How many people live around a listing? New “Area statistics” block
When choosing a flat, the area matters as much as the rooms and the price: how dense the neighbourhood is, whether a main road is close, who lives around. Prayk listing pages now have an “Area statistics” block that shows exactly this.
The block sits under the “Location” map and the “What is nearby” list. To see it, open any listing in the real estate section that has its place marked on the map.
What the block shows
- How many people live there — an estimate of the population within 500 m of the listing point. The number is rounded (for example, “~7,500”): it is a model estimate, not a census.
- Population density — people/km² and a level: very densely, densely, medium or sparsely populated.
- Traffic density — based on the road network within 300 m: “High — next to a main road”, “Medium”, “Low” or “Quiet street”, with the name of the nearest major road and the distance to it.
- Share of men and women and 7 age groups (from 0–14 to 65+) — for a 1 km circle, with the largest age group highlighted.
- Population change — 2010 compared with 2020 for the same 500 m circle, for example “+23.5% since 2010”. Where very few people live the percentage is noise, so it is not shown.
- Distance to the city centre — in a straight line to the centre of the nearest major city (in Baku, Fountains Square); not shown beyond 40 km.
Where the numbers come from
Population, sex and age data come from the open global WorldPop 2020 dataset (a population model built from satellite imagery and official statistics). Traffic density is not a measured live vehicle count: the level is derived from the type of the nearest roads (motorway, main road, city road, street) and their distance. We do not show figures we do not have.
To be clear: in WorldPop the shares of men/women and of age groups are very similar across a city. The real difference between neighbourhoods is in the population count, density and traffic, so compare those.
Listings without a map point
Not every listing has a map marker. If a real estate listing only names its district, the block shows figures for the centre of that district and says so under the heading; in that case there is no traffic line, since it would not describe the listing’s own street. If there is neither a point nor a district, the block is not shown.
Where else
The same statistics appear on the “Listings nearby” page for the point you choose, where you can also set up a location radar to hear about new listings in the area. For the walk to the metro see this guide, for listings by station the metro map, and to check what your home is worth use the “What’s my home worth?” calculator.
In the mobile app, “Area statistics” will arrive with the next update.