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metadata
license: mit
task_categories:
  - tabular-regression
  - time-series-forecasting
language:
  - en
tags:
  - real-estate
  - housing
  - australia
  - nsw
  - property-prices
size_categories:
  - 1M<n<10M

Housing NSW Dataset

Dataset Description

Comprehensive property market data for New South Wales, Australia.

Contents

  • Property Sales (nsw_property_sales_master.csv): 3.49M historical property transactions from 1990-2024
  • Enriched Properties (nsw_property_master_enriched.csv): 83.5K properties with detailed analytics including market indicators, demographic data, and transport accessibility
  • Rental Market (nsw_rental_market_master.csv): 48.2K rental bond records with pricing data

Key Features

  • Property prices and sale dates
  • Property characteristics (bedrooms, bathrooms, land area)
  • Location data (suburb, postcode, some with lat/lon)
  • Market analytics (median prices, growth potential, rental yields)
  • Demographic indicators (income, population)
  • Transport accessibility scores
  • School ratings and crime indices

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("thehooklab/housing-nsw")

# Access the data
sales_data = dataset['train']  # All data is in the 'train' split

Data Quality

  • All numeric columns have been validated and non-numeric values converted to NaN
  • String columns are properly encoded
  • Files are tested for PyArrow compatibility

License

MIT License

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite:

@dataset{housing_nsw_2024,
  title={Housing NSW Dataset},
  author={TheHookLab},
  year={2024},
  publisher={HuggingFace}
}