Industrial Land Parcels in Metropolitan Melbourne with Development Status, 2017

Industrial land parcels across metropolitan Melbourne are identified and assessed for development status and size in hectares. The dataset includes land zoned as Industrial 1, 2, 3, Commercial 2, Airport Business Parks, and selected Special Use and Comprehensive Development Zones. It is provided by the Department of Transport and Planning and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Model industrial land supply and demand based on parcel availability status.
• Analyze zoning patterns for industrial and commercial land use.
• Plan infrastructure development based on land parcel size and location.
• Assess land use character within specific precincts and activity centers.

Strengths

• Includes multiple industrial and commercial zoning classifications (Industrial 1, 2, 3, Commercial 2).
• Covers specific precincts including Airport Business Parks and selected Special Use Zones.
• Provides a binary development status assessment (Unavailable or Supply) for each parcel.
• Data is provided under a permissive 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.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of Transport and Planning

Collection Method

Urban Development Program (UDP) assessment.

Time Range

2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 08:03:45.156037; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Metropolitan Melbourne, Australia