This data answers a range of questions, including:
- What are the current land uses (building types, floor space usage, business activities)?
- What sort of businesses and industries are located in the City of Melbourne and how fast are they growing?
- What are the key trends in employment, business and development and residential sector expansion?
- What are the changes in land use?
Participation is confidential and published census results do not provide specific details about individual businesses. CLUE's success depends on the participation of all businesses.
What does CLUE data cover?
CLUE data includes:
- industry structure and type (ANZSIC code and number of establishments or business locations)
- floor space type and use (office, retail, industrial, accommodation or entertainment and office vacancy rates)
- employment type (full-time, part-time, casual or contractor)
- building information (number of floors, year of construction, gross floor area and lettable area)
- venue and capacity measures (cafe or restaurant seats, child care centre spaces, off-street car parking spaces, bicycle and shower facilities, residential dwellings, student dwellings, student beds, theatre and stadium seats, conference and meeting seats and gaming machines)
- spatial distribution (maps, CLUE small areas, blocks and customised regions).