Land use of Australia 2010–11 to 2020–21
November 2024
The Land use of Australia 2010–11 to 2020–21 shows Australia’s land use and land use change, for three time periods 2010–11, 2015–16, and 2020–21. This data package replaces the Land use of Australia 2010–11 to 2015–16 data package, with updates to these time periods.
Land tenure of Australia 2010–11 to 2020–21
October 2024
The Land tenure of Australia 2010–11 to 2020–21 shows Australia’s land tenure, and land tenure change, for three time periods 2010–11, 2015–16, and 2020–21. This data package replaces the Land tenure of Australia 2010–11 to 2015–16 data package, with updates to these time periods.
Catchment scale land use of Australia and commodities - Update December 2023
February 2024
This is the latest compilation of land use mapping information, including for selected agricultural commodities, for Australia's regions under the Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program.
Ground cover indicator for drought resilience
February 2023
The Future Drought Fund is using ground cover (total vegetation cover) as an environmental indicator to monitor resilience. These ground cover metrics build on monitoring work under the National Landcare Program (Regional Land Partnerships).
The vegetation cover dashboard allows you to assess, by Natural Resource Management (NRM) Region, when and where agricultural land was likely protected from soil erosion. Users can compare areas protected under different cover thresholds, from 2001 to current, against regional targets.
Access the Ground cover indicator for drought resilience dashboard
Australian Agricultural Census 2020–21 visualisations
November 2022
The Australian Agricultural Census 2020–21 visualisations is based on the most recent agricultural census data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for 2020–21. The visualisations are designed to showcase the Agricultural Census data in a simple and intuitive way – as maps and charts with a focus on national, state and regional summaries.
Access the Agriculture Census 2020–21 visualisations.
Land use of Australia 2010–11 to 2015–16, 250 m
June 2022
The Land use of Australia 2010–11 to 2015–16, 250 m is a data package of seamless continental rasters of land use at the national scale which maps how Australia's land resources are used. Data is for 2010–11 and 2015–16, and the associated change between the two years.
Access the Land use of Australia 2010–11 to 2015–16, 250 m data.
Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S) Software Version 4
March 2022
The Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S) is a powerful tool to view and assess mapped information and explore trade-offs. It assists collaborative decision-making with stakeholders. MCAS-S version 4 has improved performance, makes data and projects easier to organise and projects easier to share.
Accounting for Australia's changing land tenure
September 2021
The Land tenure of Australia 2010–11 to 2015–16, 250 m shows where, and how much, land is owned, leased, reserved or unallocated in Australia. This geospatial data is an input to the first National Land Account, Experimental Estimates, 2016 released jointly by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment..
Catchment scale land use profiles
April 2021
The Catchment scale land use profiles are a series of interactive dashboards and web map of land use data assembled using the current Catchment scale land use of Australia – Update December 2020 dataset. The dashboards show land use data by states and territories, Natural Resource Management regions, Local government areas, and Federal electoral boundaries.
Catchment Scale Land Use of Australia – Update December 2020
February 2021
Access the 2020 update of land use mapping information for Australia’s regions. The dataset, at 50 metre spatial resolution, has been compiled using the nationally agreed land use mapping principles and procedures of the Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM) Classification version 8.
Catchment Scale Land Use of Australia – Commodities – Update December 2020
February 2021
Identify, map and analyse (selected) agricultural commodities (where available), with horticultural and intensive animal industries a focus. This commodities dataset complements the 2020 catchment scale land use of Australia dataset.
Australia's Agricultural Industries 2020
August 2020
Status and trends in Australia's agricultural industries on one page.
Help shape the future design and delivery of land use mapping
November 2019
The Queensland Land Use Mapping Program (QLUMP) is conducting a short online survey to gauge user requirements and applications of the data and information it delivers. They would welcome current and/or potential users of their data to participate.
Australian land use profiles
May 2019
Visualise the 2018 catchment scale land use data by Australia's National Landcare Program (NLP) Management Units. These NLP Management Units were formerly known as Natural Resource Management (NRM) regions.
The dashboard enables users to visualise the data by selecting:
- a region to view its land uses as a map and regional statistics
- a land use to see where it is distributed across Australia
- several regions to compare land use
- a state to view land uses as a map and state statistics
Catchment Scale Land Use of Australia - Update December 2018
March 2019
Access the 2018 update of land use mapping information for Australia’s regions. The dataset, at 50 metre spatial resolution, has been compiled using the nationally agreed land use mapping principles and procedures of the Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM) Classification version 8.
Catchment Scale Land Use of Australia - Commodities - Update December 2018
March 2019
Identify, map and analyse (selected) agricultural commodities (where available), with horticultural and intensive animal industries a focus. This commodities dataset complements the 2018 catchment scale land use of Australia dataset.
Burdekin app wins award at ESRI 2018 International User Conference
July 2018
The Queensland Land Use Mapping Program (QLUMP) have built the Land Use Summary App to present all the land use mapping products within the Burdekin NRM region, including updated land use for 2016; revised land use for 1999 & 2009; land use change for 1999–2009, 2009–2016 and 1999–2016.
At the ESRI 2018 International User Conference this web app was awarded second place in the Natural Resources Story Map category - a fantastic achievement by QLUMP!
View and combine mapped information with updated tool MCAS-S version 3.2
June 2018
The Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S) is a tool to view and combine mapped information. MCAS-S can inform spatial decision making and help with stakeholder engagement and communication. MCAS-S is free, powerful, and easy to use.
The new version 3.2 has improved performance, more time series functions, simpler classification options and live links to metadata.
Land use classification is a vocabulary service
May 2018
The Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC) version 8 is available as an environmental vocabulary service. The vocabulary, or glossary, provides a public point-of-truth for land use terms and definitions. This vocabulary service has been created in collaboration with the National Environmental Information Infrastructure (NEII) and the Australia National Data Service (ANDS). This vocabulary can also be used as an API or widget.
Catchment Scale Land Use of Australia data viewable on the National Map
March 2018
The Catchment Scale Land Use (CLUM) dataset for Australia (September 2017 Update) is available for viewing and comparison with other datasets hosted on the National Map. Land use is classified according to the Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM) Classification version 8, a three-tiered hierarchical structure. To simplify display, land uses have been classified according to the secondary level of the ALUM Classification.
Australian Agricultural Industries 2017 Map
November 2017
Australia's Agricultural Industries 2017 map provides a snapshot of agriculture's status and trend. It shows where Australia's broad agricultural land uses are located and statistics on their area and land tenure. The map reports on the top 5 livestock, crop and horticulture commodities based on gross value of production. Trends in agricultural production, employment and exports are also given including for Australia's top 5 export commodities and destinations. The map presents information in a simple and easy to understand manner and provides a useful resource for planning and regional development.
Australian Land Use and Management Classification Version 8
October 2016
The Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM) Classification system provides a nationally consistent method to collect and present land use information. The latest version (Version 8) of the classification includes fields to collect commodity and land management practice information. The ALUM Classification Version 8 is being used in land use mapping for improved biosecurity outcomes funded by Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Division.
Land Use of Australia 2010-11
July 2016
The Land use of Australia 2010-11 is the latest in a series of digital national land use maps at national scale. Agricultural land uses and their spatial distributions are based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2010-11 agricultural census data. The spatial distribution of the agricultural land uses is modelled and was determined using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite imagery with training data to make agricultural land use allocations. The non-agricultural land uses are drawn from existing digital maps covering seven themes: topographic features, catchment scale land use, protected areas, World Heritage Areas, tenure, forest type and vegetation condition.
Land use information for Australia
November 2015
ABARES with its Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program (ACLUMP) partners have produced a brochure to promote the availability and application of its land use information products
- Addendum to the Guidelines for land use mapping in Australia - April 2015
The Addendum provides guidance on the implementation of mapping principles and procedures outlined in the Guidelines for land use mapping in Australia: principles, procedures and definitions, 4th edition. The aim is to ensure that catchment scale mapping is relevant, up to date and reliable for decision-making. It focuses on the goals of catchment scale land use mapping, the potential to update land use mapping using ancillary information, and methods to improve the reliability of and confidence in catchment scale land use mapping. - Land management practice trends in Australia - dataset on the Monitor website - September 2014
The Land management practice trends in Australia dataset provides information that helps track trends in the adoption of key land management practices in Australia over time. It contains detailed statistics on a variety of land management practices undertaken by Australian agricultural businesses. It focuses on practices that are expected to improve soil condition in the grazing, broadcare cropping, horticulture and dairy industries. See also the Land management practices trends in Australia brochure. - Australian ground cover reference sites database package 2014 - September 2014
The ground cover reference sites database contains the data collected from the national network of ground cover reference sites. This data includes site descriptions and the associated field measurements of fractional ground cover. Data were collected across Australia from July 2010 to June 2014 at field sites under grazing and broadacre cropping land uses according to nationally agreed standards. This database is an update from the 2013 version and now contains published field observations current as at June 2014. - Ground cover monitoring for Australia: Final report to June 2013 - May 2014
The Department of Agriculture funded a four year project to monitor ground cover for Australia using remote sensing from 2009-2013. The project has provided regular ground cover information to assess environmental targets for soil erosion and land management in Australia. This final report gives the achievements of the project from July 2012 to June 2013 and summarises the project outputs. - Towards national reporting on land use change in Australia - October 2013
The report describes changes in key land uses (grazing, cropping and nature conservation) over the period 1992-93 to 2005-06, nationally and at the regional scale. - Reporting on trends in improved land management practices - July 2013
Industry fact sheets reporting on trends in improved land management practices using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 1995–96, 2000–01 and 2010–11 agricultural censuses and the 2007–08 and 2009–10 Agricultural Resource Management Surveys. A set of fact sheets have been prepared that show trends in practice change at the National and state/territory levels, and for natural resource management regions.