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INTRODUCTION

1 The Land Account: Victoria, Experimental Estimates, 2012, is a pilot project that integrates environmental, economic and social data with spatial location information. It is presented in three parts; first as a series of tables for the State of Victoria and associated Natural Resource Management (NRM) regions, an interactive spatial layer using the Google Earth® framework at the Statistical Area Level 1 (SA1) from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) and a socio-economic dataset also at the SA1 level that can be used in a Geographical Information System (GIS). An additional set of tables presenting change in native vegetation extent and vegetation condition will be included in a revision to this publication in early 2013.

2 Land, as an asset, represents a major proportion of Australia's national economic value and nearly all economic activities involve the use of some land. For Victoria, land was valued at $1,072.4 billion at June 2011
(Australian System of National Accounts (ASNA), 2010–11 (ABS cat. no. 5204.0)). The land assets in Australia are owned (or leased) and used by governments, businesses and individuals for a variety of purposes and activities. Administrative arrangements, such as zoning, and laws constrain the availability of land for particular purposes.

3 Land value is driven by physical characteristics such as location, vegetation cover, accessibility, climate, biodiversity, soils, mineral resources, etc. as well as other factors such as land zoning and man-made improvements applied to the land and surrounds. Areas of land with desirable characteristics attract competing demands from major land users (agriculture, industry, habitation, environmental protection, recreation). The use of land can also result in degradation or improvements to the asset; for example, mining operations commencing in native forest may destabilise natural ecosystems even though the land is usually required to be returned to its former status once the mining operations have ceased.

4 Although many sources of data are available to quantify the characteristics of land and how these characteristics change over time, the lack of integration of these data means that it has not been fully utilised to support sound decisions over the use and management of land and the associated assets. A Land Account, Australia would be part of a set of integrated environment accounts being developed by the ABS (see Towards an Integrated Environmental-Economic Account for Australia, 2010 (ABS cat. no. 4655.0.55.001)). The land accounts will be used to integrate information and could be used to inform debate on;

• population settlement;
• sustainable production of goods and services;
• understanding the costs and benefits of different land management decisions, including the impact on the carbon cycle (i.e. storage and emission of C02), water availability and water quality, species distribution and abundance;
• understanding the productive capacity of the land in mining and agricultural industries;
• measuring the health of the environment;
• understanding the economic, environmental and social costs and benefits of economic activities occurring on land; and
• public and private investment environmental protection, e.g. biodiversity conservation.

Figure 1 Study region (Victoria, Australia)

Figure 2 NRM Regions with Victoria, Australia

Figure 3. Map of SA1 boundaries in Victoria

• Cadlite®, February 2012 - Public Sector Mapping Agencies (PSMA). This spatial dataset contains land parcel and property information from across Australia and includes names of suburbs and boundary locations. It is a graphical index of digital cadastral boundaries, excluding easements and road drainage easements.
  
  Further information is available from the PSMA web site: http://www.psma.com.au/.

• Dynamic Land Cover Mapping - Geoscience Australia (GA) in collaboration with the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). Geoscience Australia (GA) provided a draft version of the Dynamic Land Cover Map for Australia. The Dynamic Land Cover Dataset (DLCD) of Australia is the first nationally consistent and thematically comprehensive land cover reference for Australia. It is the result of collaboration between GA and ABARES, and provides a base-line for identifying and reporting on change and trends in vegetation cover and extent.
  
  The DLCD includes 186 snapshots of vegetation greenness for each 250m by 250m area of the country from April 2000 to April 2008. The classification scheme used to describe land cover categories in the DLCD conforms to the 2007 International Standards Organisation (ISO) land cover standard (19144-2). The DLCD shows Australia land cover clustered into 34 ISO classes. These reflect the structural character of vegetation, ranging from cultivated and managed land covers (crops and pastures) to natural land covers such as closed forest and sparse, open grasslands.
  
  The source data for the DLCD is a time series of Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra and Aqua satellites operated by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
  
  ABS has now obtained an updated version of the DLCD for the Victorian Land Account. This includes the addition of a class about Built Up Areas. This represents a concentration of buildings surrounding a network of roads and supported by other associated infrastructure.
  
  Further information is available from the GA web site http://www.ga.gov.au/.

• The State of Victoria - Land valuations file. The valuations file provides information on land use classifications and land values for cadastral properties.

• Forest Extent and Change (Version 6) - Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE). Landsat (satellite) imagery from 1972-2009 was used to discriminate between forest and non-forest cover by measuring the forest cover in two consecutive epochs and subtracting one from the other. Further information is available from the DCCEE website: http://www.climatechange.gov.au/.
  
  A forest is defined as vegetation with a minimum 20 per cent canopy cover, potentially reaching 2 metres high and a minimum area of 0.2 hectares. Landsat satellite imagery was used to discriminate between forest and non-forest cover. The probability of forest cover is mapped across Australia at a 25-metre resolution from Landsat imagery. Regionally appropriate thresholds are placed on these forest probabilities to create forest extent data. Differencing consecutive epochs allows the creation of both deforestation and regrowth layers. The attributed change products identify human induced change resulting in a change in the land use such as forest clearing for agricultural purposes. It does not include temporary changes to the forest such as fire.
  
  The dataset is currently updated annually. This update involves the addition of another year of data; the re-processing of all preceding years; as well as the incorporation of methodological improvements. The Queensland Herbarium within the Queensland Government Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) is also acknowledged as the state custodian for vegetation information.
  
  For further information see National Carbon Accounting System (NCAS) Technical Report No. 9 "Land Cover Change: Specifications for Remote Sensing Analysis" for details of the analytical methodology http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/102841/20090728-0000/www.climatechange.gov.au/ncas/reports/tech09.html or contact:
  
  GIS Manager
  National Carbon Accounting System - NCAS
  Department of Climate Change & Energy Efficiency
  GPO Box 854
  CANBERRA ACT 2601
  
  
• Catchment Scale Land Use of Australia, March 2010 - Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). Land use mapping was used at two scales: national scale (1:2,500,000) and catchment scale (1:25,000) using the Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM) classification. Further information is available from the ABARES web site: http://www.abares.gov.au/.
  
• National Vegetation Information System V3 (NVIS) - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (SEWPaC) - NVIS is a data system that contains information on the extent and distribution of vegetation types in Australian landscapes. For further background and other NVIS products, please see the links on http://www.environment.gov.au/erin/nvis/index.html.

• Transport and Topography™ - PSMA. A spatial dataset containing information on transport (including roads, railways etc), hydrology and green space. Further information is available from the PSMA web site: http://www.psma.com.au/.

• Estimated Resident Population (ERP) - Australian Bureau of Statistics. ERP's are official estimates of the Australian population, which link people to a place of usual residence within Australia. More information about ERP and other population concepts is available in Information Paper: Population Concepts, Australia, 2008 (ABS cat. no. 3107.0.55.006).
  
  Population estimates at the SA1 level as at 30 June of a census year are complied by apportioning the population estimate for each Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) across the SA1s within the SA2, using census usual residence counts.
  
  Caution should be exercised when using these estimates, especially for areas with very small populations. While unrounded figures are released, accuracy to the last digit is not claimed and should not be assumed. Estimates aggregated to broader regions, and age groups, are more reliable than the finer level regional or age breakdowns.
  
  All ERP data sources, including from the Census of Population and Housing, are subject to error. Errors can arise from inaccuracies in collecting, recording and processing the data. The ABS does not have control over any error associated with non-ABS administrative data sources, nor, to a large extent, dwelling approvals, births and deaths registrations and overseas migration data. The accuracy of some administrative data sources is also dependant on the length of time taken for migrators to update their address details with the relevant agency.
  
  The accuracy of sub-state ERPs, including SA2 ERPs, is described in the Quality Declaration for Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2010–11 (ABS cat. no. 3218.0). The accuracy of SA1 ERPs is partly dependent on the accuracy of SA2 ERPs.
  
  These estimates are subjected to confidentialisation and randomisation processes. Thus, all small estimates should be regarded as derived numbers rather than actual counts of the population.
  
  
• Building Approvals - Australian Bureau of Statistics - Data for building work approvals are compiled from:

• permits issued by local government authorities;
• contracts let or day labour work authorised by Commonwealth, State, semi-government and local government authorities and;
• major building activity in areas not subject to normal administrative approval (e.g. building on remote mine sites).

The data included in this profile relate to all residential building approvals valued at $10,000 or more and all approved non-residential building jobs valued at $50,000 or more.

Construction activity not defined as building (e.g. construction of roads, bridges, railways etc.) is excluded from building statistics.

The data are as at the June 2012 issue of Building Approvals, Australia, and refer to the financial year ended 30 June. For further information see Building Approvals, Australia, October 2012 (ABS cat. no. 8731.0).

• Table 1 - Land use by Land cover (rateable value), 2012 and
• Table 2 - Land use by Land cover (hectares), 2012.
  
  A single cross-classification table was produced at the State level:
• Table 3 - Sector (Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC)) by Land cover (rateable value), 2012.

• The PSMA CadLite property theme was used as the base layer for the Land Account. This provided land parcel and property information for Victoria. A property is a commonly owned piece of land, it can be one or many Cadastral parcels. CadLite does not cover all land in Victoria. Land not covered by CadLite property theme has been presented as ‘transport easements’ in Table 2. This land is not represented in the Victorian valuations data and therefore cannot be readily be valued. It is not presented in Table 1 or Table 3.
  
  The two output geographies for the Victorian Land Account are NRM regions and SA1 regions from the ASGS. Each commonly owned property in Victoria was assigned an NRM and SA1 code by spatially joining these boundaries using the centroid of each property. Issues of boundary alignment existed between CadLite and the SA1 and NRM regions. Properties unable to be assigned both an SA1 and NRM code were excluded from this analysis.

• The Victorian valuations file was a primary data source. This provided information on property identifiers, land use under the Australian Valuation Property Classification Codes (AVPCC) classification and site value. These variables were used for the development of Tables 1, 2 and 3. The Victorian valuations file was provided to the ABS as a tabular table. The process of joining the valuations data to CadLite property theme required a bridge layer called VicMap Property available from: http://www.land.vic.gov.au/.
  
  A tabular join successfully linked 82% of valuations records to properties. The remaining valuations records were linked to the CadLite property theme using address coding. Only addresses returning an accurate match to a precisely located Geocoded National Address File (GNAF) point were accepted. Following this process approximately 2% of valuation records remained unallocated to a property. These unallocated records were excluded from this analysis.
  
  In some cases, multiple valuation records joined to a single property. Valuation information allowed for a simple split of site value between different land uses on a property. However, no reliable information was available to split land area. For the Land Account: Great Barrier Reef Region, Experimental Estimates, 2011 (ABS cat. no. 4609.0.55.001) publication, land area was attributed by dividing property area by number of valuation records. This methodology has been revised for this publication, as it did not reflect the varying sizes of different land use types. For this analysis a look-up table of average land use area (primary AVPCC codes) for all properties with a single valuation record attached was created. These averages were used to weight area within properties with multiple valuation records and different land uses.
  
  The valuations file does not cover all land in Victoria. PSMA produces a green space theme within the Transport and Topography dataset. All polygons classified as National Parks in this dataset were extracted and overlaid on properties where no valuations data had been joined. In Table 2, the AVPCC 'National Parks, conservation areas, forest reserves and natural water reserves' class was supplemented with this information. Data from the green space theme only reflects land area, not land value. Therefore the 'National Parks, conservation areas, forest reserves and natural water reserves' land use is not comparable between Table 1 and 2.
  
  
• In the Land Account: Great Barrier Reef Region, Experimental Estimates, 2011 (ABS cat. no. 4609.0.55.001), business data was allocated to a cadastral parcel for those businesses with a registered business address in the region and an active Australian Business Number (ABN). The sector (ANZSIC) of the ABN was applied to the cadastral parcel to provide information by Sector. This methodology has not been continued for the Land Account: Victoria, Experimental Estimates, 2012 with the aim of creating an improved, repeatable dataset that can be used to show change over time.
  
  For this publication a single State table (Table 3) presents ANZSIC industries cross-classified with the DLCD, showing rateable value of land. This table did not rely upon the ABS Business Register but instead used a concordance table based on the correlation between AVPCC land use and ANZSIC sector. Table 3 presents details by ANZSIC at the division level with the exception of Agriculture which is split into sub-divisions. Due to differences in classification between AVPCC and ANZSIC it was not possible to accurately assign all land uses to the appropriate ANZSIC division and Agriculture sub-division. For example Table 3 has no data in the ANZSIC sub-division for 'Deer Farming'. The AVPCC land use that includes deer farming also includes other livestock farming such as goats, ostriches and alpacas. This land use has been assigned to the ANZSIC Agriculture Sub-division 'Other Livestock Farming'. In addition, classes for 'Agriculture Unallocated Industry ' and 'Other Unallocated Industry' were created to assign AVPCC classes that were unable to be assigned to an existing ANZSIC class.
  
  The AVPCC land use and ANZSIC sector concordance table was independently produced by ABS staff for the purpose of assigning land values to spatial locations within Victoria. The numbers presented in Table 3 should therefore be used with caution.
  
  
• The main cross classification tables publish data consistent with Australian System of National Accounts (ASNA), 2010–11 (ABS cat. no. 5204.0). ABS National Accounts use projected values of land from the State of Victoria for Rural and Commercial land. The value of Residential land is sourced from a method that uses a combination of data produced by the ABS and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The ABS/RBA method generates combined estimates of land and dwellings owned by households. The ABS value of dwellings owned by households is then subtracted to derive the value of residential land owned by households. As a result, raw Victorian site values do not fully align with values published in ASNA. To ensure values presented in the Victorian Land Account align with ASNA, the site values in Tables 1 and 3 were weighted to the ASNA output values for Rural, Commercial and Residential land in Victoria.
  
  Australian System of National Accounts (ASNA), 2010–11 (ABS cat. no. 5204.0) also includes an Other land use, valued at $59.1 billion for 2011. This is non-rateable land, including; crown land, National Parks and other land owned by government, and land held under native title and other types of arrangements. The Victorian land valuations data do not incorporate non-rateable land, thus Land Account: Victoria, Experimental Estimates, 2012 represents the 2011 ASNA value minus Other land use.
  
  In concept, Land Account: Victoria, Experimental Estimates, 2012 is consistent with the ASNA. However, there is a significant lead-time necessary to incorporate monetary estimates for the value of Victorian land into the Land Account. In the course of producing monetary estimates for this publication a later edition of the ASNA was released, Australian System of National Accounts (ASNA), 2011–12 (ABS cat. no. 5204.0). The data contained in Land Account: Victoria, Experimental Estimates, 2012 are consistent with the previous 2010–11 (Australian System of National Accounts (ASNA), 2010–11 (ABS cat. no. 5204.0)) edition of the ASNA.
  
• The DLCD was provided by Geoscience Australia as a 250m by 250m grid for Australia. Using ESRI ArcMap™, the DLCD was converted to a feature using the ‘raster to polygon’ function. The output of this conversion was then intersected with the CadLite Property theme. This process can create areas of Land Cover smaller than the resolution of the original grid. Any value of less than 6.25 hectares in area is less than the resolution of the DLCD and should be used with caution.

• 0-0.075 ha (predominantly urban residential)
• 0.075-0.15 ha (predominantly urban residential)
• 0.15-0.4 ha (predominantly mixed uses generally in urban/built up areas)
• 0.4-2 ha (predominantly peri-urban, rural residential but will include urban industrial/commercial and parks)
• 2-10 ha (predominantly peri-urban, rural residential)
• 10-100 ha (predominantly agriculture, reserves)
• >= 100 ha (predominantly agriculture, reserves)
  

• Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS)
• Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM)
• Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 2006 (ANZSIC)
• Australian Valuation Property Classification Codes (AVPCC)
• International Standards Organisation Land Cover Classification (ISO 19144-2)
• National Vegetation Information System - Information Hierarchy

• Measures of Australia's Progress, 2010 (ABS cat. no. 1370.0)
• Australia's Environment: Issues and Trends, 2010 (ABS cat. no. 4613.0)
• Environmental Issues: Waste Management and Transport Use, Mar 2009 (ABS cat. no. 4602.0.55.002)
• Environmental Issues: Energy Use and Conservation, Mar 2008 (ABS cat. no. 4602.0.55.011)
• Environmental Views and Behaviour, 2007–08 (ABS cat. no. 4626.0.55.001)
• Australian System of National Accounts, 2005–06 - Feature Article: Valuing land and dwellings owned by households.

Theme	Table	Data item name	Abbreviated name	Unit	Description
Land area & land value	Land area	SA1 identifying code	SA1_MAINCODE_2011	-	A unique 11 digit hierarchical code that identifies each SA1 region.
Land area & land value	Land area	Area of this SA1	SA1_AREA_ALBERS_HA	Ha.	The area of this SA1 in hectares.
Land area & land value	Land area	Area of Cadastral properties	BND_CAD_PROPORTION	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Cadastral properties.
Land area & land value	Land value	Rateable value	LV_SITE_VALUE	$m	The total rateable land value in this SA1.
Land area & land value	Land value	Capital value	LV_CAPITAL_VALUE	$m	The total capital land value in this SA1.
Population and land development	Estimated Resident Population	ERP 2002	ERP_2002	No.	Estimated Resident Population 2002.
Population and land development	Estimated Resident Population	ERP 2006	ERP_2006	No.	Estimated Resident Population 2006.
Population and land development	Estimated Resident Population	ERP 2011	ERP_2011	No.	Estimated Resident Population 2011.
Population and land development	Building approvals 2011/12	New dwellings approved	BAP_DWELL	No.	New dwelling units approved 2011/12.
Population and land development	Building approvals 2011/12	Value of total building approved	BAP_VALUE	$,000	Value of total building approved 2011/12.
Population and land development	Cadastral parcel change	2002 - 2011 ( 0 - 0.075 ha )	CAD_0211_1	No.	Increase or decrease in the number of Cadastral parcels sized 0 to 0.075 hectares (0-750 m2) between Aug 2002 and Aug 2011.
Population and land development	Cadastral parcel change	2002 - 2011 ( 0.075 - 0.15 ha )	CAD_0211_2	No.	Increase or decrease in the number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.075 to 0.15 hectares (750-1500 m2) between Aug 2002 and Aug 2011.
Population and land development	Cadastral parcel change	2002 - 2011 ( 0.15 - 0.4 ha )	CAD_0211_3	No.	Increase or decrease in the number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.15 to 0.4 hectares between Aug 2002 and Aug 2011.
Population and land development	Cadastral parcel change	2002 - 2011 ( 0.4 - 2 ha )	CAD_0211_4	No.	Increase or decrease in the number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.4 to 2 hectares between Aug 2002 and Aug 2011.
Population and land development	Cadastral parcel change	2002 - 2011 ( 2 - 10 ha )	CAD_0211_5	No.	Increase or decrease in the number of Cadastral parcels sized 2 to 10 hectares between Aug 2002 and Aug 2011.
Population and land development	Cadastral parcel change	2002 - 2011 ( 10 - 100 ha )	CAD_0211_6	No.	Increase or decrease in the number of Cadastral parcels sized 10 to 100 hectares between Aug 2002 and Aug 2011.
Population and land development	Cadastral parcel change	2002 - 2011 ( >100 ha )	CAD_0211_7	No.	Increase or decrease in the number of Cadastral parcels sized greater than 100 hectares between Aug 2002 and Aug 2011.
Population and land development	Cadastral parcel change	2006 - 2011 ( 0 - 0.075 ha )	CAD_0611_1	No.	Increase or decrease in the number of Cadastral parcels sized 0 to 0.075 hectares (0-750 m2) between Aug 2006 and Aug 2011.
Population and land development	Cadastral parcel change	2006 - 2011 ( 0.075 - 0.15 ha )	CAD_0611_2	No.	Increase or decrease in the number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.075 to 0.15 hectares (750-1500 m2) between Aug 2006 and Aug 2011.
Population and land development	Cadastral parcel change	2006 - 2011 ( 0.15 - 0.4 ha )	CAD_0611_3	No.	Increase or decrease in the number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.15 to 0.4 hectares between Aug 2006 and Aug 2011.
Population and land development	Cadastral parcel change	2006 - 2011 ( 0.4 - 2 ha )	CAD_0611_4	No.	Increase or decrease in the number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.4 to 2 hectares between Aug 2006 and Aug 2011.
Population and land development	Cadastral parcel change	2006 - 2011 ( 2 - 10 ha )	CAD_0611_5	No.	Increase or decrease in the number of Cadastral parcels sized 2 to 10 hectares between Aug 2006 and Aug 2011.
Population and land development	Cadastral parcel change	2006 - 2011 ( 10 - 100 ha )	CAD_0611_6	No.	Increase or decrease in the number of Cadastral parcels sized 10 to 100 hectares between Aug 2006 and Aug 2011.
Population and land development	Cadastral parcel change	2006 - 2011 ( >100 ha )	CAD_0611_7	No.	Increase or decrease in the number of Cadastral parcels sized greater than 100 hectares between Aug 2006 and Aug 2011.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2002 ( 0 - 0.075 ha )	CAD_02_1	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 0 to 0.075 hectares (0-750 m2) at August 2002.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2002 ( 0.075 - 0.15 ha )	CAD_02_2	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.075 to 0.15 hectares (750-1500 m2) at August 2002.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2002 ( 0.15 - 0.4 ha )	CAD_02_3	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.15 to 0.4 hectares at August 2002.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2002 ( 0.4 - 2 ha )	CAD_02_4	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.4 to 2 hectares at August 2002.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2002 ( 2 - 10 ha )	CAD_02_5	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 2 to 10 hectares at August 2002.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2002 ( 10 - 100 ha )	CAD_02_6	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 10 to 100 hectares at August 2002.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2002 ( >100 ha )	CAD_02_7	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels greater than 100 hectares at August 2002.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2006 ( 0 - 0.075 ha )	CAD_06_1	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 0 to 0.075 hectares (0-750 m2) at August 2006.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2006 ( 0.075 - 0.15 ha )	CAD_06_2	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.075 to 0.15 hectares (750-1500 m2) at August 2006.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2006 ( 0.15 - 0.4 ha )	CAD_06_3	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.15 to 0.4 hectares at August 2006.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2006 ( 0.4 - 2 ha )	CAD_06_4	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.4 to 2 hectares at August 2006.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2006 ( 2 - 10 ha )	CAD_06_5	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 2 to 10 hectares at August 2006.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2006 ( 10 - 100 ha )	CAD_06_6	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 10 to 100 hectares at August 2006.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2006 ( >100 ha )	CAD_06_7	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels greater than 100 hectares at August 2006.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2011 ( 0 - 0.075 ha )	CAD_11_1	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 0 to 0.075 hectares (0-750 m2) at August 2011.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2011 ( 0.075 - 0.15 ha )	CAD_11_2	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.075 to 0.15 hectares (750-1500 m2) at August 2011.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2011 ( 0.15 - 0.4 ha )	CAD_11_3	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.15 to 0.4 hectares at August 2011.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2011 ( 0.4 - 2 ha )	CAD_11_4	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 0.4 to 2 hectares at August 2011.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2011 ( 2 - 10 ha )	CAD_11_5	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 2 to 10 hectares at August 2011.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2011 ( 10 - 100 ha )	CAD_11_6	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels sized 10 to 100 hectares at August 2011.
Population and land development *	Cadastral parcel counts	2011 ( >100 ha )	CAD_11_7	No.	Number of Cadastral parcels greater than 100 hectares at August 2011.
Land use	ALUM Land Use	Conservation and Natural Environments	ALUM_CON_NAT_ENV	%	Proportion of total SA1 area classified as Conservation and Natural Environments - Land is used primarily for conservation purposes, based on the maintenance of essentially natural ecosystems already present.
Land use	ALUM Land Use	Production from Relatively Natural Environments	ALUM_PRD_NAT_ENV	%	Proportion of total SA1 area classified as Production from Relatively Natural Environments - Land is used mainly for primary production based on limited change to the native vegetation.
Land use	ALUM Land Use	Production from Dryland Agriculture and Plantations	ALUM_PRD_DRY_AG	%	Proportion of total SA1 area classified as Production from Dryland Agriculture and Plantations - Land is used mainly for primary production, based on dryland farming systems.
Land use	ALUM Land Use	Production from Irrigated Agriculture and Plantations	ALUM_PRD_IRR_AG	%	Proportion of total SA1 area classified as Production from Irrigated Agriculture and Plantations - Land is used mainly for primary production, based on irrigated farming.
Land use	ALUM Land Use	Intensive uses	ALUM_INTENSIVE	%	Proportion of total SA1 area classified as Intensive uses - Land is subject to substantial modification, generally in association with closer residential settlement, commercial or industrial uses.
Land use	ALUM Land Use	Water	ALUM_WATER	%	Proportion of total SA1 area classified as water - Although primarily land cover types, water features are regarded as essential to the classification.
Land cover	Change in Forest extent	Forest Extent 2008	FOREST_EXT_2008	%	Proportion of total SA1 area classified as Forest extent in 2008
Land cover	Change in Forest extent	Forest Extent 2011	FOREST_EXT_2011	%	Proportion of total SA1 area classified as Forest extent in 2011
Land cover	Change in Forest extent	percentage change in forest extent 2008 to 2011	FOREST_PROP_0811	%	Percentage change of forest extent= (100*(Forest_ext_2011-Forest_ext_2008)/Forest_ext_2008). Note: the results of this calculation is also the same as the percentage change of the area of forest extent.
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Extraction Sites	DLC_EXTRACTION	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Extraction sites.
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Inland Waterbodies	DLC_INLAND_WATER	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Inland Waterbodies
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Salt Lakes	DLC_SALT_LAKES	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Salt Lakes
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Irrigated Cropping	DLC_IRR_CROPPING	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Irrigated Cropping
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Irrigated Pasture	DLC_IRR_PASTURE	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Irrigated Pasture
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Rainfed Cropping	DLC_RAINFED_CROP	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Rainfed Cropping
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Rainfed Pasture	DLC_RAINFED_PASTURE	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Rainfed Pasture
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Wetlands	DLC_WETLANDS	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Wetlands
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Alpine Grasses - Open	DLC_APL_GRASS_OPEN	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Alpine Grasses - Open
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Hummock Grasses - Open	DLC_HUM_GRASS_OPEN	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Hummock Grasses - Open
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Sedges - Open	DLC_SEDGES_OPEN	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Sedges - Open
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Tussock Grasses - Open	DLC_TUSS_GRASS_OPEN	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Tussock Grasses - Open
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Hummock Grasses - Sparse	DLC_HUMM_SPARSE	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Hummock Grasses - Sparse
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Tussock Grasses - Sparse	DLC_TUSS_GRSS_SPAR	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Tussock Grasses - Sparse
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Shrubs - Closed	DLC_SHRUBS_CLOSED	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Shrubs - Closed
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Shrubs - Open	DLC_SHRUBS_OPEN	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Shrubs - Open
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Chenopod Shrubs - Open	DLC_CHEN_OPEN	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Chenopod Shrubs - Open
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Shrubs - Scattered	DLC_SHRUB_SCAT	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Shrubs - Scattered
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Shrubs - Sparse	DLC_SHRUB_SPARSE	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Shrubs - Sparse
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Chenopod Shrubs - Sparse	DLC_CHEN_SPARSE	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Chenopod Shrubs - Sparse
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Trees - Closed	DLC_TREES_CLOSED	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Trees - Closed
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Trees - Open	DLC_TREES_OPEN	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Trees - Open
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Trees - Scattered	DLC_TREES_SCAT	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Trees - Scattered
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Trees - Sparse	DLC_TREES_SPARSE	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Trees - Sparse
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Built Up Areas	DLC_BUILT_UP_AREAS	%	Proportion of total SA1 area covered by Built Up Areas
Land cover	Dynamic Land Cover	Unallocated	DLC_UNALLOCATED	%	Proportion of total SA1 area that was unable to be classified with Dynamic land cover raster data.