VEAC Metropolitan Melbourne Open Space Inventory: Public Land Polygons

Polygons delineating areas of public land and local council land classified as public open space across 31 municipalities in metropolitan Melbourne. The dataset, provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, includes attributes describing the open space category and owner. It was last updated on 2026-04-08.

Use Cases

• Mapping recreational land accessibility based on the definition of freely accessible public open space.
• Analyzing the distribution of open space ownership (Crown land, Victorian Government Agencies, local councils) across municipalities.
• Planning for community infrastructure by identifying existing public open space areas for outdoor recreation and informal activities.
• Conducting spatial analysis to assess green space coverage and proximity within metropolitan Melbourne.

Strengths

• Explicitly defines the scope of 'public open space' with a clear, community-use-based definition.
• Covers a specific, defined geography of 31 municipalities in metropolitan Melbourne.
• Lists specific exclusions (e.g., schools, cemeteries, gated facilities), clarifying dataset boundaries.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial resolution are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-04-08; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria, Australia).

Collection Method

Likely compiled and classified from government land records and municipal data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 23:50:37.070669.

Geography

31 municipalities in metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.