Urban Development Program: Industrial Land Parcels in Metropolitan Melbourne Since 2004

The Urban Development Program dataset from the Department of Transport and Planning identifies all industrial-zoned land parcels across metropolitan Melbourne. It tracks the development status and size in hectares for each parcel from 2004 onward, classifying them as either 'Unavailable' or 'Supply'. The dataset was last updated on April 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling industrial land supply and demand based on parcel availability status.
• Analyzing spatial distribution of industrial zones based on land parcel locations.
• Planning infrastructure and logistics corridors based on industrial land character and zoning.
• Assessing urban growth and development patterns over time based on the 2004+ temporal coverage.

Strengths

• Provides a temporal coverage of industrial land data since 2004.
• Includes multiple industrial and commercial zoning classifications (Industrial 1, 2, 3, Commercial 2).
• Offers data in multiple geospatial file formats (DWG, SHP, GDB, etc.) for compatibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Transport and Planning

Time Range

Since 2004

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 23:32:43.733634; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Metropolitan Melbourne, Australia