This dataset contains equity information for the City of Melbourne. It has values started in 2015 and ending in 2018 with each record also indicating the year in which the value occured.
The statement of Changes in Equity is a statement which is a representation of accumulated surplus, revaluation reserve and other reserve movements at 30 June each financial year.
While all due care has been taken in providing these figures, some errors and discrepancies may be present.

The Sources of Funding Work is a budgeted representation of the external grants to be received by the city of Melbourne to contribute to Capital Works costs for the upcoming financial year. While all due care has been taken in providing these figures, some errors and discrepancies may be present.

This dataset contains records of sources of operational funding for the council. These records are a budgeted representation of the external grants to be received by the city of Melbourne. These grants contribute to operating costs for the upcoming financial year. While all due care has been taken in providing these figures, some errors and discrepancies may be present.

The balance sheet is a representation of an organisation's assets, liabilities and equity at a particular point in time. A balance sheet can be used to show a business's net worth. It includes line items such as cash assets, receivables, investments and payables.

While all due care has been taken in providing these figures, some errors and discrepancies may be present.

The Income Statement is an accrual-based statement prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and generally adopted accounting principles. It includes non-cash items such as depreciation charges but does not include capital items such as capital works funding. While all due care has been taken in providing these figures, some errors and discrepancies may be present.

The number of patents issued to resident persons or corporations of a city is an indicator of innovation, which is a result of the production and use of knowledge.



The patents counted in this indicator were 'standard' and 'innovation patents. Standard patents are granted only for inventions - in other words an invention that is not an obvious thing to do for someone with knowledge and experience in the technological field of the invention. The innovation patent is granted for an incremental advance on existing technology or knowledge that makes a substantial contribution to the working of the invention.



To derive the figure for per 100,000 residents, the total number of patents granted annually to individuals and entities living or working in the municipality is divided by the municipality's population divided by 100,000. The result is a figures expressed as the number of new patents granted per 100,000 population.

Spatial layer of small areas used for the City of Melbourne's Census Of Land Use And Employment (CLUE) analysis. Note that these small area boundaries do not exactly correspond with gazetted suburb or postcode boundaries.

For more information about CLUE see http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/clue

This is a spatial layer that can be used to map CLUE datasets to CLUE blocks. CLUE blocks are a geographical boundary that can be linked to CLUE information.

This dataset previously contained information of 2016 establishments, employment and floor space which can now be found in the following datasets:

• Business establishments per block by CLUE industry

• Employment by block by CLUE industry

• Floor space by use by block

In addition, these data sets also provide data from years 2002 to 2019.

For more information about CLUE see http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/clue