Australia · Community Intelligence
AU Council
Explorer
Every Australian council's events, demographics,
schools & services — one searchable platform.
79
VIC Councils
6,303
Childcare Services
50+
Data Sources
Daily
Event Sync
au-council-explore.vercel.app
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The Problem
Finding where
to live is broken.
Moving to a new city, you want to know: which council area is right for you? Which suburbs have good schools, childcare, parks?
01
Scattered across 500+ websites
Every council has its own site, in a different format.
02
ABS data buried in spreadsheets
Census data is public, but nearly impossible to explore without a data science background.
03
No way to compare
Want to compare childcare density in Darebin vs Moreland? You're on your own.
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The Solution
One platform.
Every council.
Interactive Map
Council Demographics
Events Calendar
School Zones
AI Search
Compare Councils
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Feature 01
Australia
on one map.
All councils coloured by state. Click any council boundary to fly to its detail page.
Mapbox GL JS
All States
Click to Explore
AU Council Explorer interactive map
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Council detail page
Feature 02
Deep-dive
any council.
Population · Languages spoken
Education levels · Median house price
Library events · Liveability Score
★ Score
Liveability across childcare, hospitals, libraries & playgrounds
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Feature 03
Stay connected
to your community.
Upcoming events aggregated from 50+ library systems across all states — storytime, workshops, exhibitions.
Daily Sync
★ Save Favourites
Filter by State
Events calendar page
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Feature 04 – 06
Everything
families need.
School zones, childcare, hospitals & playgrounds — all on the map.
🏫
School Zones
Enter any address to check which zone you're in. VIC, NSW & QLD coverage.
👶
Childcare Finder
6,303 VIC services from ACECQA. Quality ratings, hours, map view.
🏥
Hospital Finder
Filter by emergency availability. Click to fly to the map.
🛝
Playground Finder
6,054 VIC playgrounds. Filter: fenced, shaded, BBQ, toilets nearby.
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Feature 07
Ask anything
in plain English.
Claude Haiku reads your question and returns structured comparisons with citations to real data.
"Which council near Melbourne has the best childcare density?"
→ Compares density, wait times, and ACECQA ratings across 5 nearby councils.
AI Search page
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Behind the Build
Vibe coded
in 2 weeks.
From zero to deployed — Next.js, live data scraping, AI search, and a full Mapbox integration.
Framework
Next.js 14
App Router + TypeScript. Server components for all data fetching.
Database
PostgreSQL
Neon serverless + Prisma ORM. Stores all council, event & facility data.
Map
Mapbox GL
Australia-wide council boundaries from ABS GeoJSON. Click to explore.
Automation
GitHub Actions
Daily cron scrapes 50+ library APIs. Zero manual intervention.
AI
Claude Haiku
Natural language council queries. Returns structured data with citations.
Deployment
Vercel
Edge-deployed. Live at au-council-explore.vercel.app.
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Open Source · Free to Use
au-council-explore
.vercel.app
Explore any Australian council. Find where to live.
Try it now →
github.com/sarahwangy/AU-council-explore
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