Business Establishments per 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 municipality from 2002 to 2024. The data is classified by CLUE industry, derived from the ANZSIC classification system, and aggregated at the municipal level. It counts physical locations of economic activity, not enterprises.

Use Cases

• Analyzing municipal business growth trends based on the 22-year time series from 2002-2024.
• Mapping industry composition changes based on the ANZSIC classification system mentioned in the description.
• Comparing business location density across different industry sectors based on the count of establishments per industry.

Strengths

• Data covers a 22-year period from 2002 to 2024.
• Uses the standardized ANZSIC industry classification system.
• Published by the City of Melbourne Open Data under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

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 data_gov_au, focusing solely on the City of Melbourne municipality.

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 08:03:47.665739; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Melbourne municipality, Australia