Melbourne Business and Jobs Data by Size and Industry in Small Areas, 2002-2024

Business establishments and jobs data collected by the City of Melbourne's Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE). The dataset covers the period from 2002 to 2024 and shows counts by business size and industry for small geographic areas. Data has been confidentialised by suppressing cells with two or fewer businesses.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution of small businesses versus larger corporations based on business size categories.
• Tracking changes in employment density by industry over time based on the 2002-2024 time range.
• Mapping economic activity and business establishment counts across small geographic areas for urban planning.

Strengths

• Covers a 22-year time series from 2002 to 2024.
• Provides granular data at the small area level for detailed spatial analysis.
• Includes a clear business size classification (Non-employing, Small, Medium, Larger).

Limitations

• Data has been confidentialised, suppressing counts for two or fewer businesses, which may limit analysis for rare categories.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

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 08:13:59.940204

Geography

City of Melbourne small areas