Rate Your Place: Help Page

HOMEPAGE
This page is designed to give users a snapshot of what's happening on the hub. Here, you can do a few different things:

1. Search for your suburb: just enter the name or postcode of your suburb in the field.  Alternatively, you can browse suburbs based on our map feature, which features 5 different suburbs.

2. Browse comments: Our most recent comments appear below the map feature. Here, you can browse to see what people are talking about, in each suburb. If you want to make comments of your own, search for the suburb you want to comment on in the purple boxed field.

3. See who's rated highest:  At the top of the page are links to the top 100 suburbs, and you can view by Australia wide or by state.  The 10 highest rated suburbs appear in the right-hand column.  Click on any of interest, or navigate down to your preferred state.  If you don't see yours, click on the Top 100 to see a larger list.

LOCAL VIEW
Use this page to rate, comment on, and find more localized information on the suburb of your choice.  Here's how:

1. Suburb name:  At the top of the page, the suburb is listed by name, state and postcode.  If this isn't the right suburb for you, check out nearby suburbs below, or navigate to the appropriate one with the purple box at right.

2. Current rating:  here, you see the suburb's current rating. Each suburb is rated by three different criteria:

Community: this rating criteria is based on all feel-good factors of the suburb, including safety, friendliness, culture, community events, social welfare, lifestyle, etc. How does this suburb rate for community?  In this rating, one represents a suburb that lacks any sense of community, and 10 represents a suburb where community is very involved and present.

Local Services: this rating criteria is based on amenities and all logical elements of the suburb, including public transport, shopping, work, parks, churches, schools, etc. How does this suburb rate for community? In this rating, one represents a suburb that lacks local amenities and services, and 10 represents a suburb that is chalk-full of great, available local services.

Affordability: this rating criteria puts a price on the suburb: how affordable is it? How reasonable is the cost of living? In this rating, one represents the suburb being way out of your price range, and 10 represents the suburb being of great value.

For more information, hover over the yellow arrows.

3. Comments: Below the rating is a list of the most recent comments on this tool.  Have a browse, or to make your own comment, either click on "Click here to add your comment" or scroll to the bottom of the page.

4. Rate and Comment: Here's where you can have your say!

How to rate: to rate your suburb, click and drag the slider to your desired number within each criteria, where 0 stands for "Poor" and 10 stands for "Excellent". For more information on criteria, please see point 2, above. The rating will calculate once you enter a comment and click "submit".

How to comment: Enter your comment in the box that says "Please tell us why". You can write up to 255 characters.

Details: Next, enter your name and how long you've lived in the suburb (if you don't live there, choose that option), and what kind of homebuyer you are. You can also choose to opt-in to updates from Aussie by entering your email address.

Submit: Finally, click submit to publish both your rating and comment!

5. More about your suburb: Also in this page, is a mapping feature which gives you house pricing information and demographic data on the suburb. Click on "More Price data" for more statistics.

To visit the Local View of your suburb, enter your suburb into the purple box, here.

TOP 100 SUBURBS
This pages shows the top 100 rated suburbs of Australia, and also by state.

Suburbs are rated by users based on 3 criteria: Community, Local Services and Affordability. Ratings are averaged and updated daily. The "up" and "down" movements represent how the suburb has rated compared to the previous week. Please check back weekly to see how your rating has changed the suburb's average.

DEFINITIONS
Here are some explanations for terms used throughout Rate Your Place.

Ratings: the ratings on Rate Your Place are based on 3 separate criteria.  They are averaged and updated daily. The "up" and "down" movements represent how the suburb has rated compared to the previous week. Here are the criteria:

Community: this rating criteria is based on all feel-good factors of the suburb, including safety, friendliness, culture, community events, social welfare, lifestyle, etc. How does this suburb rate for community? In this rating, one represents a suburb that lacks any sense of community, and 10 represents a suburb where community is very involved and present.

Local Services: this rating criteria is based on amenities and all logical elements of the suburb, including public transport, shopping, work, parks, churches, schools, etc.  How does this suburb rate for community? In this rating, one represents a suburb that lacks local amenities and services, and 10 represents a suburb that is chalk-full of great, available local services.

Affordability: this rating criteria puts a price on the suburb: how affordable is it? How reasonable is the cost of living? In this rating, one represents the suburb being way out of your price range, and 10 represents the suburb being of great value.

n/a
This indicates there is not enough statistical data provided to reliably publish the house price statistic concerned

% growth
The middle price of all properties sold as ranked from the most expensive price to the most affordable price

Median Value
The average year on year percentage price change expressed as a per annum percentage change. Based on the last ten years of median house prices.

Av days on market
The average length of time a property takes to sell from the initial published advertisement to the exchange date of sale. A high days on market is considered 'cold' while a low days on market is considered 'hot'.

Discounting
A measurement on how much (expressed as a percentage) vendors are having to take off their initial asking price to make a sale. A high discounting percentage is considered 'cold' while a low discounting percentage is considered 'hot'.

Rental yields
Yield is a measure of the percentage of income return you get from a property. That is, the rental income divided by the cost of the property.

Median value
The average year on year percentage price change expressed as a per annum percentage change. Based on the last ten years of median house prices.

USING MAPS

2D: view map in 2D mode

3D:view map in 3D mode

Road:switch to road view

Aerial: switch to road view

Bird's eye: switch to bird's eye view

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