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Microburbs Property Data API

Suburb - Amenities

Arts, culture and entertainment

GET/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/amenities/arts-and-entertainment5¢ per call

Cinemas, theatres and concert halls, museums and art galleries: counts in the suburb, rates per 1,000 residents and distance from the suburb centre to the nearest of each.

Coverage: All Australian suburbs and localities. Current to 2026-10-01. Full description, field list and method: /v1/datasets/arts-and-entertainment.

Exact suburb identifier required. Exact official suburb name (SAL), e.g. Burwood (NSW) — many suburbs carry a state suffix. If starting from free text or an unverified bare name, first call GET /v1/geocode/suburb?q=<text>, then use the exact data[].area_name it returns. Suburb data endpoints do not guess a state or typo-correct names.

Authorization

Bearer tokentest

Sandbox key test works for the allowlisted GNAF + SAL — no signup.

Request

The only values you send. Fields under Responses below are what comes back — you never pass those.

Path parameters

suburb_namestringrequired

Exact official suburb name (SAL), e.g. `Burwood (NSW)` — many suburbs carry a state suffix. If starting from free text or an unverified bare name, first call `GET /v1/geocode/suburb?q=<text>`, then use the exact `data[].area_name` it returns. Suburb data endpoints do not guess a state or typo-correct names.

Query parameters

fieldsstringoptional

Comma-separated subset of: count_cinemas, per_1000_cinemas, nearest_km_cinemas, count_theatres, per_1000_theatres, nearest_km_theatres, count_museums, per_1000_museums, nearest_km_museums, count_total, per_1000_total, per_km2_total. Omit for all.

fromstringoptional

First period to include: 2020, 2020-Q3, 2020-07 or 2020-07-01.

tostringoptional

Last period to include, same formats as `from`.

Responses

Successful Response

application/json

DatasetValuesfields returned to you

datasetstringalways returned

Dataset slug; describe it with /v1/datasets/{slug}.

levelstringalways returned

suburb, lga or block.

areastringalways returned

Canonical name (or mesh-block code) of the area answered.

period_typestringalways returned

snapshot, year, financial_year, quarter or month.

as_ofstring · datealways returned

Date the dataset is current to. Values are never withheld for age; check this instead.

modelledbooleanalways returned

True when the figures are estimates from a model rather than counts or measurements.

fieldsarray of DatasetFieldSeriesalways returned

GET/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/amenities/arts-and-entertainment

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.microburbs.com.au/v1/suburbs/Belmont%20North/amenities/arts-and-entertainment' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer test'

Example Responses

Show schema

{
  "data": {
    "dataset": "arts-and-entertainment",
    "level": "suburb",
    "area": "St Kilda (Vic.)",
    "period_type": "snapshot",
    "as_of": "2026-10-01",
    "modelled": false,
    "fields": [
      {
        "field": "count_cinemas",
        "name": "Cinemas: count",
        "unit": "count",
        "values": [
          {
            "period": "2026-10-01",
            "period_start": "2026-10-01",
            "value": 2
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "field": "per_1000_cinemas",
        "name": "Cinemas: per 1,000 residents",
        "unit": "per 1,000",
        "values": [
          {
            "period": "2026-10-01",
            "period_start": "2026-10-01",
            "value": 0.1026431
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "field": "nearest_km_cinemas",
        "name": "Cinemas: nearest",
        "unit": "km",
        "values": [
          {
            "period": "2026-10-01",
            "period_start": "2026-10-01",
            "value": 0.569
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Successful Response200

application/json

About this dataset

All Australian suburbs and localities. Current to 2026-10-01; refreshed quarterly.

What it is

Cinemas, theatres and concert halls, museums and art galleries, summarised for every suburb in one call.

What it shows

For each category: the number inside the suburb boundary, the number per 1,000 residents, and the distance in kilometres from the suburb centre to the nearest one. Plus a total count, a total per 1,000 residents and a total per square kilometre for the whole group.

Why use it

Cultural venues add to a suburb's appeal and visitor draw and are a mark of a lifestyle precinct. Distance to the nearest cinema or theatre shows how self-sufficient a suburb is for entertainment.

How it is built

We combine open map data with a second places database, drop duplicates, closed and unnamed places, and place each one in its suburb by location. Rates use the suburb's latest resident count and are left blank under 200 residents. Distances are straight-line from the suburb's central point, not walking or driving distance, and are blank beyond 50 km. Counts reflect what is mapped, so very small or remote suburbs can be under-counted.

Fields

Field	Unit	Description
`count_cinemas` Cinemas: count	count	Number of cinemas inside the suburb boundary.
`per_1000_cinemas` Cinemas: per 1,000 residents	per 1,000	Cinemas per 1,000 residents. Left blank for suburbs with fewer than 200 residents.
`nearest_km_cinemas` Cinemas: nearest	km	Straight-line distance from the suburb centre to the nearest of these, in kilometres; blank when none is within 50 km.
`count_theatres` Theatres and concert halls: count	count	Number of theatres and concert halls inside the suburb boundary.
`per_1000_theatres` Theatres and concert halls: per 1,000 residents	per 1,000	Theatres and concert halls per 1,000 residents. Left blank for suburbs with fewer than 200 residents.
`nearest_km_theatres` Theatres and concert halls: nearest	km	Straight-line distance from the suburb centre to the nearest of these, in kilometres; blank when none is within 50 km.
`count_museums` Museums: count	count	Number of museums inside the suburb boundary.
`per_1000_museums` Museums: per 1,000 residents	per 1,000	Museums per 1,000 residents. Left blank for suburbs with fewer than 200 residents.
`nearest_km_museums` Museums: nearest	km	Straight-line distance from the suburb centre to the nearest of these, in kilometres; blank when none is within 50 km.
`count_total` All arts, culture and entertainment: count	count	Total of all categories in this group inside the suburb.
`per_1000_total` All arts, culture and entertainment: per 1,000 residents	per 1,000	Total per 1,000 residents; blank for suburbs with fewer than 200 residents.
`per_km2_total` All arts, culture and entertainment: per km2	per km2	Total per square kilometre of suburb area.