Hi. I'm just getting started in IP and am trying to do basic research on a number of areas. I'm wondering whose data people use and find to be reliable. I have some concerns about a number of suburb reports available on the web.
For example if I look up Potts Point - which I know well - on RPData (http://reports.rpdata.com.au) I get some results that are clearly wildly inaccurate. For example, that single parents make up 58% of households. Given that you could round up all the children in the suburb and still not fill a school bus (and that probably close to 58% of Potts Points residents are gay) this seems very questionable. Also the statistic that the population of the suburb has declined by one fifth between 2001 and 2006.
When buying in areas you don't know, how can you make an informed decision if information is this far out?
Any tips greatly appreciated
For example if I look up Potts Point - which I know well - on RPData (http://reports.rpdata.com.au) I get some results that are clearly wildly inaccurate. For example, that single parents make up 58% of households. Given that you could round up all the children in the suburb and still not fill a school bus (and that probably close to 58% of Potts Points residents are gay) this seems very questionable. Also the statistic that the population of the suburb has declined by one fifth between 2001 and 2006.
When buying in areas you don't know, how can you make an informed decision if information is this far out?
Any tips greatly appreciated