Urban Development Program: Industrial Land Parcels in Metropolitan Melbourne, 2021

Industrial land parcels across metropolitan Melbourne are classified by development status and size in hectares. The Department of Transport and Planning created this dataset, which includes land zoned for industrial and commercial use, as well as specific business parks and development zones. Each parcel is assessed as either 'Unavailable' for current use or 'Supply' if vacant.

Use Cases

• Model industrial land supply and demand based on parcel availability status.
• Analyze zoning patterns for industrial and commercial development based on the listed zone types.
• Plan infrastructure and logistics corridors based on the spatial distribution of industrial land.
• Assess land use policy effectiveness by comparing zoned industrial areas with their current use status.

Strengths

• Provides a clear binary classification ('Unavailable' or 'Supply') for each land parcel's development status.
• Covers multiple specific zone types including Industrial 1, 2, 3, Commercial 2, and selected Special Use and Comprehensive Development Zones.
• Includes spatial data in multiple geospatial file formats (DWG, SHP, GDB, etc.) for compatibility with various GIS tools.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of Transport and Planning

Collection Method

Assessment and classification of land parcels, likely from planning and cadastral sources.

Time Range

2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 22:14:17.344922; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Metropolitan Melbourne, Australia