4609.0.55.003 - Land Account: Queensland, Experimental Estimates, 2011 - 2016 Quality Declaration 
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STATISTICAL AREA LEVEL 2 DATA


Table 10 (in the Downloads tab) provides summary data on land use by value, land use by area, land cover by area and counts of land parcels for every Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) within the State of Queensland. The purpose of this data is to present stocks and changes in land attributes for small areas in a simplified format. This data has been presented in an Excel spreadsheet.

SA2s are a medium-sized general purpose area which aim to represent a community that interacts together socially and economically. On average they have a population of approximately 10,000 people. The official SA2 boundaries can be downloaded from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, July 2016 (cat. no. 1270.0.55.001).

See Explanatory Notes for more information.


MAIN FINDINGS

Change in land use by value

  • The total unimproved value of land in Queensland increased from $621.4 billion to $721.5 billion between 30 June 2011 and 30 June 2016. Over this period, the total value of 'Residential' land increased by 25% (from $415.0 billion to $518.7 billion), while 'Commercial' land increased by 12% (from $49.0 billion to $54.7 billion). In contrast the total value of 'Rural' land decreased by 9.2% (from $24 billion to $21.8 billion).
  • Surfers Paradise was the SA2 with the highest overall value of 'Residential' land in Queensland with $4.4 billion in 2011 and $4.2 billion in 2016. The SA2 that reported the largest increase in the value of 'Residential' land was North Lakes - Mango Hill, which more than doubled (from $1.4 billion to $2.9 billion) between 2011 and 2016.
  • The largest increase in total value of 'Commercial' land was in the South Brisbane SA2, which increased from $889.1 million to $1.3 billion (or 46%) between 2011 and 2016. Brisbane City showed the largest decrease, down 5.1% from $4.4 billion in 2011 to $4.2 billion in 2016.
  • The SA2 of Ingham Region had the largest increase in 'Rural' land value up from $160.0 million to $299.1 million (or 87%) between 2011 and 2016. Central Highlands - West reported the largest decrease in total value of 'Rural' land moving from $1.5 billion in 2011 to $861.6 million in 2016 (a decrease of 41%).

SA2 LEVEL CHANGES IN RESIDENTIAL LAND VALUE - between 30 June 2011 and 30 June 2016
Map: SA2 level changes in Residential land value between 30 June 2011 and 30 June 2016
Source: Land Valuations data - Department of Natural Resources and Mines (DNRM), Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016 - Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) © Commonwealth of Australia, 2017

Change in land use by area
  • Between 30 June 2011 and 30 June 2016, the total area of 'Residential' land in Queensland increased 18%, from 199,250 hectares to 235,452 hectares. In contrast, the total area of 'Commercial' land decreased by 0.7% (from 1,371,976 hectares to 1,362,321 hectares) over this period. The total area of land classed as 'Rural' remained stable at 148.6 million hectares in both 2011 and 2016, increasing by less than 0.1% between these periods.
  • The largest area of 'Residential' land was in Townsville - South (5,374 hectares in 2011 and 5,405 hectares in 2016), while the greatest change was Agnes Water - Miriam Vale, which increased by 3,738 hectares (or 479%) from 780 hectares in 2011 to 4,518 hectares in 2016.
  • The largest increase in 'Commercial' land area was reported for Broadsound - Nebo (up from 118,589 hectares to 151,656 hectares). Central Highlands - West showed the largest decrease in 'Commercial' land, from 38,371 hectares in 2011 to 36,347 hectares in 2016.
  • Central Highlands - East reported the largest increase in land classed as 'Rural' land between 2011 and 2016, up from 1.4 million hectares to 1.5 million hectares (or 7.0%). Conversely, the largest decrease in 'Rural' land was in Broadsound - Nebo, with a decrease of 32,390 hectares (or 1.3%).

SA2 LEVEL CHANGES IN RURAL LAND USE - between 30 June 2011 and 30 June 2016
Map: SA2 level changes in Rural land use between 30 June 2011 and 30 June 2016
Source: Land Valuations data - Department of Natural Resources and Mines (DNRM), Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016 - Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) © Commonwealth of Australia, 2017

Change in land cover by area
  • The largest overall change in land cover in Queensland was 'Woody Shrubs', which increased by 11.0 million hectares (or 152%) from 7.3 million hectares in 2010-2011 to 18.3 million hectares in 2014-2015. The SA2s with the greatest increases in 'Woody Shrubs' were Far South West (4.4 million hectares), Far Central West (1.2 million hectares) and Charleville (992,750 hectares).
  • The largest percentage decrease in land cover in Queensland was 'Wetlands' which moved from 1.1 million hectares in 2010-2011 to 563,281 hectares in 2010-2015 (an overall decrease of 48%). The SA2s with the greatest decreases in 'Wetlands' by area were Far Central West with a decrease of 178,782 hectares, Far South West with a decrease of 156,585 hectares and Dalrymple with a decrease of 42,704 hectares.
  • 'Rainfed Lands' showed an overall decrease of 271,319 hectares (or 4.8%) from 5.6 million hectares in 2010-2011 to 5.4 million hectares in 2014-2015. The largest increase in 'Rainfed Lands' was reported in Monto - Eidsvold (8,616 hectares), while decreases were reported in Central Highlands - West (44,002 hectares), Broadsound - Nebo (40,121 hectares) and Clermont (33,182 hectares).

SA2 LEVEL CHANGES IN RAINFED LANDS LAND COVER - between 2010-2011 and 2014-2015
Map: SA2 level changes in Rainfed Lands land cover between 2010-2011 and 2014-2015
Source: Dynamic Land Cover Dataset (DLCD) v2.1 - Geoscience Australia (GA), Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016 - Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) © Commonwealth of Australia, 2017

Change in land parcel (counts)
  • Between November 2011 and November 2016 the total number of land parcels increased by 139,292 in Queensland. Nearly 87% (120,530) of these new parcels were less than 1,500 sqm (or 0.15 hectares) in area. Cadastral parcels of this size are predominantly associated with residential land use.
  • The greatest increases in the number of small, residential-sized land parcels (0 to 0.15 hectares) were mainly in SA2s in and around the outskirts of Brisbane, north of Brisbane towards the Sunshine Coast, and south of Brisbane, near the Gold Coast. These SA2s include: North Lakes - Mango Hill (an increase of 4,114 small, residential-sized land parcels), Pimpama (an increase of 3,560), Brisbane City (an increase of 2,447), Jimboomba (an increase of 2,418) and Murrumba Downs - Griffin (an increase of 2,259). In North Lakes - Mango Hill these new residential size parcels came in part from a loss of 10 parcels greater than 10 hectares over this period.
  • Cadastral parcels sized between 0.4 and 10 hectares often include land used for residential purposes. This form of residential settlement is described with various names including peri-urban, rural residential and hobby farming and is a growing phenomenon in many parts of Australia. Several SA2s in Queensland were identified with large increases in the number of cadastral parcels sized between 0.4 and 10 hectares. These include: Surfers Paradise (an increase of 651 cadastral parcels sized between 0.4 and 10 hectares), Jimboomba (an increase of 576), Southport - North (an increase of 272) and Lockyer Valley - East (an increase of 242).


SA2 LEVEL CHANGES IN LAND PARCEL (COUNTS) BETWEEN 0 TO 0.15 HECTARES - between November 2011 and November 2016
Map: SA2 level changes in predominantly urban residential land parcel counts between November 2011 and November 2016
Source: CadLite® - Public Sector Mapping Agency (PSMA), Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016 - Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) © Commonwealth of Australia, 2017