Dwelling density by mesh block (by suburb)
/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/development/density-map20¢ per callDwellings per km² for every microburb (mesh block) in the suburb, with
the dwelling count and area it is computed from and a Low → Very high
band. The suburb-wide figure is /development/density. Values only;
polygons come from /shapes/mesh-blocks.
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: 20¢ 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
suburbstringalways returnedCanonical SAL name.
metricstringalways returnedAlways 'dwellings_per_km2'.
unitstringalways returnedAlways 'dwellings_per_km2'.
definitionstringalways returnedHow the figure is derived.
n_microburbsintegeralways returnedMicroburbs with a land area.
microburbsarray of DensityMbalways returnedPer-microburb density, by mesh-block code.
/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/development/density-mapcurl --request GET \
--url 'https://api.microburbs.com.au/v1/suburbs/Belmont%20North/development/density-map' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer test'{
"data": {
"suburb": "Belmont North",
"metric": "dwellings_per_km2",
"unit": "dwellings_per_km2",
"definition": "Dwellings on the mesh block ('microburb', ~30-60 dwellings) divided by its land area in km². `density_level`: Low (<500), Moderate (500-999), High (1,000-1,999), Very high (2,000+). Compare the suburb-wide figure at /development/density.",
"n_microburbs": 85,
"microburbs": [
{
"mb": "10431160000",
"street": "Floraville",
"dwellings": 23,
"area_km2": 0.0318,
"dwellings_per_km2": 724,
"density_level": "Moderate"
}
]
}
}