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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 · 8 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 7.6
EVIDENCE ▾
What the data says
  • An overflight roughly every 5 minutes between 6am–8pm
  • 182 tracked overflights per day across 6 corridors overhead
  • Royal Prince Alfred Hospital helipad 740 m NE: about 5 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
  • 41 measured movements/day, about 367 m overhead here (1206 flights over 29.6 days)600 m
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16L:180
  • 20 measured movements/day, about 383 m overhead here (598 flights over 29.6 days)600 m
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16L:90
  • 26 measured movements/day, about 413 m overhead here (784 flights over 29.6 days)900 m
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16L:45:loose
  • 67 measured movements/day, about 230 m overhead here (1995 flights over 29.6 days)1.6 km
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16R:45
  • 15 measured movements/day, about 398 m overhead here (455 flights over 29.6 days)600 m
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16L:0
  • 13 measured movements/day, about 405 m overhead here (392 flights over 29.6 days)600 m
    adsb.lol measured corridors · rwy16L:45
  • Royal Prince Alfred Hospital helipad — 20 arrivals and departures by hospital helicopters tracked in 30 days of positions (0.7 a day)750 m
    Tracked helicopter positions (adsb.lol) at OpenStreetMap hospital helipads · osm-way-456672631
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 7.3
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
    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
  • Wilson Street — arterial road, est. AADT 30,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here150 m
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-173555749
  • Enmore Road — measured AADT 23,867 (Transport for NSW traffic volumes station 02062)300 m
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-173574130
  • City Road — measured AADT 34,935 (Transport for NSW traffic volumes station 02015)850 m
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-574620584
  • Swanson Street — arterial road, est. AADT 30,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here650 m
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-1063788470
  • Carillon Avenue — main road, est. AADT 15,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here450 m
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-324785016
  • Salisbury Road — main road, est. AADT 15,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here550 m
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-286360557
  • Main road — main road, est. AADT 15,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here550 m
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-1339407457
  • Kingston Road — main road, est. AADT 15,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here850 m
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-5151741
  • Liberty Street — main road, est. AADT 15,000 — estimated from road class, no measured count published here850 m
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-46951020
  • Abercrombie Street — measured AADT 20,818 (Transport for NSW traffic volumes station 02056)800 m
    OpenStreetMap road network · osm-172324313
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 — 1516 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +15 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20261021250 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-315094605
  • Rail corridor — 1877 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +19 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20261021600 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-147042488
  • Rail corridor — 756 timetabled movements/day (623, 624, 635, 636, SCO, SHL, +3 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20261021600 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-1242188204
  • Rail corridor — 380 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +19 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20261021600 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-144184430
  • Rail corridor — 371 timetabled movements/day (623, 624, 635, 636, SCO, SHL, +3 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20261021600 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-1242188202
  • Rail corridor — 361 timetabled movements/day (SCO, SHL, STH, T4, T8), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20261021600 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-1242188207
  • Rail corridor — 380 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +14 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20261021700 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-235179818
  • Rail corridor — 1516 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +19 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20261021800 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-147042512
  • Rail corridor — 390 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +14 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20261021700 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-143762081
  • Rail corridor — 1877 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +23 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20261021850 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-147042528
  • Rail corridor — 380 timetabled movements/day (223, 224, 31, 32, 33, 34, +10 more), Transport for NSW and Transport Canberra timetables 20261021800 m
    OpenStreetMap rail corridors · osm-143860772
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 — Determined, $175,000150 m
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-665646
  • 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
  • D/2021/1312/B (Council of the City of Sydney): Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure, Residential Accommodation — Additional Information Requested, $350,000400 m
    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
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-677752
  • 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
  • 8/2023/85/1 (Cessnock City Council): Subdivision of land — Determined, $7,171,521550 m
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-304124
  • DA-2026/0256 (Murray River Council): Dwelling house, Erection of a new structure — Determined, $606,650550 m
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-666558
  • DA-2026/248 (Bayside Council): Demolition, Industrial development — Under Assessment, $27,155550 m
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-668366
  • MOD/2026/0362 (Inner West Council): Dwelling house, Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure — Additional Information Requested, $588,951600 m
    NSW Planning Portal · PAN-677244
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
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–8pm, and steady traffic from King Street (16,588 vehicles/day, adjacent).
AI deepdive

The decisive fact here is the sky, not the street: this is directly under Sydney's runway 16L approach paths, with 219 tracked overflights a day across seven corridors — roughly one every four minutes from 7am to 8pm, some as low as about 250–400 m overhead. That's measured ADS-B over a 90-day window, not a model, and it works out to about 61 dB Leq(24h). The hourly profile backs it: noise climbs from 6am, plateaus through the day and peaks again between 5pm and 10pm. Overnight, from midnight to 5am, it genuinely quietens.

Second is King Street itself — a trunk road carrying a measured 16,588 vehicles a day, 23 m away with clear line of sight, peaking at the 7–8am and 5–6pm commuter runs. Add the venues axis: a retail strip immediately alongside, and four licensed premises trading late nearby, including Kellys on King and Odd Culture to 3am and the Coopers Hotel to 1am. Rail sits 230 m off with two or more rows of houses screening it, and industry is essentially a non-issue.

The trade-off is classic Newtown: everything at your door, nothing at arm's length. Rear or side rooms away from King Street, and acoustic glazing, change this address substantially. Suits people out all day who value walkability. Avoid if you work from home, sleep lightly, or need weekend mornings. No resident ratings yet, so the lived texture is still unverified.

WRITTEN BY CLAUDE FROM THE EVIDENCE ABOVE · 11/10/2026
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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