National Land Account

The Australian Bureau of Statistics published the first experimental National Land Account in June 2021.

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This first release of the National Land Account presented national statistics and state and territory breakdowns for land cover, land use, land tenure and unimproved land value.

A supplementary update later in 2021 will include combined presentations of land cover, use and tenure, as well as indicators relevant to stakeholders and end-use applications.

We are undertaking consultations to inform future improvements to the first National Land Account and test the approaches that were used in its development.

The development of the National Land Account was a collaboration between our department (including ABARES), the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Geoscience Australia, and CSIRO.

Infographic highlights that this is Australia's first ever National Land Account, comprising big data insights on agriculture, environment and economy, land cover, tenure, use and value brought together, entire Australian landmass, 394 million data points, capturing timeframe 2011 to 2016, and with more years to come, collaboration between Commonwealth, states and territories.
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