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We pull from ABS, BOM, FSANZ, the NDIS Commission and a dozen others. Then we join the data, rank it where the rankings were missing, and write the explanations. Ten free tools, no sign-ups.
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Census population, age, income and SEIFA scores for Richmond.
SEIFA decile 4/10 · $1,353/wk median household income
Monthly averages and the RefDat Comfort Score for Richmond.
Comfort score 9.6/10, best in Sep
Registered NDIS providers serving Richmond, ranked by Trust Index.
11 providers tracked
Live petrol and diesel prices at the stations closest to Richmond.
1 station tracked nearby
Census population, age, income and SEIFA scores for Singleton.
SEIFA decile 2/10 · $1,517/wk median household income
Monthly averages and the RefDat Comfort Score for Singleton.
Comfort score 9.3/10, best in Sep
Registered NDIS providers serving Singleton, ranked by Trust Index.
6 providers tracked
Live petrol and diesel prices at the stations closest to Singleton.
7 stations tracked nearby
Census population, age, income and SEIFA scores for Sydney.
SEIFA decile 10/10 · $2,227/wk median household income
Monthly averages and the RefDat Comfort Score for Sydney.
Comfort score 8.9/10, best in Sep
Registered NDIS providers serving Sydney, ranked by Trust Index.
1 provider tracked
Live petrol and diesel prices at the stations closest to Sydney.
23 stations tracked nearby
Census population, age, income and SEIFA scores for Tamworth.
SEIFA decile 1/10 · $697/wk median household income
Monthly averages and the RefDat Comfort Score for Tamworth.
Comfort score 9.7/10, best in Oct
Registered NDIS providers serving Tamworth, ranked by Trust Index.
9 providers tracked
Live petrol and diesel prices at the stations closest to Tamworth.
11 stations tracked nearby
Census population, age, income and SEIFA scores for Terrigal.
SEIFA decile 10/10 · $2,056/wk median household income
Monthly averages and the RefDat Comfort Score for Terrigal.
Comfort score 8.4/10, best in Sep
Registered NDIS providers serving Terrigal, ranked by Trust Index.
3 providers tracked
Live petrol and diesel prices at the stations closest to Terrigal.
2 stations tracked nearby
Census population, age, income and SEIFA scores for Tweed Heads.
SEIFA decile 4/10 · $1,138/wk median household income
Monthly averages and the RefDat Comfort Score for Tweed Heads.
Comfort score 9.2/10, best in Sep
Registered NDIS providers serving Tweed Heads, ranked by Trust Index.
4 providers tracked
Live petrol and diesel prices at the stations closest to Tweed Heads.
6 stations tracked nearby
Census population, age, income and SEIFA scores for Ulladulla.
SEIFA decile 2/10 · $1,007/wk median household income
Monthly averages and the RefDat Comfort Score for Ulladulla.
Comfort score 8.4/10, best in Dec
Registered NDIS providers serving Ulladulla, ranked by Trust Index.
5 providers tracked
Live petrol and diesel prices at the stations closest to Ulladulla.
6 stations tracked nearby
Census population, age, income and SEIFA scores for Wagga Wagga.
SEIFA decile 5/10 · $1,355/wk median household income
Monthly averages and the RefDat Comfort Score for Wagga Wagga.
Comfort score 9.7/10, best in Oct
Registered NDIS providers serving Wagga Wagga, ranked by Trust Index.
15 providers tracked
Live petrol and diesel prices at the stations closest to Wagga Wagga.
14 stations tracked nearby
Census population, age, income and SEIFA scores for Wollongong.
SEIFA decile 8/10 · $1,549/wk median household income
Monthly averages and the RefDat Comfort Score for Wollongong.
Comfort score 8.5/10, best in Dec
Registered NDIS providers serving Wollongong, ranked by Trust Index.
23 providers tracked
Live petrol and diesel prices at the stations closest to Wollongong.
7 stations tracked nearby
Census population, age, income and SEIFA scores for Yamba.
SEIFA decile 4/10 · $1,106/wk median household income
Monthly averages and the RefDat Comfort Score for Yamba.
Comfort score 9.3/10, best in Sep
Registered NDIS providers serving Yamba, ranked by Trust Index.
4 providers tracked
Live petrol and diesel prices at the stations closest to Yamba.
5 stations tracked nearby
The network
Each RefDat site has its own data pipeline, methodology page and source trail. The point is not to list everything on the web. It is to make public data usable.
Trust Index ranking 26,468 NDIS providers on legitimacy, digital presence, and recent activity. Surfaced 15,503 Not Operating records, 59% of the register.
Public-interest dataset Live17,265 suburb pages plus 520 LGA hubs, joining ABS Census 2021, SEIFA disadvantage scores, and live NDIS coverage by area.
Demographics LiveComfort Score for 213 Australian cities and 29 global, translating BOM station data into liveability terms.
Climate comfort LiveTraffic light verdicts on 348 foods and 81 ingredients. Dual FSANZ and FDA coverage, stricter standard wins.
Food verdicts Live358 converters tied back to BIPM, NIST and the NMI official conversion factors. Cooking, energy, length, weight.
Practical tools Live152 Australian products reviewed independently. RefDat Score aggregates third-party reviews and stress-tests the marketing claims.
AU buying guides Live633 myths debunked from primary sources. Why each one sounds right, and what is actually true.
Fact checks LiveLive AU fuel prices, EV running cost calculators, and a charger map. Compare what you are actually paying.
Cost of living Live102 Chuck Norris jokes across 5 categories. Classic internet humour, forever free.
Archive LiveThe operating model
Authoritative public data only. ABS Census, BOM weather stations, FSANZ food standards, ACARA, the NDIS Commission register, USDA FoodData Central, Coeliac Australia certifications, BIPM and NIST measurement factors.
Where useful rankings did not exist, we built them. The NDIS Trust Index. Weather Comfort Score. The Gluten traffic-light verdict. The RefDat Score for product reviews.
Reference data without context is not useful. Every tool ships with a methodology page in plain English, and our articles dig into the why behind the data, not just the what.
Editorial context
The history, numbering system, and relationship between postcodes, suburbs, and SEIFA scores.
GuideWhat climate averages mean, how BOM collects data, and how to read climate charts.
ComparisonDifferent regulatory standards between FSANZ and FDA, and why it matters for coeliac disease.
GuideWhat public data exists about NDIS providers, what transparency means, and why it matters.
GuideWhy online reviews are unreliable, what to look for, and how aggregation helps.
RefDat is not a data dump. The work happens before the page loads.
Postcodes joins ABS Census 2021, SEIFA disadvantage scores, the Australia Post register, and live NDIS provider coverage down to the suburb level. Six datasets, one suburb page.
NDIS Trust Index did not exist before we built it. The Commission publishes 26,468 providers as a flat list. We scored each one on legitimacy signals, digital presence, and recent activity, then published what we found: 15,503 records are currently Not Operating, 59% of the register. Most have no website at all. Some maintain a page that tells you almost nothing. The full research is at ndis.refdat.com/research/ghost-providers.
Weather Comfort Score translates raw BOM station data into "is January in Cairns actually liveable." That is the question people are asking, not "what was the mean monthly temperature."
Same pattern across every tool. Pull from authoritative public sources. Build a ranking framework where one was missing. Write the explanations a generic data dump will not.
RefDat editorial bylines stay off the site by choice. Investigative work in the NDIS space has a track record of attracting threats against the people who do it, so we keep contributors anonymous and let the methodology pages do the talking instead. Every ranking framework is documented, every data source is named, and every claim ties back to a primary source. The work is auditable even when the people behind it are not named. Contact us at admin@refdat.com.