# In The Suburbs

> In The Suburbs (inthesuburbs.com.au) is a free reference site for Australian suburbs, local government areas (LGAs), and schools. It publishes data-driven profile pages built from ABS Census 2016/2021, ATO taxable income statistics, and MySchool data — covering population, income, housing, demographics, local stores, and school performance for thousands of Australian locations.

## Content

- [Suburb profiles](https://www.inthesuburbs.com.au/suburb/): population, median income, demographics, growth, supermarkets, and schools for ~3,900 Australian suburbs
- [LGA (council) profiles](https://www.inthesuburbs.com.au/lga/): Census-based statistics (population, age, income, housing, employment, family composition) for 541 Local Government Areas
- [School profiles](https://www.inthesuburbs.com.au/school/): enrolment, ICSEA, staffing, and demographic data for ~12,000 Australian schools, sourced from MySchool
- [Electorate profiles](https://www.inthesuburbs.com.au/electorate/): federal electorate demographic summaries
- [Suburb comparisons](https://www.inthesuburbs.com.au/compare.html): side-by-side comparison of two suburbs across key metrics
- [Business directory](https://www.inthesuburbs.com.au/directory/): local business listings by suburb and category
- [Articles](https://www.inthesuburbs.com.au/articles/): rankings, growth trends, and income analysis across suburbs and regions

## Key facts

- All data is Australia-specific: sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (Census 2016 & 2021), Australian Taxation Office (postcode income statistics), and ACARA MySchool.
- Pages are static HTML, one per suburb/LGA/school/electorate, optimized for direct linking and citation.
- No login, paywall, or tracking is required to read profile data.

## Sitemap

- [sitemap.xml](https://www.inthesuburbs.com.au/sitemap.xml): full list of all indexed pages