Table 2.
Annual resident population estimates, number of food outlets and average density per 10,000 population across Greater Melbourne’s 31 local government areas from 2008 to 2016.
| Measures | Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | % Change # | |
| Greater Melbourne population | 4,020,094 | 4,356,752 | 4,566,216 | 4,851,674 | 20.7 |
| Food outlet classification (healthiness value): | Number of outlets (density per 10,000 population) | ||||
| Total | 10,077 (25) | 11,415 (26.2) | 12,943 (28.4) | 13,580 (28) | +34.8(11.7) |
| Baker (0) | 804 (2) | 841 (1.93) | 879 (1.93) | 911 (1.88) | +13 (−6.11) |
| Butcher (+9) | 386 (0.96) | 422 (0.97) | 489 (1.07) | 502 (1.03) | +30 (7.76) |
| General Stores (−5) | 532 (1.32) | 523 (1.2) | 664 (1.45) | 687 (1.42) | +29 (7) |
| Delicatessen (0) | 297 (0.74) | 262 (0.6) | 255 (0.56) | 253 (0.52) | −15 (−29.42) |
| Fruit & Greengrocer (+10) | 304 (0.76) | 278 (0.64) | 330 (0.72) | 337 (0.69) | +11 (−8.15) |
| Fish Shop (+9) | 110 (0.27) | 118 (0.27) | 177 (0.39) | 181 (0.37) | +65 (36.34) |
| Major Supermarkets (+5) | 99 (0.25) | 309 (0.71) | 394 (0.86) | 390 (0.8) | +294 (226.42) |
| Minor Supermarkets (+5) | 440 (1.09) | 508 (1.17) | 552 (1.21) | 639 (1.32) | +45 (20.34) |
| Poultry Shop (+9) | 97 (0.24) | 90 (0.21) | 128 (0.28) | 19 (0.04) | −80 (−83.77) |
| Pubs (−5) | 290 (0.72) | 339 (0.78) | 323 (0.71) | 357 (0.74) | +23.1 (2) |
| Restaurant Café Franchise (0) | 98 (0.24) | 152 (0.35) | 247 (0.54) | 198 (0.41) | +102 (67.41) |
| Restaurant Café Independent (0) | 3468 (8.63) | 3910 (8.97) | 4317 (9.45) | 4672 (9.63) | +35 (11.63) |
| Sandwich shop (+5) | 78 (0.19) | 48 (0.11) | 58 (0.13) | 57 (0.12) | −27 (−39.45) |
| Specialty Core (+5) | 106 (0.26) | 149 (0.34) | 230 (0.5) | 245 (0.5) | +131 (91.52) |
| Specialty Extra (−8) | 427 (1.06) | 486 (1.12) | 520 (1.14) | 550 (1.13) | +29 (6.73) |
| Sushi bar (+5) | 17 (0.04) | 112 (0.26) | 136 (0.3) | 117 (0.24) | +588 (470.27) |
| Fast-food Franchise (−10) | 405 (1.01) | 560 (1.29) | 720 (1.58) | 779 (1.61) | +92 (59.38) |
| Takeaway Independent (−8) | 2119 (5.27) | 2308 (5.3) | 2524 (5.53) | 2686 (5.54) | +27 (5.03) |
# % change 2008 to 2016.