City of Greater Dandenong, and its page is https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dandenong-registered-dogs. 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. ### How do I get only the rows for one locality? Every version has one JSON file per value of locality, 10 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/v/2021-01-06/by/locality/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs/v/2021-01-06/by/locality/keysborough.json holds the 1,875 rows where locality is KEYSBOROUGH. ### What does each row hold? One dog on the City of Greater Dandenong's register when the file was published, with its suburb, postcode, breed, colour and sex. Owners and addresses are not in the file. ### What do the breed and colour codes mean? The council writes breeds and colours as short codes from its register, such as MALTX for a Maltese cross and BLAWHI for black and white. They are kept as published, since the file gives no key. ### Is it current? The portal dates the file January 2021. It is a single snapshot of the register and has not been updated since. ## 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-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-greater-dandenong-registered-dogs.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.