Data Sources & Attribution
Where the numbers come from.
PropSignal is built on published Australian government datasets, each licensed under Creative Commons Attribution. The information presented on this site is a derived work — we calculate yields, aggregate trends, and structure comparisons from the source data listed below.
PropSignal is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an official product of any of the listed agencies. All trademarks and logos remain the property of their respective owners.
Infrastructure-pipeline context (such as the Suburban Rail Loop) is drawn from publicly available Victorian Government project information via Victoria's Big Build. Natural-hazard and transport context use the Victorian Government's open spatial data. We surface what these sources publish; we don't add forecasts.
Valuer-General Victoria
State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning)
- Dataset
- Property Sales Statistics
- How used
- Residential sale price statistics by suburb and property type.
Based on Valuer-General Victoria data, © State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes have been made: aggregation, calculation, and reformatting for suburb-level presentation.
Crime Statistics Agency Victoria
State of Victoria (Crime Statistics Agency)
- Dataset
- Recorded Criminal Incidents — Data Tables
- How used
- Recorded offence counts by suburb and year.
Based on Crime Statistics Agency Victoria data, © State of Victoria (Crime Statistics Agency), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes have been made: aggregation, calculation, and reformatting for suburb-level presentation.
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH)
State of Victoria (Department of Families, Fairness and Housing)
- Dataset
- Victorian Rental Report — including Moving Annual Rent by suburb (sourced from Residential Tenancies Bond Authority lodgements)
- How used
- Median weekly rents and rental bond lodgement statistics by suburb.
Based on Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) data, © State of Victoria (Department of Families, Fairness and Housing), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes have been made: aggregation, calculation, and reformatting for suburb-level presentation.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
- Dataset
- Census of Population and Housing; Statistical Area (SA2) demographics
- How used
- Suburb-level population, age, income, household, dwelling and tenure indicators.
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data, © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes have been made: aggregation, calculation, and reformatting for suburb-level presentation.
ABS — Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS)
Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
- Dataset
- ASGS 2021 — Local Government Area boundaries
- How used
- Local Government Area boundary polygons, simplified and reprojected for web display.
Based on ABS — Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) data, © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes have been made: aggregation, calculation, and reformatting for suburb-level presentation.
Victorian State Budget Papers
State of Victoria (Department of Treasury and Finance)
- Dataset
- Budget Paper 4 — State Capital Program
- How used
- LGA-level infrastructure project funding (schools, transport, hospitals).
Based on Victorian State Budget Papers data, © State of Victoria (Department of Treasury and Finance), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes have been made: aggregation, calculation, and reformatting for suburb-level presentation.
Victoria in Future
State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning)
- Dataset
- Victoria in Future — Population and Household Projections
- How used
- Population and household projections by region.
Based on Victoria in Future data, © State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes have been made: aggregation, calculation, and reformatting for suburb-level presentation.
ABS — Building Approvals
Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
- Dataset
- Building Approvals, Australia (dwelling units approved, by region)
- How used
- New dwelling approvals by area.
Based on ABS — Building Approvals data, © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes have been made: aggregation, calculation, and reformatting for suburb-level presentation.
Department of Education (findmyschool)
State of Victoria (Department of Education)
- Dataset
- Victorian Government School Zones
- How used
- Designated government-school catchment boundaries.
Based on Department of Education (findmyschool) data, © State of Victoria (Department of Education), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes have been made: aggregation, calculation, and reformatting for suburb-level presentation.
Corrections & licence queries
If you represent one of the listed agencies and believe an attribution is incorrect, incomplete, or that a dataset is being used outside the terms of its licence, please get in touch through the feedback link in the header. We'll respond and correct any issue promptly.
If you notice a factual error in the data shown for a specific suburb, the same feedback channel reaches us directly.