Floor Space per Space Use for City of Melbourne Blocks, 2002-2024

City of Melbourne data from the Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE) covering 2002 to 2024. It shows floor space in square metres per city block, classified by space use and small area allocation. The data has been confidentialised to protect individual businesses.

Use Cases

• Analyzing commercial floor space density trends over time based on the 2002-2024 time series.
• Modeling land use patterns by small area allocation mentioned in the description.
• Assessing the impact of business confidentiality rules on aggregate data totals based on the described suppression method.

Strengths

• Time series covers 22 years (2002-2024).
• Data is confidentialised to protect business-sensitive information.
• Row totals reflect true totals, including suppressed data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data cells pertaining to two or fewer businesses are suppressed, creating gaps.
• 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 08:05:58.377893.

Geography

City of Melbourne, Australia