Land tenure of Australia 2020-21, Tenure Level 3

Abstract This layer shows where land is owned, leased, reserved or unallocated to a defined purpose in Australia for 2020–21. Tenure information in this dataset is classified according to a four-tiered hierarchical structure, ordered in increasing level of detail. Level 1 distinguishes between the basic land title types of Freehold and Crown land. Level 2 splits Crown land into leasehold, dedicated or reserved for Crown purposes and other Crown land. Level 3 further distinguishes Crown land, defining leasehold type or Crown purposes type based on term and purpose. Leasehold types are split into Freeholding lease, Pastoral perpetual lease, Other perpetual lease, Pastoral term lease, Other term lease, and Other lease. Crown purposes are split into Nature conservation reserve, Multiple-use public forest and Other Crown purposes. Level 4 distinguishes land with an Indigenous land grant, either Crown land held on behalf of, or freehold land owned by, traditional owner groups. Level 4 does not include native title which applies alongside tenure. While the underlying dataset reflects the most detailed tenure classification (Level 4), the layer’s symbology is simplified to Level 3. It separates tenure into Freehold and Crown land specifying types of leasehold (6 classes) and Crown purposes (3 classes) plus Other Crown land. This layer was used in the National Land Account, Experimental Estimates 2021 released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data was produced by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) within the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry as part of the Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program (ACLUMP). For more information see the dataset metadata at [DOI: 10.25814/89rx-zs30]. [Land Tenure of Australia 2020-21, Level 3] Currency Date modified: 31 October 2024 Publication Date: 31 October 2024 Modification frequency: As needed Data Extent Coordinate reference: WGS84 / Mercator Auxiliary Sphere Spatial Extent The following spatial extent is provided in the Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA94). North: -9.995 South: -44.005 East: 154.004 West: 112.505 Source Information Data, Metadata, Maps and Interactive views are available from [Land tenure of Australia 2010–11 to 2020–21] [Land tenure of Australia 2010–11 to 2020–21 – Descriptive metadata] The data was obtained from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). ABARES is providing this data to the public under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license]. Lineage Statement The data was constructed by combining jurisdictional land title information from digital cadastral databases or their equivalents with Indigenous land grant instruments areas. For more information see the [dataset metadata]. Note: The Digital Atlas of Australia downloaded and created a copy of the source data in February 2025 that was suitable to be hosted through ArcGIS Image Server & Image Dedicated. A copy of the raster dataset was created with RGB fields as a colour map with Geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS Pro, and the raster dataset was re-projected from 1994 Australia Albers to WGS 1984 Web Mercator (Auxiliary Sphere). Additionally, records that have a -1 value have been removed to improve web mapping performance. This Web Mapping Service is for display purposes only. It is in Web Mercator projection and not suitable for deriving area statistics. For any analyses use the [original dataset] published in Albers projection. Table: Land tenure of Australia Level 3 tenure descriptions and meanings ─────┬───────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Code*│Description │Meaning ─────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 100 │Freehold │The highest form of land ownership. Land title is held in perpetuity. Includes land held by Indigenous land trusts. ─────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 211 │Freeholding lease │Crown leasehold land where a lessee is in the process of transferring lease to freehold with instalments. ─────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 212 │Pastoral perpetual lease │Crown leasehold land granted in perpetuity to an entity for primarily pastoral purposes. ─────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 213 │Other perpetual lease │Crown leasehold land granted in perpetuity to an entity for non-pastoral or non-specified purposes. ─────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 214 │Pastoral term lease │Crown leasehold land granted for a specified term of years to an entity for primarily pastoral purposes. ─────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 215 │Other term lease │Crown leasehold land granted to an entity for a specified term of years for non-pastoral or non-specified purposes. ─────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 216 │Other lease │Crown leasehold land where the purpose is specified as other or undefined. ─────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 221 │Nature conservation reserve│Crown land set aside for conservation purposes. Includes heritage reserves where specified. ─────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 222 │Multiple-use public forest │Crown land set aside for multiple-use forest values such as wood harvesting, recreation, and environmental protection, includes state forests and timber reserves. ─────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 223 │Other Crown purposes │Crown land set aside for all other purposes including water, infrastructure, institutional, defence and other undefined reserves; or lands vested to, acquired, or purchased by the Crown or its authorised entities to deliver essential services. ─────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 230 │Other Crown land │Crown land unallocated to a purpose or purposes. ─────┴───────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── *The first three digits of the Service Pixel Value reflect this Level 3 code. Data Dictionary ─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────── Field Name │Field Description │Data Type ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── OID * │Internal feature numbers that uniquely identifies each row. │OID ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── Count * │Count of the number of raster cells in each class of Value. │Integer count ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── Value (Service Pixel Value) *│Tenure code in the target year. First digit represents Level 1, second digit Level 2, third digit Level 3 and the fourth digit Level 4 of the land tenure hierarchical classification. Refer to Table A1.5 of the [dataset metadata]. a │Integer, range: 1001 to 2302 ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── Label * │Label reflecting the description of the Level 3 land tenure classes in the target period. │Text ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── L1N │Level 1 tenure classification code. Refer to Table A1.2 of the [dataset metadata].a │Integer, range: 1 to 2 ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── L1_DESC │Description of the Level 1 land tenure classes in the target period. Refer to Table A1.2 of the [dataset metadata]. │Text ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── L2N │Level 2 tenure classification code. Refer to Table A1.3. of the [dataset metadata]. a │Integer, range: 10 to 23 ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── L2_DESC │Description of the Level 2 land tenure classes in the target period. Refer to Table A1.3 of the [dataset metadata]. │Text ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── L3N │Level 3 tenure classification code. Refer to Table A1.4 of the [dataset metadata]. a │Integer, range: 100 to 230 ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── L3_DESC │Description of the Level 3 land tenure classes in the target period. Refer to Table A1.4 of the [dataset metadata]. │Text ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── L4N * │Level 4 tenure classification code. Refer to Table A1.5 of the [dataset metadata]. a │Integer, range: 1001 to 2302 ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── L4_DESC * │Description of the Level 4 land tenure classes in the target period. Refer to Table A1.5 of the [dataset metadata]. │Text ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── Red * │Red RGB value for classification colours. │Integer ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── Green * │Green RGB value of classification colours. │Integer ─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────── Blue * │Blue RGB value of classification colours. │Integer ─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────── a The first two integers are -1 for Offshore and 0 for No data/unresolved tenure. * Denotes a hidden field. Contact Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), [land_management@aff.gov.au].