Two-minute walkthrough
Make your first site decision.
Start with one address and one question: does this site deserve deeper investigation?
Imagine you are comparing two possible childcare locations. This guide explains the steps, without inventing population, occupancy or development figures for either site.
1. Find your address
Choose New report, type an Australian address and select the matching suggestion. Check the map location before generating the report.
Create your first report2. Choose a catchment you can explain
Start with a 10-minute drive time, or choose 5 or 15 minutes. A radius catchment is also available. The boundary changes which families and centres are counted, so compare sites using consistent settings and test whether your conclusion changes with a different boundary.
3. Read supply and demand together
Look at the children and approved places within the catchment, then inspect the centres behind the totals. Approved places measure capacity, not occupancy. Population counts, demand estimates and observed enrolments answer different questions and should not be treated as interchangeable.
4. Check the evidence behind future supply
Open the official sources for development records that could change your decision. Check their status, date and stated capacity. A missing record or incomplete source does not prove there is no competing development.
5. Decide the next investigation
Save the report, compare your second site and write down the two or three uncertainties that matter most. Use the evidence to guide due diligence, including checking actual occupancy and fees with operators and confirming planning details with the relevant authority.