CLUE: Business Establishments in Melbourne by Industry and Location, 2002-2024

Over two decades of business location data from the City of Melbourne's Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE). The dataset lists individual business establishments with addresses, industry codes, and geographic allocations. It represents physical locations of economic activity, counting each building presence separately.

Use Cases

• Analyze industry clustering and commercial zoning patterns based on establishment location data.
• Track changes in the local business landscape over time based on the 2002-2024 temporal coverage.
• Map business density and economic activity by small area based on the CLUE block and area allocation.
• Study the prevalence of specific industry sectors using the standardized ANZSIC4 classification.

Strengths

• Covers a 22-year time span from 2002 to 2024.
• Uses a standardized industry classification system (ANZSIC4).
• Provides multiple geospatial file formats (GEOJSON, SHP).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the City of Melbourne jurisdiction.

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 08:04:21.588172

Geography

City of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia