Business Establishments by ANZSIC Industry in Melbourne Municipality, 2002-2024

City of Melbourne's Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE) data shows the number of business establishments in the entire municipality from 2002 to 2024. Each establishment is classified by its ANZSIC1 industry and small area allocation. The data is published by the City of Melbourne Open Data team.

Use Cases

• Analyze industry concentration and diversification trends based on ANZSIC classification.
• Track changes in the number of business locations over time based on the 2002-2024 coverage.
• Compare economic activity across small areas within the municipality based on the small area allocation.
• Study the density of commercial land use based on the count of establishments per location.

Strengths

• Covers a 22-year time range from 2002 to 2024.
• Provides a clear operational definition of a 'business establishment' as a separate location of economic activity.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

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

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 08:03:56.770014.

Geography

City of Melbourne municipality, Victoria, Australia.