Residential Development Forecasts

.id’s Residential Development Forecasts provide the most comprehensive forecasts of future residential development available. We do the research for you, combining data from a range of sources such as aerial imagery, Cotality, developer websites and local council planning information and applying expert analysis to show you what, where and when development is happening. Part of the National Forecasting Program’s rolling research, Residential Development Forecasts provide location, capacity, timing and sequence insights for future location planning for organisations including utilities, government and emergency services.

FEATURES

Residential Development Forecasts features

Insight into the scale and timing of residential growth

A forecast of the location, capacity, timing and sequence of future residential development, identifying new and existing housing development for all sites with 10+ dwellings.

Meet the needs of growing communities

Plan for future housing development to ensure infrastructure and services meet needs at the right time.

Independent assessments to help you negotiate with confidence

We give clients data-driven assessments of a site to help inform location decisions including retail store planning and negotiating developer contributions for utility providers.

Transparent assumptions

We explicitly share our development assumptions to give our clients confidence and the ability to calibrate.

Make decisions at the right time, for the right place

Detailed research into the stage of development site-by-site gives higher confidence in timing of population and density growth.

Save time researching

No more time-consuming research – our experts produce deep research and expert analysis across a wide range of current development information to build a more accurate and up-to-date picture, in less time.

BENEFITS

What makes our Residential Development Forecasts unique?

Combines multiple disparate sources of future development data, including upcoming developer releases, satellite imagery, construction activity data, analysis of cadastre layers and structure plans, site-specific planning controls and planning insights from close working relationships with 300+ local councils.

DEVELOPMENT FOCUS

What’s the difference between the RDF and the NFP’s dwelling forecasts?

Residential Development Forecasts focus solely on realistic predictions of future development sites. The National Forecasting Program dwellings forecasts use residential development forecast data as an input, and also includes infill housing forecasting (additional dwellings from densification of existing housing stock) to give an overall view of current stock, future development sites and densification due to infill.

Data Component	Included in NFP	Included in RDF
Current dwellings	Yes	No
Future development sites (10+ dwgs)	Yes	Yes
Infill development	Yes	No
Total dwellings	Yes	No

METRICS

What metrics do Residential Development Forecasts include?

By development site:

Site name
Site address
Development type (apartments, redevelopment, greenfield)
Site status – indicates stage of development and therefore likely timing (Complete, Marketing/advertised, Site works underway, Lapsed approval, Development Application, Structure plan)
Dwelling capacity (number of new dwellings from this development)
Dwellings on this site as at last census
Forecast development start/end year
Year-by-year forecast for dwellings to be added from this site

What metrics do Residential Development Forecasts include?

maintenance

How Residential Development Forecasts are maintained

The RDF is part of the National Forecasting Program’s rolling research program. As our independent forecasting team develops forecasts for each region, they conduct detailed ‘site work’ research to build a comprehensive picture of future development from our range of trusted data sources. Potential housing supply is matched with demand from our population forecasting to deliver a nuanced and realistic forecast.

industries

Which industries use Residential Development Forecasts?

Local Government

See the development assumptions underpinning our population forecasts to plan for services and infrastructure that meet the needs of growing areas.

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Education & Early Learning

Plan with confidence, enhance in-house modelling and understand the future peak demand on your network with a credible and independent forecast of future development.

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Utilities

Get a realistic view of demand for utilities and timing to ensure utility provisions meet demand at the right time, and negotiate contributions with developers.

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