Business Establishments and Jobs by Size and Industry in Melbourne Municipality, 2002-2024

Data from the City of Melbourne's Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE) covers the period 2002 to 2024. It shows the number of jobs and business establishments categorized by business size and ANZSIC industry classification across the entire municipality. The data has been confidentialised to protect individual businesses.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of small, medium, and large businesses based on job count categories.
• Track changes in employment by industry sector over time using the ANZSIC classification.
• Assess the economic composition of the Melbourne municipality based on business establishment counts.
• Study the impact of business size on local job creation across different industry sectors.

Strengths

• Data covers a 22-year time range from 2002 to 2024.
• Business size is categorized into four distinct groups based on job count.
• Data is sourced from an official municipal census (CLUE).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data has been confidentialised, with cells representing two or fewer businesses suppressed.

Provenance

Source

City of Melbourne Open Data

Collection Method

Collected as part of the City of Melbourne's Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE).

Time Range

2002-2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 08:14:40.583927; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Melbourne municipality, Australia.