Average council rates
/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/development/council-rates5¢ per callAverage annual residential council rate for the suburb's LGA.
Exact suburb identifier required. Exact ABS Suburb and Locality (SAL) name, 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.
Price: 5¢ per call.
Authorization
Request
The only values you send. Fields under Responses below are what comes back — you never pass those.
Path parameters
suburb_namestringrequiredExact ABS Suburb and Locality (SAL) name, 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
Responses
Successful Response
area_namestringalways returnedSuburb (SAL) name.
area_levelstringalways returnedAlways 'suburb'.
lgastringalways returnedLocal government area the suburb belongs to.
avg_rate_aud_yrintegeralways returnedAverage annual residential rate (AUD per year).
data_sourcestringmay be nullProvenance of the rate figure (e.g. 'NSW_OLG_AVG').
/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/development/council-ratescurl --request GET \
--url 'https://api.microburbs.com.au/v1/suburbs/Belmont%20North/development/council-rates' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer test'{
"data": {
"area_name": "Belmont North",
"area_level": "suburb",
"lga": "Lake Macquarie",
"avg_rate_aud_yr": 1584,
"data_source": "NSW_OLG_AVG"
}
}