This dataset shows the footprints of all structures within the City of Melbourne. A building footprint is a 2D polygon (or multi-polygon) representation of the base of a building or structure. The footprint is defined as the boundary of the structure where the walls intersect with the ground plane or podium, rather than an outline of the roof area (roofprint).

Where a building has a significant change in built form, multiple footprint polygons are ‘stacked’ vertically to define shape of the built form. This includes, and is not limited to:

- Tower
- Podium
- Setbacks/offsets

To see the footprints in 3D please refer to our Development Activity Model

The Australian Height Datum (AHD) is the national vertical datum for Australia. The National Mapping Council adopted the AHD in May 1971 as the datum to which all vertical control mapping would be referred

The data was captured in May 2018.

Melbourne is widely known as one of the world’s great music cities, and has more live music venues per capita than any other city in the world (Melbourne Live Music Census Report 2017).

City of Melbourne is home to a large number of these venues and this dataset provides a list of dedicated live music venues, and other venues and spaces which present live music, in the municipality.

It should be noted that the criteria for a live music venue, as determined by the Melbourne Live Music Census Report 2017, is a venue which presents live music two nights per week minimum. The census also identified that on an annual basis, 44% of regular venues feature live music on four nights per week, 28% on five nights and 10% on seven nights. Additionally according to the census and associated venue survey responses, a live venue in Melbourne typically: - is a hotel or bar in the CBD or inner suburbs which has been operating for an average of 8 years and, in 50%+ of cases, presents live music four nights per week.

Indicators help us to assess our municipality's performance, measure progress and compare with other cities. The results also help us monitor our Council Plan and guide policy, planning and management to ensure that Melbourne continues to be a liveable, bold, inspirational and sustainable city.

A visual representation of the indicators presented here can be found in our online visualisation. The indicators are from a select list we collect for the following two main activities:

1. The City of Melbourne Social Indicator Survey (CoMSIS) provides insight into the health, wellbeing, participation and connection of residents in our city. This data is collected to directly address some of the Council Plan’s municipal outcome indicators and support our health and wellbeing priorities. Findings of the survey give insight into the perceived quality of life for our residents.

2. The World Council on City Data (WCCD) is a network of cities committed to improving services and quality of life with open city data and standardised urban indicators. The WCCD developed and oversees an international standard for city data: ISO 37120 Sustainable Development of Communities: Indicators for City Services and Quality of Life. The City of Melbourne is a member of this network and annually submits indicators for verification in accordance with this standard.

Related datasets:
Social Indicators for City of Melbourne Residents 2018

Tree canopy within City of Melbourne mapped using 2018 aerial photos. The canopy polygons represent actual tree canopy extents on both private and public property across the city.

This dataset contains observed bike counts from sites across the city known as "Super Sunday". This is Australia’s biggest survey of recreational travel. Held annually in mid-November, the count looks at how runners, walkers, bike riders and other recreational users move around

There is a large number of fields captured for this dataset, which has been compiled into an attached metadata document.

Tree canopy within City of Melbourne mapped using 2018 aerial photos and LiDAR. The canopy polygons represent actual tree canopy extents on public property (land managed by the City of Melbourne) across the city. The data is considered accurate for 2018. Changes in tree canopy are expected to have occurred since that time.

Tree canopy cover is mapped by the City of Melbourne annually.

This dataset contains active and planned activities across the City of Melbourne area. Activities include city works (such as proposed road closures, footpath works or reserved parking permits) and event bookings. The information is derived from permits which are issued by City of Melbourne.

Each activity includes geo-spatial information to indicate the general area of the activity. The spatial information is not indicative of the activity size as the activity may only take up a small portion of the area for the entry.

The start and end date fields indicate that the event/activity is expected to occur within this time range. The actual activity may be active for significantly shorter duration than the start and end dates.

This dataset contains observed bike counts from sites across the city. These counts are often referred to "Super Tuesday" and is Australia’s biggest annual commuter bike count. The count also contains information for gender, and movement flow of people on bikes.

There is a large number of fields captured for this dataset, which has been compiled into an attached metadata document.

This dataset contains a line network representing pedestrian walking routes throughout the City of Melbourne.
It features links to additional land subdivisions and incorporates additional elements/attributes. The network has been created with the intent to assist interested stakeholder in multiple modelling tasks including catchment analysis and route analysis.

The network emulates pedestrian behaviour, by allowing free movement in low traffic areas while penalising busy crossings with traffic lights.

The network also connects to the City of Melbourne property layer through property centroids and connectors for all the different properties in the dataset.

The download is a zip file containing compressed .json files. Please see the metadata attached for further information.

This dataset contains a simplified network representation of bike paths across City of Melbourne.
The dataset can be used to create a digital bicycle network with route modelling capabilities that integrated existing bicycle infrastructure. The network has been created to be used with ArcGIS network analyst. The resulting network was connected to the City of Melbourne property layer through centroids created for this project:

The network can assist in multiple modelling tasks including catchment analysis and route analysis. The download is a zip file containing compressed .json files

Please see the metadata attached for further information.