Our 4-domain, 8-category residential location scoring methodology with adaptive buyer profile weighting. Full pipeline from address input to PDF delivery.
The Location Livability Framework (LLF v1.0) is the analytical backbone of every Location Lens report. It provides a consistent, transparent scoring methodology for residential property location analysis across five countries — Australia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand.
Location analysis is organised into four strategic domains, each containing two scoring categories:
Each category is scored from 0 to 100 using a combination of raw data benchmarking, percentile ranking within a peer comparison group, and AI-assisted qualitative assessment. Raw scores are normalised against comparable areas at the suburb, city, regional, and national level to produce a score that reflects relative quality rather than absolute values.
The framework applies different category weights for each of six buyer profiles: family, first home buyer, professional, investor, retiree, and relocator. This means the overall livability score for the same address will differ depending on the buyer profile selected — because a family values school quality more than a professional values rental yields. Both perspectives are displayed simultaneously in every report.
The analysis pipeline starts with address validation and geocoding, then pulls data from country-specific government and commercial data sources, runs the scoring algorithms, applies the profile weighting matrix, generates qualitative narrative using our AI layer, and assembles the final PDF. The entire process typically completes within two to four minutes of the report being ordered.
Every Location Lens report includes a full list of data sources used in the analysis, broken down by category. We believe you have a right to know where your information comes from. Our data sources are listed in full at locationlens.co/data-sources.