About us | Australian Housing Data Analytics Platform

Challenge

Australian housing datasets are disparate, making it a challenge for housing researchers and policy makers to search, process and implement data into evidenced based housing research and analytical models.

The Australian Housing Data Analytics Platform (AHDAP) seeks to address this challenge by bringing together nationally significant and harmonised housing-related datasets with a view to improving overall housing outcomes. The platform significantly improves Australia's current housing evidence base, providing research and policy makers with a prioritised set of nationally harmonised housing data delivered through a digital platform comprising a housing data portal and online workbench of housing decision support tools.

Partnership

This project comprised a consortium of partners from across government, industry and academia.

The platform brings together, for the first time, key federal agencies responsible for researching and monitoring national housing and planning policy with strategic collaborations with state government, businesses and five Australian universities. The project was led by City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney.

AHDAP received investment from the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) with co-investment funding and contributions from project partners.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)	Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)	Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
National Housing Finance Investment Corporation (NHFIC)	Omnilink Pty Ltd
Spatial Services, NSW Government	Curtin University	Swinburne University of Technology
University of Queensland	University of South Australia

Since 2024, the AHDAP project is continuing at the Housing Analytics Lab (HAL). HAL receives investment from NCRIS through the NSW Office of the Chief Scientist and Engineer, with additional funding and in-kind support from a consortium of project partners:

the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN)	UNSW Sydney	Commonwealth Bank of Australia
FrontierSI	Mirvac	SGS Economics & Planning
the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)	PEXA	National Shelter
Housing Australia	Community Housing Industry Association NSW	Tenants’ Union of New South Wales
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HAL features a collaborative space in Tech Central. It has capabilities to host workshops, seminars, as well as meetings with our project partners. If you are interested in touring this facility, please contact housinganalyticslab@unsw.edu.au

Together, these collaboration research infrastructure will deliver a sustainable national governance model for Australia’s digital housing assets built on a combination of the Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable Data principles (FAIR principles).

The solution

AHDAP provides a platform for the ingestion and management of digital data on housing and the built environment together with a suite of tools that will allow rapid multi-scale complex modelling and simulation to address the pressing questions regarding housing provision and sustainability across Australia. It provides housing researchers, urban planners and government agencies with a transformative capability to objectively design and evaluate new policy and practice with regards to the future development of Australia’s urban conurbations, assisting in the driving of economic recovery, social inclusion and resilience across Australia’s $9.1 trillion housing market.

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Acknowledge us

Acknowledging the Australian Housing Data Analytics Platform (AHDAP)

When papers acknowledge Australian Housing Data Analytics Platform (AHDAP), they support continued research infrastructure investments by institutions and governments.

The services available to researchers and users through the Australian Housing Data Analytics Platform (AHDAP) are subsidised by NCRIS as part of the national strategy to make research infrastructure accessible and affordable. Acknowledgements are evidence that investments in equipment and people have led to important outcomes, which in turn builds the case for future investments.

Where relevant, we therefore welcome your acknowledgement of the Australian Housing Data Analytics Platform in all printed and on-line materials and communications.

We recommend the following acknowledgment statement:

This work is supported by the use of the Australian Housing Data Analytics Platform (AHDAP) and the Housing Analytics Lab (HAL), two NCRIS-enabled Facilities supported by the City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) and the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC).