National Buildings

Key Features

National Buildings gives a complete, reliable view of Australia’s buildings, accurately mapped and linked to core location data including G-NAF.

Comprehensive national data

A complete national buildings layer maintained and updated using high resolution satellite and aerial imagery – supporting analysis across metro, regional and remote areas.

Address-linked data

Built to connect buildings to a precise property location, including G NAF, so you can join datasets confidently for portfolio and property-level decisions.

Authoritative building intelligence

Quality-assured building dataset with trusted building characteristics – built for organisations that need confident, repeatable outputs, not “good enough” open data.

Modular insights

Start with base buildings, then add insight packs (roof, height, solar, pools, FFE and more) as your organisation’s needs evolve.

National Buildings Insights

Need deeper building insights? Attach our comprehensive building insights to your Buildings dataset for richer building intelligence.

First Floor Elevation Insight

Shows the height of a building’s habitable first floor above ground in metres, plus Yes/No indicators for whether the building has a garage or a basement.

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Building Height Insight

Provides building height details, including roof height and eave height, plus derived measures like building volume and estimated number of floors.

Building Roof Insight

Gives a condition rating for the roof, from Excellent to Damaged.

Building Solar Insight

Shows whether a building has solar (Yes/No), maps the solar panel areas on the roof, and estimates power production. Solar panel type is not included when the solar data comes from satellite imagery.

Address Pool Insight

Shows whether there are swimming pools at the building’s address, how many, and the total pool surface area in square metres.

Using National Buildings

Insurance

Enhances risk analytics, giving insurers better confidence in setting premiums that reflect actual risks.

Emergency response management

Use building data to coordinate response to unfolding simulate disasters like floods or bushfires and predict their impact on people and properties.

Urban planning

3D building data supports the creation of visualisations for new developments, showing how they fit into local areas.

PropTech

Building data includes location, linked addresses, planning zones, road access, and features like solar panels and swimming pools, simplifying site selection.

Acoustic modelling

Acoustic engineering companies use National Buildings data to create noise models that aid in planning construction projects.

Research studies

Researchers can use National Buildings data to explore how affordable housing and its surrounding environment affect health, lifestyle activities, and cognitive health.