Ancestry breakdown
/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/ethnicity/ancestry3¢ per callAncestry breakdown from the ABS census.
Exact suburb identifier required. Exact ABS Suburb and Locality (SAL) name, e.g. Burwood (NSW) — many suburbs carry a state suffix. If starting from free text or an unverified bare name, first call GET /v1/geocode/suburb?q=<text>, then use the exact data[].area_name it returns. Suburb data endpoints do not guess a state or typo-correct names.
Price: 3¢ per call.
Authorization
Request
The only values you send. Fields under Responses below are what comes back — you never pass those.
Path parameters
suburb_namestringrequiredExact ABS Suburb and Locality (SAL) name, e.g. `Burwood (NSW)` — many suburbs carry a state suffix. If starting from free text or an unverified bare name, first call `GET /v1/geocode/suburb?q=<text>`, then use the exact `data[].area_name` it returns. Suburb data endpoints do not guess a state or typo-correct names.
Query parameters
Responses
Successful Response
area_namestringalways returnedSuburb (SAL) name.
area_levelstringalways returnedAlways 'suburb'.
proportionnumbermay be nullShare of the suburb identifying with this category (0–1).
ancestrystringmay be nullOnly on /ethnicity/ancestry.
birthplacestringmay be nullOnly on /ethnicity/birthplace.
/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/ethnicity/ancestrycurl --request GET \
--url 'https://api.microburbs.com.au/v1/suburbs/Belmont%20North/ethnicity/ancestry' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer test'{
"data": [
{
"area_name": "Belmont North",
"area_level": "suburb",
"ancestry": "Australians",
"proportion": 0.926304347826087
},
{
"area_name": "Belmont North",
"area_level": "suburb",
"ancestry": "Northern and Western Europeans",
"proportion": 0.028440434782608694
},
{
"area_name": "Belmont North",
"area_level": "suburb",
"ancestry": "Southern Europeans",
"proportion": 0.0016239130434782605
}
]
}