Data sources and attribution

How to read this

knest.ai combines data from government agencies and third-party providers. We work to keep it accurate and current, but we do not control these datasets and cannot guarantee they are complete or up to date. Government data in particular is published on its own schedule, and a mapping layer can lag a change on the ground by months.

Treat a report as a starting point that tells you what to check, not as a substitute for a building and pest inspection, a survey, a contract review or professional advice. For anything you intend to rely on, go to the original source below.

Property, land and sales

What the property is, what it sits on, and what it and its neighbours have sold for.

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  Valuer General NSWLand values and property sales records
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  Property NSWNSW property information and holdings
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  NSW Spatial ServicesCadastre, lot and plan boundaries, land parcels
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  Geoscape AustraliaAddress and building footprint data
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  NSW Fair TradingStrata, tenancy and agent licensing information

Risk and planning

The layers that decide whether you should buy at all, and what you could do with the place afterwards.

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  NSW Rural Fire ServiceBushfire prone land mapping
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  NSW Planning, Housing and InfrastructureZoning, planning controls and overlays
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  Geoscience AustraliaElevation, flood and natural hazard datasets
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  Digital Atlas of AustraliaNational spatial datasets
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  NSW GovernmentOpen data published across NSW agencies

Area and amenity

What it is like to live there: who else does, how you get around, and what is nearby.

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  Australian Bureau of StatisticsCensus and suburb demographics
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  NSW Department of EducationSchool catchment areas
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  Better EducationSchool performance data
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  Transport for NSWStations, stops and transport networks
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  NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and ResearchLocal crime statistics
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  OpenStreetMapBase mapping and points of interest
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  GoogleMaps and street-level imagery

Calculators

The stamp duty and borrowing power calculators use published government figures. Lender assessment criteria come from each lender’s own published policy documents.

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  Revenue NSWTransfer duty rates and first home buyer schemes
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  Australian Taxation OfficeIndividual income tax rates used in borrowing power

Something out of date?

These products change and so do the datasets behind them. If you spot something wrong, tell us and we will check it against the source.