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Microburbs Property Data API
Suburb - Risks

High-voltage power lines

GET/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/risks/hv-power-lines5¢ per call

Whether high-voltage transmission lines cross the suburb, how many, and the highest voltage class (overhead lines only).

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_namestringrequired

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.

Query parameters

None — this endpoint accepts no query parameters. Call the path above with your bearer token and nothing else.

Responses

Successful Response

application/json
SuburbHvPowerLinesfields returned to you
area_namestringalways returned

Canonical ABS SAL suburb name.

area_levelstringalways returned

Always 'suburb'.

presentbooleanalways returned

True when at least one HV line crosses the suburb.

line_countintegeralways returned

Transmission-line features intersecting the suburb boundary.

max_kvintegermay be null

Highest voltage class among the intersecting lines, in kV (null when none intersect or the source carries no voltage class).

overhead_onlybooleanalways returned

Underground segments are excluded from the count — only overhead (and unclassified) transmission is counted.

GET/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/risks/hv-power-lines
cURL
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.microburbs.com.au/v1/suburbs/Belmont%20North/risks/hv-power-lines' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer test'
Example Responses
{
  "data": {
    "area_name": "Blacktown",
    "area_level": "suburb",
    "present": true,
    "line_count": 6,
    "max_kv": 132,
    "overhead_only": true
  }
}
Successful Response200
application/json