Floor Space per CLUE Industry in Melbourne Municipality, 2002-2024

City of Melbourne's Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE) data shows floor space in square meters across the municipality from 2002 to 2024, classified by industry. The dataset has been confidentialised to protect commercially sensitive information, with data suppressed for cells pertaining to two or fewer businesses. Non-confidentialised data may be available under a data supply agreement.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in commercial and industrial floor space allocation based on the 2002-2024 time series.
• Model municipal economic activity by industry sector based on floor space data.
• Compare land use intensity across different industry classifications within the municipality.
• Support urban development policy by tracking changes in floor space for specific industry types.

Strengths

• Covers a 22-year time series from 2002 to 2024.
• Includes unique codes for residential, vacant, open, and common area floor space, though these are excluded from the main industry totals.
• Row totals reflect true totals, including data from suppressed confidential cells.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the City of Melbourne municipality.
• Specific row and column counts are 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 08:07:06.259584; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Melbourne municipality, Australia.