Victorian Land Use Information System: Tenure, Use, and Cover for Cadastral Parcels

VLUIS separately describes land tenure, land use, and land cover for each cadastral parcel across Victoria biennially and annually from 2006 to 2015. The dataset is created by the Spatial Information Sciences Group of the Agriculture Research Division using a method designed for regular and consistent data over time. Land cover classification accuracy varies between classes, and irrigation activity data is included when available.

Use Cases

• Model land tenure changes over time based on biennial cadastral parcel data.
• Analyze land cover transitions for environmental monitoring based on annual physical surface descriptions.
• Study agricultural land use patterns based on the purpose to which land is committed.
• Assess irrigation activity impacts in specific years where coverage is available.

Strengths

• Covers the entire landmass of Victoria.
• Provides separate biennial data for land tenure and use and annual data for land cover from 2006 to 2015.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial file formats including SHP, GDB, and DXF.

Limitations

• Land cover classification accuracy varies between classes; overall accuracy may be misleading for individual classes.
• Irrigation activity data was not available in 2006-07 and had incomplete coverage in 2012-13.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (formerly Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport, and Resources)

Collection Method

Created by the Spatial Information Sciences Group using a method significantly different from traditional land use mapping.

Time Range

2006 to 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 04:42:11.700765; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia