Suburb Data

    Demand to Supply Ratio 3 (DSR3)

    Demand to Supply Ratio 3 (DSR3)

    DSR3

    A score out of 100 for the ratio of demand to supply in a property market that combines many supply and demand metrics

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    Using This Metric

    See how to use DSR3 to shortlist markets in Suburb Search, Heat Maps, Context Rulers and Historical Charts, using Gosnells and Perth as real examples.

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    The DSR3 is a score out of 100. The higher the DSR3, the better. A score of 100 is the highest and best score the DSR3 can ever achieve. But it has never happened. No market has ever recorded a perfect score.

    A score of 50 is the theoretical balance point between supply and demand, expect nominal growth (in line with inflation) for a score of 50.

    Your aim as an investor is to find a suburb with the highest DSR3 that suits your budget, cashflow (i.e. yield) and appetite for risk (i.e. statistical reliability).

    Whenever asking the question "What is a good value for 'insert a metric's name here'?" the answer is always the same: "Examine the context ruler for that metric".

    The context ruler will tell you what a good, OK and bad value is for a metric. It also shows how likely it is to find suburbs with certain values for the metric.

    DSR3 in 3 steps

    How we score every suburb in Australia for investment potential

    Step 1

    Supply & demand

    DSR3 measures demand relative to supply — the pressure that drives prices.

    Step 2

    Collect signals

    We combine multiple supply and demand indicators into one objective score (0–100).

    Step 3

    Score suburbs

    Higher score = demand exceeds supply = stronger upward price pressure. Designed to predict growth potential over the next ~3 years.