The data in Victoria Unearthed comes from a range of existing sources with different degrees of accuracy, reliability and completeness. When using this data for decision-making it is important to understand their limitations.

To support decision-making, comprehensive data quality statements have been prepared for each dataset, available below. These have been prepared to comply with the Victorian government's information management standards for data quality. For more information see: DataVic

Please see the following pages for more information on each dataset, including details regarding accuracy, reliability and limitations:

Data Quality Statements

Priority Sites Register (PSR)

EPA Data Quality Statement - Priority Sites Register
(DOCX, 197.4 KB)

EPA Licences

EPA Data Quality Statement - EPA Licences
(DOCX, 194.5 KB)

EPA Environmental Audits

EPA Data Quality Statement - EPA Environmental Audits
(DOCX, 87.4 KB)

Preliminary Risk Screen Assessments

EPA Data Quality Statement - Preliminary Risk Screen Assessments (DOCX, 79.4 KB)

Groundwater Quality Restricted Use Zones (GQRUZs)

EPA Data Quality Statement - GQRUZ
(DOCX, 82.4 KB)

Victorian Landfill Register (VLR)

EPA Data Quality Statement - Victorian Landfill Register (VLR)
(DOCX, 200.3 KB)

Historical Business Listings

DEECA Data Quality Statement - Historical Business Listings
(DOCX, 598.0 KB)

Data Framework

A Data Framework has been developed to enable DEECA to effectively manage the data within the Victoria Unearthed and to comply with all required legal and regulatory obligations for the management of public information.

Data Framework v2.0 (PDF, 954.7 KB)

Data Framework v2.0 (accessible) (DOCX, 2.3 MB)

For enquiries about the Data Framework please contact victoria.unearthed@dellwp.vic.gov.au

Page last updated: 02/08/23