Australia exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for Australia in Oceania, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 219.1K | 0.0M | $2,465.9B | 2.31% | 0.00% | 30.19% |
| IND | 155.6K | 0.0M | $384.7B | 1.64% | 0.00% | 4.71% |
| RES | 9,132.0K | 26.2M | $5,317.0B | 96.06% | 100.00% | 65.10% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in Australia.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Australia.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for Australia.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| New South Wales | 2,614,965 | 7,986,693 | $2,297,424.2M | 27.51% | 30.47% | 28.13% |
| Victoria | 2,676,280 | 7,004,790 | $2,136,462.0M | 28.15% | 26.72% | 26.16% |
| Queensland | 1,939,318 | 5,326,567 | $1,813,182.6M | 20.40% | 20.32% | 22.20% |
| Western Australia | 1,033,183 | 2,822,287 | $839,360.6M | 10.87% | 10.77% | 10.28% |
| South Australia | 765,579 | 1,772,133 | $664,954.9M | 8.05% | 6.76% | 8.14% |
| Tasmania | 256,053 | 582,822 | $180,581.4M | 2.69% | 2.22% | 2.21% |
| Australian Capital Territory | 149,268 | 472,919 | $122,537.8M | 1.57% | 1.80% | 1.50% |
| Northern Territory | 71,952 | 244,949 | $112,991.3M | 0.76% | 0.93% | 1.38% |
| Other Territories | 102 | 285 | $75.3M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in Australia.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 1,812,558 | 5,053.7K | $1,038,198.7M | 19.07% | 19.28% | 12.71% |
| W+WLI/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 1,753,022 | 4,595.9K | $984,031.6M | 18.44% | 17.53% | 12.05% | |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 1,236,855 | 3,460.6K | $681,162.3M | 13.01% | 13.20% | 8.34% |
| MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 1,188,933 | 3,099.0K | $628,193.1M | 12.51% | 11.82% | 7.69% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:4-7/COM | COM | 24,976 | 0.0K | $465,852.3M | 0.26% | 0.00% | 5.70% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDH+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 705,214 | 1,968.5K | $403,921.8M | 7.42% | 7.51% | 4.95% |
| W+WLI/LWAL/CDH+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 681,640 | 1,790.8K | $383,029.0M | 7.17% | 6.83% | 4.69% | |
| W+WLI/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 557,449 | 1,551.4K | $318,126.9M | 5.86% | 5.92% | 3.90% | |
| W+WLI/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 540,567 | 1,417.6K | $302,557.5M | 5.69% | 5.41% | 3.70% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDN+ERL/H:1-3/COM | COM | 38,326 | 0.0K | $281,440.2M | 0.40% | 0.00% | 3.45% |
| S | S/LFM/CDN+ERL/H:4-7/COM | COM | 10,389 | 0.0K | $188,374.1M | 0.11% | 0.00% | 2.31% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDH+ERM/H:4-7/COM | COM | 9,194 | 0.0K | $172,325.0M | 0.10% | 0.00% | 2.11% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 308,864 | 864.4K | $170,080.4M | 3.25% | 3.30% | 2.08% |
| MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 297,255 | 775.4K | $157,329.9M | 3.13% | 2.96% | 1.93% | |
| S | S/LFM/CDN+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 61,626 | 0.0K | $151,242.4M | 0.65% | 0.00% | 1.85% |
| S/LFM/CDN+ERL/H:1-3/COM | COM | 20,154 | 0.0K | $142,283.0M | 0.21% | 0.00% | 1.74% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:4-7/COM | COM | 7,367 | 0.0K | $137,017.0M | 0.08% | 0.00% | 1.68% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4-7/COM | COM | 6,217 | 0.0K | $107,617.8M | 0.07% | 0.00% | 1.32% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDH+ERM/H:1-3/COM | COM | 13,679 | 0.0K | $100,104.7M | 0.14% | 0.00% | 1.23% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1-3/COM | COM | 15,571 | 0.0K | $84,226.4M | 0.16% | 0.00% | 1.03% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1-3/COM | COM | 11,163 | 0.0K | $77,221.9M | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.95% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/COM | COM | 9,562 | 0.0K | $70,279.4M | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.86% |
| S | S/LFM/CDH+ERM/H:4-7/COM | COM | 3,817 | 0.0K | $68,565.6M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.84% |
| S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:4-7/COM | COM | 3,094 | 0.0K | $59,673.8M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.73% | |
| S/LFM/CDH+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 23,425 | 0.0K | $57,249.7M | 0.25% | 0.00% | 0.70% | |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:4/RES | RES | 5,744 | 367.0K | $56,391.4M | 0.06% | 1.40% | 0.69% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:4/RES | RES | 5,895 | 349.0K | $52,311.3M | 0.06% | 1.33% | 0.64% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:4-7/COM | COM | 4,350 | 0.0K | $51,397.4M | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.63% |
| S | S/LFBR/CDN+ERL/H:4-7/COM | COM | 2,664 | 0.0K | $51,175.3M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.63% |
| S/LFM/CDH+ERM/H:1-3/COM | COM | 7,245 | 0.0K | $47,706.2M | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.58% | |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:8-35/COM | COM | 2,246 | 0.0K | $44,958.2M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.55% |
| S | S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 18,608 | 0.0K | $44,896.8M | 0.20% | 0.00% | 0.55% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDH+ERM/H:4-7/COM | COM | 2,344 | 0.0K | $42,980.2M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.53% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 20,060 | 0.0K | $42,567.9M | 0.21% | 0.00% | 0.52% |
| S | S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1-3/COM | COM | 5,953 | 0.0K | $39,431.4M | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.48% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 12,874 | 235.2K | $35,265.1M | 0.14% | 0.90% | 0.43% |
| S | S/LFBR/CDN+ERL/H:1-3/COM | COM | 4,969 | 0.0K | $33,944.7M | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.42% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4-7/COM | COM | 1,745 | 0.0K | $32,094.2M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.39% |
| CR- | CR+PC/LPB/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 12,361 | 0.0K | $26,982.8M | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.33% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDH+ERM/H:1-3/COM | COM | 3,468 | 0.0K | $26,592.4M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.33% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 8,784 | 169.1K | $26,484.5M | 0.09% | 0.64% | 0.32% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDH+ERM/H:4/RES | RES | 2,238 | 128.4K | $19,807.3M | 0.02% | 0.49% | 0.24% |
| CR- | CR+PC/LPB/CDL+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 8,443 | 0.0K | $18,279.6M | 0.09% | 0.00% | 0.22% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1-3/COM | COM | 2,734 | 0.0K | $17,966.4M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.22% |
| CR/LWAL/CDH+ERM/H:8-35/COM | COM | 857 | 0.0K | $17,442.7M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.21% | |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4/RES | RES | 1,813 | 104.7K | $16,207.3M | 0.02% | 0.40% | 0.20% |
| CR- | CR/LDUAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 3,414 | 0.0K | $15,463.7M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.19% |
| S | S/LFBR/CDH+ERM/H:4-7/COM | COM | 974 | 0.0K | $15,455.0M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.19% |
| S/LFBR/CDM+ERM/H:4-7/COM | COM | 782 | 0.0K | $13,988.2M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.17% | |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:4/RES | RES | 1,459 | 87.9K | $13,830.0M | 0.02% | 0.34% | 0.17% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDH+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 4,855 | 87.0K | $13,159.9M | 0.05% | 0.33% | 0.16% |
| S | S/LFBR/CDH+ERM/H:1-3/COM | COM | 1,841 | 0.0K | $12,848.8M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.16% |
| CR- | CR/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:>35/COM | COM | 350 | 0.0K | $12,573.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.15% |
| S | S/LFBR/CDM+ERM/H:1-3/COM | COM | 1,482 | 0.0K | $11,462.4M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.14% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:8-35/COM | COM | 632 | 0.0K | $11,308.0M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.14% |
| MR|MCF | MR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 3,250 | 0.0K | $10,757.2M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.13% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 3,757 | 66.4K | $10,215.9M | 0.04% | 0.25% | 0.13% |
| S | S/LFM/CDN+ERL/H:8-35/COM | COM | 326 | 0.0K | $7,447.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 2,190 | 41.5K | $6,667.2M | 0.02% | 0.16% | 0.08% |
| CR+ | CR/LDUAL/CDH+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 1,270 | 0.0K | $5,569.3M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| CR/LWAL/CDH+ERM/H:>35/COM | COM | 157 | 0.0K | $4,959.6M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.06% | |
| CR/LDUAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 1,037 | 0.0K | $4,778.7M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.06% | |
| CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:>35/COM | COM | 126 | 0.0K | $4,722.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.06% | |
| MR|MCF | MR+CB/LWAL/CDH+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 1,137 | 0.0K | $3,676.9M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| MR+CB/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 972 | 0.0K | $3,192.1M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.04% | |
| S | S/LFM/CDH+ERM/H:8-35/COM | COM | 112 | 0.0K | $2,702.8M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| S/LFM/CDN+ERL/H:>35/COM | COM | 35 | 0.0K | $2,672.2M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% | |
| S/LFBR/CDN+ERL/H:8-35/COM | COM | 80 | 0.0K | $1,940.2M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% | |
| S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:8-35/COM | COM | 87 | 0.0K | $1,656.3M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% | |
| S/LFBR/CDH+ERM/H:8-35/COM | COM | 25 | 0.0K | $538.8M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | |
| S/LFM/CDH+ERM/H:>35/COM | COM | 12 | 0.0K | $465.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | |
| S/LFBR/CDM+ERM/H:8-35/COM | COM | 17 | 0.0K | $461.2M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | |
| S/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:>35/COM | COM | 9 | 0.0K | $70.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |