Whats My Street Made Of

How Australians live

What's my street made of?

Every suburb was built by a few decades and one kind of dirt. Pick yours and see who built it, what is under the floor and in the walls, and how fast the old houses are going.

South Australia

63 suburbs

Aberfoyle Park
Southern Adelaide

Mostly 1980s-90s brick veneer · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Aldinga
Southern Adelaide

Mostly 2000s estates · coastal sand · medium rebuild pressure

Andrews Farm
Northern Adelaide

Mostly 2000s estates · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Angle Vale
Northern Adelaide

Mostly narrow-lot estates · alluvial loams and silts · medium rebuild pressure

Athelstone
North-East Adelaide

Mostly 1970s brown brick · reactive clay · medium rebuild pressure

Blackwood
Southern Adelaide

Mostly 1960s cream brick veneer · hills soils on slope · low rebuild pressure

Blakeview
Northern Adelaide

Mostly 1980s-90s brick veneer · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Bridgewater
Adelaide Hills

Mostly hills homes on sloping blocks · hills soils on slope · low rebuild pressure

Brighton
Western Adelaide

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · coastal sand · high rebuild pressure

Burnside
Eastern Adelaide

Mostly interwar bungalows · reactive clay · medium rebuild pressure

Campbelltown
North-East Adelaide

Mostly 1960s cream brick veneer · bay of biscay reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

Christies Beach
Southern Adelaide

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · coastal sand · high rebuild pressure

Craigmore
Northern Adelaide

Mostly 1980s-90s brick veneer · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Davoren Park
Northern Adelaide

Mostly post-war trust and commission homes · reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

Elizabeth
Northern Adelaide

Mostly post-war trust and commission homes · reactive clay · medium rebuild pressure

Findon
Western Adelaide

Mostly 1960s cream brick veneer · limestone and calcrete · high rebuild pressure

Flagstaff Hill
Southern Adelaide

Mostly 1980s-90s brick veneer · hills soils on slope · low rebuild pressure

Fulham
Western Adelaide

Mostly 1960s cream brick veneer · limestone and calcrete · high rebuild pressure

Gawler
Northern Adelaide

Mostly narrow-lot estates · alluvial loams and silts · medium rebuild pressure

Glenelg
Western Adelaide

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · coastal sand · high rebuild pressure

Golden Grove
North-East Adelaide

Mostly 1980s-90s brick veneer · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Grange
Western Adelaide

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · coastal sand · high rebuild pressure

Hallett Cove
Southern Adelaide

Mostly 1980s-90s brick veneer · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Happy Valley
Southern Adelaide

Mostly 1980s-90s brick veneer · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Henley Beach
Western Adelaide

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · coastal sand · high rebuild pressure

Hope Valley
North-East Adelaide

Mostly 1970s brown brick · reactive clay · medium rebuild pressure

Kilburn
Inner North Adelaide

Mostly post-war trust and commission homes · reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

Lightsview
Inner North Adelaide

Mostly narrow-lot estates · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Magill
Eastern Adelaide

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · bay of biscay reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

Marion
Southern Adelaide

Mostly post-war trust and commission homes · reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

Mawson Lakes
Northern Adelaide

Mostly 2000s estates · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

McLaren Vale
Southern Adelaide

Mostly rural living and farmlets · alluvial loams and silts · low rebuild pressure

Mitcham
Southern Adelaide

Mostly villas and cottages · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Modbury
North-East Adelaide

Mostly 1960s cream brick veneer · reactive clay · medium rebuild pressure

Morphett Vale
Southern Adelaide

Mostly 1970s brown brick · reactive clay · medium rebuild pressure

Mount Barker
Adelaide Hills

Mostly narrow-lot estates · reactive clay · medium rebuild pressure

Munno Para
Northern Adelaide

Mostly narrow-lot estates · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Murray Bridge
Murraylands

Mostly 1970s brown brick · sandy loam · low rebuild pressure

Nairne
Adelaide Hills

Mostly narrow-lot estates · reactive clay · medium rebuild pressure

Newton
North-East Adelaide

Mostly 1960s cream brick veneer · bay of biscay reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

Noarlunga
Southern Adelaide

Mostly 1970s brown brick · reactive clay · medium rebuild pressure

Norwood
Inner East Adelaide

Mostly villas and cottages · reactive clay · medium rebuild pressure

Paradise
North-East Adelaide

Mostly 1960s cream brick veneer · bay of biscay reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

Paralowie
Northern Adelaide

Mostly 1980s-90s brick veneer · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Plympton
Western Adelaide

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

Port Noarlunga
Southern Adelaide

Mostly beach shacks and holiday homes · coastal sand · high rebuild pressure

Prospect
Inner North Adelaide

Mostly villas and cottages · reactive clay · medium rebuild pressure

Reynella
Southern Adelaide

Mostly 1970s brown brick · reactive clay · medium rebuild pressure

Rostrevor
North-East Adelaide

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · bay of biscay reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

Salisbury
Northern Adelaide

Mostly post-war trust and commission homes · reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

Seaford
Southern Adelaide

Mostly 1980s-90s brick veneer · coastal sand · low rebuild pressure

Semaphore
Western Adelaide

Mostly villas and cottages · coastal sand · medium rebuild pressure

Smithfield
Northern Adelaide

Mostly post-war trust and commission homes · reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

Stirling
Adelaide Hills

Mostly hills homes on sloping blocks · hills soils on slope · low rebuild pressure

Tea Tree Gully
North-East Adelaide

Mostly 1970s brown brick · hills soils on slope · low rebuild pressure

Torrensville
Western Adelaide

Mostly villas and cottages · reactive clay · medium rebuild pressure

Two Wells
Northern Adelaide

Mostly narrow-lot estates · alluvial loams and silts · medium rebuild pressure

Unley
Inner South Adelaide

Mostly villas and cottages · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Victor Harbor
Fleurieu Peninsula

Mostly 1980s-90s brick veneer · coastal sand · low rebuild pressure

Virginia
Northern Adelaide

Mostly rural living and farmlets · alluvial loams and silts · medium rebuild pressure

Walkerville
Inner North Adelaide

Mostly villas and cottages · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

West Lakes
Western Adelaide

Mostly 1970s brown brick · coastal sand · medium rebuild pressure

Woodville
Western Adelaide

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · limestone and calcrete · high rebuild pressure

Victoria

31 suburbs

Bentleigh East
South-East Melbourne

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · sandy loam · high rebuild pressure

Berwick
South-East Melbourne

Mostly 2000s estates · sandy loam · low rebuild pressure

Box Hill
Eastern Melbourne

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

Brighton
Bayside Melbourne

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · coastal sand · high rebuild pressure

Brunswick
Inner North Melbourne

Mostly villas and cottages · basalt plains clay · medium rebuild pressure

Camberwell
Inner East Melbourne

Mostly interwar bungalows · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Carlton
Inner Melbourne

Mostly villas and cottages · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Coburg
Inner North Melbourne

Mostly interwar bungalows · basalt plains clay · medium rebuild pressure

Craigieburn
Northern Melbourne

Mostly narrow-lot estates · basalt plains clay · low rebuild pressure

Cranbourne
South-East Melbourne

Mostly narrow-lot estates · sandy loam · low rebuild pressure

Dandenong
South-East Melbourne

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · sandy loam · high rebuild pressure

Doncaster
Eastern Melbourne

Mostly 1960s cream brick veneer · reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

Essendon
North-West Melbourne

Mostly interwar bungalows · basalt plains clay · medium rebuild pressure

Fitzroy
Inner Melbourne

Mostly villas and cottages · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Footscray
Inner West Melbourne

Mostly villas and cottages · basalt plains clay · high rebuild pressure

Frankston
Mornington Peninsula

Mostly 1960s cream brick veneer · coastal sand · medium rebuild pressure

Glen Waverley
Eastern Melbourne

Mostly 1960s cream brick veneer · reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

Hawthorn
Inner East Melbourne

Mostly villas and cottages · reactive clay · low rebuild pressure

Melton
Western Melbourne

Mostly 1970s brown brick · basalt plains clay · medium rebuild pressure

Mornington
Mornington Peninsula

Mostly beach shacks and holiday homes · coastal sand · medium rebuild pressure

Pakenham
South-East Melbourne

Mostly 2000s estates · sandy loam · low rebuild pressure

Point Cook
Western Melbourne

Mostly 2000s estates · basalt plains clay · low rebuild pressure

Preston
Northern Melbourne

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · basalt plains clay · high rebuild pressure

Reservoir
Northern Melbourne

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · basalt plains clay · high rebuild pressure

Richmond
Inner Melbourne

Mostly villas and cottages · alluvial loams and silts · medium rebuild pressure

Ringwood
Eastern Melbourne

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · reactive clay · high rebuild pressure

St Kilda
Inner South Melbourne

Mostly villas and cottages · coastal sand · low rebuild pressure

Sunshine
Western Melbourne

Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds · basalt plains clay · high rebuild pressure

Tarneit
Western Melbourne

Mostly narrow-lot estates · basalt plains clay · low rebuild pressure

Templestowe
Eastern Melbourne

Mostly 1970s brown brick · reactive clay · medium rebuild pressure

Werribee
Western Melbourne

Mostly 1980s-90s brick veneer · basalt plains clay · medium rebuild pressure

Street-level generalisations from council heritage studies, ABS dwelling-age data, soil classification maps and BuildPilot partner site reports. Every street has exceptions. A soil test, a building inspection and the council's overlay map beat any suburb profile, including this one.

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