Data Sources

Explore the data that is used in City Insights

City Insights uses Spendmapp by Geografia

Spendmapp is a trusted tool used by regions across Australia to track and understand local consumer spending. It provides anonymised insights based on a robust, nationally representative dataset of debit and credit card transactions. This data is carefully calibrated to reflect broader spending trends across different payment types, using benchmarks from reputable sources such as the Reserve Bank of Australia.

To ensure a focus on local activity, the dataset excludes certain categories like ATM withdrawals, business-to-business transactions, mortgage and rent payments, utilities, insurance, and taxes.

Privacy

To protect privacy, Spendmapp only displays data once it reaches a minimum threshold of merchants, transactions, or cardholders.

In some cases, data may be suppressed entirely. This could be because there were no transactions recorded, or because the volume was so low that it could reveal specific merchants or compromise the privacy of a small group of consumers.

So, just remember, the larger the number, the more accurate it is.

Work Hours are defined as 8am-6pm Monday to Friday.

Non-Work Hours are defined as 6pm-8am Monday to Friday and weekends.

City Insights uses Australian Business Register (ABR) data.

The Australian Business Register stores business and organisation details with the purpose to verify business information for the community and government.

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City Insights uses data from the {{ brandName }} Development Application Tracker.

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  • State Significant Development (SSD)
  • State Significant Infrastructure (SSI)
  • Transitional Major Projects (former Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) (now repealed but some existing applications under this assessment regime)
  • Other development assessed under Part 4 EP&A Act (including advertising signage and developments in the ski resort areas of the Snowy Mountains)
  • Modifications to approvals of the above.

City Insights uses data compiled by .id (informed decisions).

This material is derived from data provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which can be accessed from their website.