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⌕  King Street
King Street
77/100Noticeably noisy
✓ Venues & crowds✓ Aircraft✓ Traffic
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01 · The problem

You inspect on a quiet Tuesday afternoon.
You live there every night after.

Nobody who commits to a property — buyer, renter, or guest — gets a real read on ambient noise before they're locked in. It's all discovered after signing:

The flight path

A landing every eight minutes through the evening — invisible at a 2pm inspection, unmissable at 9pm every night.

DISCOVERED: WEEK ONE

The 2am licence

The charming pub on the corner holds a licence that outlasts your alarm clock. Friday and Saturday, every week.

DISCOVERED: FIRST WEEKEND

The 4am freight line

The rail corridor behind the back fence runs coal and containers through the night, on a timetable the daytime inspection never showed you.

DISCOVERED: TOO LATE
02 · The score

One number. Its parts.
Every claim traceable.

Here's how an address reads in n-earshot. One score, the axes behind it, and tap-through evidence in the app showing the flights, the licences, and the ratings behind every number. The model is public: read the methodology.

King Street, Newtown NSW 2042 (sample)
90-day observation window · 9 data sources · 0 resident ratings within 100 m
77/100
Noticeably noisy
Ground floor, facing the road
LIVE · re-scored from current data
Listening from
Typical day · noise by hour
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
The seven axes · click any axis to open the evidence behind it
AircraftADS-B, 90-day history 7.8
EVIDENCE ▾
What the data says
  • An overflight roughly every 5 minutes between 6am–7pm
  • 180 tracked overflights per day across 5 corridors overhead
  • Royal Prince Alfred Hospital helipad 740 m NE: about 4 helicopter movements a week, day and night
  • ≈61 dB Leq(24h) estimated from tracked movements — rough, and rises as observation history grows
When it happens
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
The sources behind this number
  • 42 measured movements/day, about 329 m overhead here (1203 flights over 28.4 days)600 m · W · rear
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16L:180
  • 23 measured movements/day, about 329 m overhead here (662 flights over 28.4 days)600 m · W · rear
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16L:90
  • 20 measured movements/day, about 482 m overhead here (571 flights over 28.4 days)400 m · E · street side
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16L:45
  • 79 measured movements/day, about 192 m overhead here (2251 flights over 28.4 days)1.6 km · W · rear
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16R:45
  • 16 measured movements/day, about 390 m overhead here (457 flights over 28.4 days)600 m · W · rear
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16L:0
  • 42 measured movements/day, about 32 m overhead here (1183 flights over 28.4 days)1.5 km · E · street side
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy34R:180
  • Royal Prince Alfred Hospital helipad — 18 arrivals and departures by hospital helicopters tracked in 29 days of positions (0.6 a day)750 m · N · side
    Tracked helicopter positions (adsb.lol) at OpenStreetMap hospital helipads · osm-way-456672631
  • Aircraft held low overhead at least 1 hours a month2.0 km · N · side
    adsb.lol (ODbL), counted by n-earshot · hold--33.8776,151.1856
Venues & crowdsretail precinct, adjacent SW 9.0
EVIDENCE ▾
What the data says
  • Retail precinct draws daytime crowds right alongside
  • 4 venues trading past midnight within walking distance
When it happens
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
The sources behind this number
  • Retail Precinct — daytime foot traffic10 m
    OpenStreetMap crowd precincts · osm-1196756759
  • The Coopers Hotel Newtown — full hotel, licensed to 1:0070 m · NE · side
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQH400105576
  • Kellys on King — full hotel, licensed to 3:00150 m · SW · side
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQH400105312
  • Odd Culture — catering service,restaurant, licensed to 3:0060 m · S · street side
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO624001402
  • Odd Culture Fermented Goods — liquor - small bar licence, licensed to 22:0050 m · SE · street side
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQS220000268
  • Japanese Tapas Bar SHINMACHI — restaurant, licensed to 22:0020 m · NE · side
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO600433499
  • Sushi Wow (Newtown) — restaurant, licensed to 22:0020 m · NE · side
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO660038096
  • The Italian Bowl — restaurant, licensed to 22:0030 m · SW · side
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO660037136
  • DOKO Yakiniku — restaurant, licensed to 22:0040 m · NE · side
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO660038522
  • Fuma Kitchen — restaurant, licensed to 22:0070 m · E · street side
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO660037758
  • Dendy Cinema Newtown — cinema public entertainment venue, licensed to 22:0080 m · W · rear
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO624005585
  • HAIDILAO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD — restaurant, licensed to 22:0070 m · E · street side
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO660034112
Road traffictrunk, AADT 16,588 adjacent · clear line 7.3
EVIDENCE ▾
What the data says
  • King Street (16,588 vehicles/day, adjacent)
When it happens
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
The sources behind this number
  • King Street — measured AADT 16,588 (Transport for NSW traffic volumes station 02396)20 m · SE · street side
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-82022380
  • Erskineville Road — arterial road, est. AADT 30,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here250 m · S · street side
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-173567597
  • Wilson Street — arterial road, est. AADT 30,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here150 m · SW · side
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-173555749
  • Enmore Road — measured AADT 23,867 (Transport for NSW traffic volumes station 02062)300 m · SW · side
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-173574130
  • City Road — measured AADT 34,935 (Transport for NSW traffic volumes station 02015)850 m · NE · side
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-574620584
  • Swanson Street — arterial road, est. AADT 30,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here650 m · SE · street side
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-1063788470
  • Carillon Avenue — main road, est. AADT 15,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here450 m · N · rear
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-324785016
  • Salisbury Road — main road, est. AADT 15,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here550 m · N · rear
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-286360557
  • Main road — main road, est. AADT 15,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here550 m · NW · rear
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-1339407457
  • Kingston Road — main road, est. AADT 15,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here850 m · NW · rear
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-290304042
  • Liberty Street — main road, est. AADT 15,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here950 m · W · rear
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-48806426
  • Abercrombie Street — measured AADT 20,818 (Transport for NSW traffic volumes station 02056)800 m · E · street side
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-172324313
Rail230 m to corridor · two rows of houses between 4.2
EVIDENCE ▾
What the data says
  • 230 m to the passenger corridor
  • Two or more rows of houses stand between you and the rail corridor, measured from building footprints
When it happens
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
The sources behind this number
  • Rail corridor — 1503 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +15 more), Transport for NSW timetables 11 Nov 2026250 m · S · street side
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-315094605
  • Rail corridor — 1860 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +19 more), Transport for NSW timetables 11 Nov 2026600 m · E · street side
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-147042488
  • Rail corridor — 752 timetabled movements/day (623, 624, 635, 636, SCO, SHL, +3 more), Transport for NSW timetables 11 Nov 2026600 m · SE · street side
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-1242188204
  • Rail corridor — 376 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +19 more), Transport for NSW timetables 11 Nov 2026600 m · SE · street side
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-144184430
  • Rail corridor — 367 timetabled movements/day (623, 624, 635, 636, SCO, SHL, +3 more), Transport for NSW timetables 11 Nov 2026600 m · SE · street side
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-1242188202
  • Rail corridor — 357 timetabled movements/day (SCO, SHL, STH, T4, T8), Transport for NSW timetables 11 Nov 2026600 m · E · street side
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-1242188207
  • Rail corridor — 376 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +14 more), Transport for NSW timetables 11 Nov 2026700 m · E · street side
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-235179818
  • Rail corridor — 1503 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +19 more), Transport for NSW timetables 11 Nov 2026800 m · E · street side
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-147042512
  • Rail corridor — 386 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +14 more), Transport for NSW timetables 11 Nov 2026700 m · E · street side
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-143762081
  • Rail corridor — 1860 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +23 more), Transport for NSW timetables 11 Nov 2026850 m · E · street side
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-147042528
  • Rail corridor — 376 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +10 more), Transport for NSW timetables 11 Nov 2026800 m · E · street side
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-143860772
Industrial & odourno EPA-licensed premises nearby 0.2
EVIDENCE ▾
What the data says
  • Licensed premises 350 m away
When it happens
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
The sources behind this number
  • D/2026/925 (Council of the City of Sydney): Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure — Determined, $540,964350 m · N · rear
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-670258
  • D/2026/926 (Council of the City of Sydney): Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure — Determined, $540,964350 m · N · rear
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-670265
  • D/2021/1312/B (Council of the City of Sydney): Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure, Residential Accommodation — Under Assessment, $350,000400 m · S · street side
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-678973
  • DA/2026/0816 (Inner West Council): Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure — Under Assessment, $1,965,000, on exhibition until 2026-11-03450 m · NW · rear
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-677752
  • DA/2026/0773 (Inner West Council): Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure — Additional Information Requested, $800,000550 m · NW · rear
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-674505
  • 8/2023/85/1 (Cessnock City Council): Subdivision of land — Determined, $7,171,521550 m · SE · street side
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-304124
  • 8/2023/85/2 (Cessnock City Council): Subdivision — Determined, $7,171,521550 m · SE · street side
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-683877
  • DA0145/27 (Eurobodalla Shire Council): Erection of a new structure, Air transport premises — Under Assessment, $544,500, on exhibition until 2026-11-09550 m · SE · street side
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-680564
  • DA/2026/0868 (Inner West Council): Demolition, Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure — Under Assessment, $498,458600 m · NW · rear
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-682844
  • MOD/2026/0362 (Inner West Council): Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure — Additional Information Requested, $588,951600 m · NW · rear
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-677244
  • D/2026/581/A (Council of the City of Sydney): Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure, Residential Accommodation — Under Assessment, $467,500600 m · S · street side
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-685134
  • DA/2026/0758 (Inner West Council): Residential flat building, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure — Under Assessment, $914,124650 m · SW · side
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-671457
infrastructureno transmission lines or major facilities nearby 0.1
EVIDENCE ▾
What the data says
  • Substation 430 m away — continuous transformer hum
When it happens
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
The sources behind this number
  • Substation — transformer hum, continuous450 m · W · rear
    OpenStreetMap power grid · osm-way-1122014222
  • Macdonaldtown Traction Substation — transformer hum, continuous650 m · E · street side
    OpenStreetMap power grid · osm-way-685559341
  • Newtown Traction Substation — transformer hum, continuous700 m · W · rear
    OpenStreetMap power grid · osm-way-569826013
  • Substation 230 — transformer hum, continuous800 m · NW · rear
    OpenStreetMap power grid · osm-way-291730013
Neighbourhooddense: apartments, people on every side 4.0
EVIDENCE ▾
What the data says
  • About 529 other homes within 150 m
  • 4 of 4 on the neighbourhood scale: dense: apartments, people on every side
  • A house on about 64 of 184 lots nearby when last surveyed, so expect building work
  • An estimate from how many homes are around, not a measurement: local traffic, mowers, dogs, deliveries
When it happens
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
Resident-ratedno resident ratings yet 0.0
Mostly quiet overnight, but expect an overflight roughly every 5 minutes between 6am–7pm, and steady traffic from King Street (16,588 vehicles/day, adjacent).
AI deepdive

The thing that will shape your days here is the sky: four measured flight corridors cross overhead, 159 tracked overflights a day, one roughly every six minutes between 7am and 8pm, with an estimated 61 dB Leq(24h) from those movements. The nearest corridor passes about 150 m from the address at roughly 375 m altitude. Add RPA Hospital's helipad 740 m north-east — about four movements a week, day or night. The hourly profile confirms the pattern: a steep climb from 6am, a sustained plateau through the afternoon and a second peak around 5–10pm, then genuine quiet from midnight to 5am.

Underneath that sits King Street itself — a measured 16,588 vehicles a day, 23 m away with a clear line to the building — peaking at the 7–8am and 5–6pm commutes. Venues are the third layer: a retail strip literally adjacent, and four licensed premises close by, including Kellys on King and Odd Culture licensed to 3am. Rail is secondary at 230 m with two or more rows of houses screening it.

Rooms at the rear, away from King Street, with good glazing will change the traffic and crowd picture substantially; they won't change the aircraft. The Air score of 53 reflects nearby sources, chiefly King Street at 23 m.

The trade-off is classic Newtown: everything at your doorstep versus a sky and street that never fully settle until midnight. Suits night owls and people who want to walk everywhere; avoid if you work from home on calls or sleep lightly before midnight. Confidence is high across nine sources, though there are no resident ratings within 100 m yet.

WRITTEN BY CLAUDE FROM THE EVIDENCE ABOVE · 18/10/2026
Scored from live data
03 · How it works

Three layers of truth,
one honest number.

Institutional data

Live government feeds: flight tracking, the liquor licence register with exact trading hours, EPA industrial premises, measured traffic volumes, rail corridors, development applications.

ADS-B · LIQUOR REGISTERS · NPI · STATE TRAFFIC COUNTS · RAIL TIMETABLES · OSM · PLANNING PORTALS

Resident ratings

People rate their own address — a number and fixed tags, nothing else. GPS-verified at the address, one rating per household, published only pooled at street level. No free text, no names, no targets. Ever.

GPS-GATED · POOLED · NEVER INDIVIDUAL

Measured sound

A 30-second sample turns opinion into decibels — analysed on the phone, never recorded. Fixed sensors come next: think community air-quality maps, but for noise.

ON-DEVICE ANALYSIS · AUDIO NEVER LEAVES THE PHONE
QUIETLOUD
04 · Address Watch

Hear about it while
you can still object.

Watch an address and we tell you the hour a development application or a licence change lands within 800 metres of it. Plain words, distance and direction, and the date objections close. By notification as it happens, by email as a daily digest if you ask.

n-earshotnow

Near 14 Example Street

New development application 120 m north-east: Residential Accommodation, Demolition, $28M, Inner West Council.

Objections close 24 Sep
n-earshot2h ago

Near 14 Example Street

The Royal, 300 m west, is now licensed to 3 am (was 1 am).

n-earshotyesterday

3 changes near 14 Example Street

Development application 210 m south (Food and drink premise) is now on exhibition (was under assessment). New licensed venue 450 m east: Corner Bar, small bar, licensed to midnight. And 1 more.

Objections close 2 Oct

Only sources that describe the street's outlook raise an alert: development applications and liquor licences. Refreshed traffic counts, timetables and map edits never do. Every alert names its source and links to the application or licence behind it.

05 · Rules that don't bend

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06 · Where this goes

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Address Watch

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