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---
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
```python
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}
}
```