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Get a complete, data-driven profile of any Melbourne address.
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Street-level intelligence for every Melbourne address.
Where you live shapes how your days actually feel — your commute, your kids’ school, the tram outside your door, the café you walk to on Saturday morning. Placio analyses all of it at the address level, so you can understand a place before you call it home.
Two houses 500 metres apart can be in different school catchment zones, on different tram lines, and under completely different planning overlays. Placio shows you exactly what’s true for the address you’re considering.
What Placio analyses
Transport
Real tram & train frequencies from PTV timetables
Schools
Your actual catchment school and its ICSEA score
Cafes & Dining
Quality-rated venues within walking distance
Trajectory
Is this neighbourhood rising, stable, or declining?
Safety
Crime stats vs Melbourne average
Planning
Heritage overlays, flood zones, development restrictions
Community
Owner-occupier ratio, median age, income
Infrastructure
Metro Tunnel, SRL stations — what's coming nearby
All data is street-level, not suburb averages. Two houses 500m apart can have completely different profiles.
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Frequently asked questions
What is an ICSEA score? expand_more
ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) is a scale developed by ACARA to measure the socio-educational background of students at a school. A score of 1000 is the national average. Higher scores (above 1100) typically indicate schools in more advantaged communities with stronger academic outcomes. It's a useful proxy for school quality when comparing suburbs.
How are school catchment zones determined? expand_more
In Victoria, government primary and secondary school catchment zones are set by the Department of Education. Your catchment school is determined by your home address — not your suburb. Two houses on the same street can be in different catchments. Placio shows you the exact catchment school for the specific address you enter, not a suburb-level estimate.
Why does street-level data matter more than suburb averages? expand_more
Suburb averages hide enormous variation. Two houses 500 metres apart in the same suburb can be in different school catchment zones, on completely different tram lines, under different planning overlays, and have meaningfully different crime exposure. Placio analyses data at the address level so you get an accurate picture of the specific property you're considering — not a blurred average of the surrounding 10,000 residents.
What data sources does Placio use? expand_more
Placio combines multiple authoritative public datasets: live PTV timetables for real transport frequencies, ACARA data for school ICSEA scores and catchments, ABS Census 2021 for community demographics, Crime Statistics Agency Victoria for crime rates, VicPlan for planning overlays and heritage zones, and OpenStreetMap for cafes, parks, and local amenities.
Is Placio free to use? expand_more
Yes — generating an address profile is free. Enter any Melbourne address and get a full data-driven report at no cost.
How often is the data updated? expand_more
Transport data is sourced from live PTV timetables and updated regularly. School data reflects the most recent ACARA release. Crime data is updated annually from the Crime Statistics Agency. Census data reflects the 2021 ABS Census. Planning overlay data is sourced from VicPlan in real time for each address lookup.