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VEAC Metropolitan Melbourne Open Space Inventory

Created 26/06/2025

Updated 16/11/2025

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The dataset consists of polygons delineating areas of public land(1) and local council land(2) that have been classified as public open space. Polygon attributes describe the public open space category and owner. The datset covers 31 municipalities in metropolitan Melbourne. The definition used to attribute a polyon as public open space is 'those areas of public land and local council land that have an accepted and ongoing community use for outdoor recreation and informal activities, and that are freely accessible to the public'. The VEAC Metropolitan Melbourne Open Space Inventory does not include Commonwealth land; schools; cemeteries; gated facilities; road plantations; closed roads; concourses around stadia; inaccessible Trust for Nature properties; 'services and utilities' public land that does not have an ongoing recreational use; future open space (e.g. areas covered by Public Aquisition Overlays); and uncategorised public land.

'Public Land' is Crown land and freehold land owned by Victorian Government Agencies.

'Local Council Land' is freehold land owned by local councils.

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Title VEAC Metropolitan Melbourne Open Space Inventory
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/406804db-7d3a-4953-919a-0e607a258f1a
Remote Last Updated 25/10/2025
Contact Point
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
contact@dpc.vic.gov.au
Reference Period 01/02/2018
Geospatial Coverage Victoria
Data Portal Victoria Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Victoria Government "VEAC Metropolitan Melbourne Open Space Inventory". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/veac-metropolitan-melbourne-open-space-inventory