# Suburb Guide

> Living suburb profiles for Australia built from official government and open data.

Suburb Guide helps people research Australian suburbs using structured, citable data on population, housing, crime, schools, transport, amenities, weather, planning, heritage, and hazards.

## Primary pages

- Home: /
- State suburb indexes: /sa, /nsw, /vic, /qld, /wa, /tas, /act, /nt
- Suburb profiles: /{state}/{suburb-slug} (example: /sa/adelaide)
- Desirability methodology (all states): /{state}/desirability

## Data sources

Profiles combine Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) census and SEIFA data, state government open-data portals, national transport GTFS feeds, OpenStreetMap amenities, Open-Meteo weather, and state-specific crime, housing, and planning datasets where available.

Each suburb page lists metrics and events with source attribution. Every section includes a **Data sources & freshness** block showing the official publisher, reporting period, when the site last refreshed the data, and update cadence.

## Coverage

- Suburb boundaries: all states and territories (~15,000 localities)
- Richest dataset coverage: South Australia
- Other states: expanding state-by-state using the same collector categories

## API

Machine-readable JSON is available at /api/suburbs/{state} and /api/suburbs/{state}/{slug} when the backend is running. The public website is the primary interface.

## Contact & licensing

Site content is derived from open-government datasets under their respective licences. Verify critical information against official sources.