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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. Six axes.
Every claim traceable.

Here's how an address reads in n-earshot. Six axes, one score, 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
LIVE · re-scored from current data
Typical day · noise by hour
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
The seven axes · click any axis to open the evidence behind it
AircraftADS-B, 90-day history 7.7
EVIDENCE ▾
What the data says
  • An overflight roughly every 5 minutes between 9am–8pm
  • 172 tracked overflights per day across 5 corridors overhead
  • ≈61 dB Leq(24h) estimated from tracked movements — rough, and rises as observation history grows
When it happens
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
The sources behind this number
  • 41 measured movements/day, about 329 m overhead here (997 flights over 24.3 days)600 m
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16L:180
  • 18 measured movements/day, about 332 m overhead here (432 flights over 24.3 days)10 m
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16L:45
  • 26 measured movements/day, about 542 m overhead here (637 flights over 24.3 days)700 m
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16L:45:loose
  • 71 measured movements/day, about 192 m overhead here (1732 flights over 24.3 days)1.6 km
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16R:45
  • 16 measured movements/day, about 367 m overhead here (377 flights over 24.3 days)600 m
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16L:0
  • 19 measured movements/day, about 223 m overhead here (452 flights over 24.3 days)1.1 km
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16L:90
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
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQH400105576
  • Kellys on King — full hotel, licensed to 3:00150 m
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQH400105312
  • Odd Culture — catering service,restaurant, licensed to 3:0060 m
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO624001402
  • Odd Culture Fermented Goods — liquor - small bar licence, licensed to 22:0050 m
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQS220000268
  • Japanese Tapas Bar SHINMACHI — restaurant, licensed to 22:0020 m
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO600433499
  • Sushi Wow (Newtown) — restaurant, licensed to 22:0020 m
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO660038096
  • The Italian Bowl — restaurant, licensed to 22:0030 m
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO660037136
  • DOKO Yakiniku — restaurant, licensed to 22:0040 m
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO660038522
  • Fuma Kitchen — restaurant, licensed to 22:0070 m
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO660037758
  • Dendy Cinema Newtown — cinema public entertainment venue, licensed to 22:0080 m
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO624005585
  • HAIDILAO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD — restaurant, licensed to 22:0070 m
    NSW liquor licence register · LIQO660034112
Road traffictrunk, AADT 16,588 adjacent · clear line 7.1
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
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-82022380
  • Erskineville Road — arterial road, est. AADT 30,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here150 m
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-173224483
  • Enmore Road — measured AADT 23,867 (Transport for NSW traffic volumes station 02062)300 m
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-173574130
  • Parramatta Road — measured AADT 59,332 (Transport for NSW traffic volumes station 19065)1.0 km
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-169908867
  • Sydney Gateway — motorway, est. AADT 90,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here2.1 km
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-786073164
  • Princes Highway — measured AADT 50,839 (Transport for NSW traffic volumes station 18011)1.5 km
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-390569415
  • Parramatta Road — measured AADT 62,523 (Transport for NSW traffic volumes station 20012)2.4 km
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-1304007473
Rail230 m to corridor · two rows of houses between 3.0
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 — 1539 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +15 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20260930250 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-315094605
  • Rail corridor — 1899 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +19 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20260930600 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-147042488
  • Rail corridor — 727 timetabled movements/day (623, 624, 635, 636, SCO, SHL, +3 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20260930600 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-1242188204
  • Rail corridor — 379 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +19 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20260930600 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-144184430
  • Rail corridor — 370 timetabled movements/day (623, 624, 635, 636, SCO, SHL, +3 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20260930600 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-1242188202
  • Rail corridor — 360 timetabled movements/day (SCO, SHL, STH, T4, T8), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20260930600 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-1242188207
  • Rail corridor — 379 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +14 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20260930700 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-235179818
  • Rail corridor — 1539 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +19 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20260930800 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-147042512
  • Rail corridor — 389 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +14 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20260930700 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-143762081
  • Rail corridor — 1899 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +23 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20260930850 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-147042528
  • Rail corridor — 379 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +10 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20260930800 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-143860772
  • Rail corridor — 1909 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +23 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 202609301.2 km
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-1075441925
Industrial & odourno EPA-licensed premises nearby 0.4
EVIDENCE ▾
What the data says
  • Licensed premises 160 m away
When it happens
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
The sources behind this number
  • DA/2026/0692 (Inner West Council): Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure — Additional Information Requested, $175,000150 m
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-665646
  • MOD/2026/0299 (Inner West Council): Dwelling house, Subdivision, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure, Erection of a new structure — Determined, $1,820,847300 m
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-665045
  • D/2026/925 (Council of the City of Sydney): Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure — Under Assessment, $540,964350 m
    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 — Under Assessment, $540,964350 m
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-670265
  • The University of Sydney (Camperdown and Darlington Campuses) — higher education1.1 km
    National Pollutant Inventory · 696878
  • MOD/2026/0292 (Inner West Council): Demolition, Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure — Determined, $1,404,766450 m
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-652521
  • Malt Shovel Brewery — beer manufacturing1.2 km
    National Pollutant Inventory · 492062
  • D/2026/525 (Council of the City of Sydney): Shop top housing, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure, Retail Premise — Determined, $2,400,000500 m
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-643200
  • D/2023/998/A (Council of the City of Sydney): Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure, Air-conditioning units, Cabanas, cubby houses, ferneries, garden sheds, gazebos and greenhouses, — Determined, $930,000550 m
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-665006
  • DA/2026/0773 (Inner West Council): Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure — Under Assessment, $800,000550 m
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-674505
  • DA-2026/248 (Bayside Council): Demolition, Industrial development — Under Assessment, $27,155550 m
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-668366
  • 8/2023/85/1 (Cessnock City Council): Subdivision of land — Determined, $7,171,521550 m
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-304124
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
    OpenStreetMap power grid · osm-way-1122014222
  • Macdonaldtown Traction Substation — transformer hum, continuous650 m
    OpenStreetMap power grid · osm-way-685559341
  • Newtown Traction Substation — transformer hum, continuous700 m
    OpenStreetMap power grid · osm-way-569826013
  • Substation 230 — transformer hum, continuous800 m
    OpenStreetMap power grid · osm-way-291730013
  • Camperdown Zone Substation — transformer hum, continuous1.1 km
    NSW Spatial Services · nsw-517346951
  • St Peters Zone Substation — transformer hum, continuous1.2 km
    NSW Spatial Services · nsw-504772880
  • Electricity Department Sub-Station No. 228 — transformer hum, continuous1.7 km
    OpenStreetMap power grid · osm-way-411059299
  • Equinix International Business Exchange SY3 Data Center — data centre (24/7 plant, generator tests)2.1 km
    OpenStreetMap power grid · osm-way-474805152
  • Zetland Zone Substation — transformer hum, continuous2.1 km
    NSW Spatial Services · nsw-504379059
  • M8 Substation — transformer hum, continuous2.1 km
    OpenStreetMap power grid · osm-way-1243191666
  • 330 kV transmission line2.2 km
    OpenStreetMap power grid · osm-1548045777
  • 132 kV transmission line2.1 km
    OpenStreetMap power grid · osm-1548045778
Resident-ratedno resident ratings yet 0.0
Mostly quiet overnight, but expect an overflight roughly every 5 minutes between 9am–8pm, and steady traffic from King Street (16,588 vehicles/day, adjacent).
AI deepdive

The thing that decides this address is the evening. From about 4pm the aircraft, the King Street traffic peak and the pub crowds all stack up, and the hourly profile doesn't drop away until after 11pm — it peaks at 8–10pm and only bottoms out between 2am and 5am. If you're an early sleeper on the street side, that's the whole issue in one sentence.

Venues score highest of any axis here. A retail strip runs essentially along the building line, and four licensed premises sit within walking distance — Odd Culture 58 m away and Kellys on King 138 m both licensed to 3am, The Coopers Hotel to 1am at 69 m. Aircraft is close behind: 185 tracked overflights a day across five measured corridors (adsb.lol, 90 days), median heights around 1,200–1,350 m, roughly one every three minutes between 4pm and 8pm, and an estimated 61 dB Leq(24h). Traffic is the constant underneath — King Street carries a measured 16,588 vehicles/day right out front with clear line of sight, 23 m away.

Rail is a non-issue: 230 m away with four rows of buildings screening it. Industrial and infrastructure are negligible.

This is convenience traded for peace. It suits people who want Newtown at their door and sleep soundly or work late. Avoid it if you need quiet evenings, unless you can secure a rear-facing room with sealed glazing. No resident ratings yet, so lived experience is missing.

WRITTEN BY CLAUDE FROM THE EVIDENCE ABOVE · 12/09/2026
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

Built to be trusted with
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The score is free. Forever.

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Audio never leaves your phone.

Sound samples become a single decibel figure on-device. We never store or transmit recordings.

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Aggregated street-level statistics power the product. Nothing we publish or license can single out a household.

06 · Where this goes

Every address decision,
eventually.

Address Watch

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