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

CLUE survey data from the City of Melbourne tracks business and job counts from 2002 to 2024. It categorizes establishments by size (non-employing to large) and industry using the ANZSIC classification system. The data is confidentialized, with cells representing two or fewer businesses suppressed to protect commercial sensitivity.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of small businesses versus large corporations based on business size categories.
• Track employment trends over time within specific industry sectors using the ANZSIC classification.
• Map the economic footprint of different 'CLUE small areas' within the City of Melbourne municipality.
• Study the impact of data suppression rules on the analysis of commercially sensitive business information.

Strengths

• Covers a 22-year time series from 2002 to 2024.
• Provides a breakdown by four explicit business size categories defined by job count ranges.
• Uses the standardized ANZSIC industry classification system.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data includes confidentialized cells suppressed for small counts, which may create gaps for granular analysis.

Provenance

Source

City of Melbourne Open Data, collected via the Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE).

Collection Method

Survey data collection, confidentialized for commercial sensitivity.

Time Range

2002-2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 08:05:11.730889; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Melbourne municipality, broken into CLUE small areas.