Metropolitan Melbourne Heat Vulnerability Index for 2018

2018 heat vulnerability index features for Metropolitan Melbourne, represented by polygons based on 2016 Australian Bureau of Statistics Statistical Area Level 1 (SA1) boundaries. The dataset is part of the Plan Melbourne Action 91 initiative, also known as Cooling & Greening or Vegetation and Urban heat mapping, and was published by the Department of Transport and Planning.

Use Cases

• Mapping heat vulnerability across urban neighborhoods based on polygon index features.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of heat risk for climate adaptation planning based on the index.
• Integrating heat vulnerability data with other urban planning layers based on SA1 geography.
• Assessing the effectiveness of greening initiatives based on the Cooling & Greening program context.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly linked to the 2016 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Statistical Area Level 1 (SA1) standard geography.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Part of a formal government initiative (Plan Melbourne Action 91).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from 2018; its applicability to current conditions may be limited.

Provenance

Source

Department of Transport and Planning

Collection Method

Likely derived from spatial analysis and modeling as part of the Cooling & Greening initiative.

Time Range

2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 00:21:07.914197; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Metropolitan Melbourne, Australia