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Chapter one

Tell us what you want

A free 3-minute quiz: budget, commute, schools, lifestyle. Free account, no salesperson.

A nest with an egg and a chick
Chapter two

We rank every covered suburb

Every suburb in Greater Melbourne, scored against your answers with ABS, ACARA and other public data.

The crow gliding home to a house cluster
Chapter three

Explore on a map

Drill into any suburb, see the data behind its rank, tweak weights and re-rank instantly.

The crow narrates; the birds are the cast. Each one is a real buyer archetype — twelve in all — and each pre-sets the 18 priority weights differently.

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Pick your bird

Pre-sets your 18 weights
The Budgie
Budgerigar · first home
The Pelican
Australian pelican · young family
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The Magpie
Australian magpie · investor
The Welcome Swallow
Welcome swallow · budget starter
…and 8 more in the app. A pick pre-sets your 18 priority weights — skip it and tune the sliders yourself.
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Then the map does the arguing

Sample · Melbourne
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What you get out

Shipped, not promised
  • zzSuburb recommendation report. A free PDF for your shortlist, built from the same public data the map uses.
  • $Property report on any address you pin. A free plain-English PDF, no fluff.
  • Local agents, when you want one. You do the searching. If you want a human in the loop, you choose a local agent who knows the suburbs you're weighing up — and only they see what you agreed to share. You can pull it back any time. Never a cold list dump.
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What the reports actually look like

Real layout, sample data. The covers stay put — scroll either page to read ahead.

nestfinder
Property report

8 Hatherley Street, Richmond VIC 3121

G-NAF PID
ID42000000123456
Locality
Richmond, VIC 3121
Coordinates
-37.81360, 144.97030
Data basis
Public & licensed open data
Date generated
30 Sep 2026

01About this report

A free, plain-English summary of public and licensed open data for this address. Figures marked “not available” mean a source has not yet loaded for this area — not that the value is zero.

02Property & land

Parcel boundaryNot available
Land area228 m²
TitleFreehold
CouncilCity of Yarra

03Planning & hazards

Planning schemeCity of Yarra
ZoneResidential
Flood overlayNone mapped
Bushfire (BPA)Not designated

04Suburb profile

Richmond (3121) sits above the metro median on amenities and transport in the loaded data set.

Median weekly rent$645
Population (2021 Census)8,410

05Nearby schools

Richmond Primary School400 m
St Patrick’s College650 m
Melbourne Grammar School1.1 km

Nearest schools by straight-line distance.

06Connectivity & amenities

Walkable to the Richmond rail stop (8 min) and the Swanston Street retail strip; the loaded amenity set scores this block above the metro median.

07Valuation & market

ValuationNot available — licensed data partner
Settled sales (12 mo)14

Premium sections are shown as clearly labelled placeholders.

08Rental potential

Gross yield3.4% (sample)
Median weekly rent$645

09Data sources, licences & disclaimer

Built from public and licensed open data: ABS Census, ACARA school records, OpenStreetMap (ODbL), state cadastre. Not financial advice.

Sample property report · real layout, sample data
nestfinder
Suburb recommendation report

Your top 5 suburbs

Young family profile · 5 suburbs · 30 Sep 2026

01Contents

Your shortlist at a glance2
About this report3
3056 Brunswick4
3121 Richmond6
Appendix: data currency8

02Your shortlist at a glance

RankSuburbRent pctlSchools pctlTransit pctl
1Brunswick (3056)786154
2Richmond (3121)328871
3Coburg (3058)845749
4Footscray (3011)764458
5Collingwood (3066)418263

Percentiles compare each suburb against every other loaded postcode. nestfinder never sums them into one combined figure.

03About this report

The same ranking the results page shows, written up for your saved profile. Each chapter is built from public and licensed open data, free of charge.

043056 Brunswick

Median weekly rent$495
Owner-occupier share21%
Transit pctl54

Top match on affordability in your saved profile; the amenity set is strong for the price band.

053121 Richmond

Median weekly rent$645
Schools (500 m)6
Transit pctl71

Best schools and transit on the shortlist; the affordability gap is explicit in the numbers.

06Appendix: data currency

ABS Census2021
ACARA school data2025
OpenStreetMapAug 2026
VicPlan schemeJul 2026
Sample suburb report · real layout, sample data

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