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L Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services

Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC)
Reference period
2006 (Revision 2.0)

L Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services

The Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services Division includes units mainly engaged in renting, hiring, or otherwise allowing the use of tangible or intangible assets (except copyrights), and units providing related services. The major portion of this division comprises units that rent, hire, or otherwise allow the use of their own assets by others. The assets may be tangible, as in the case of real estate and equipment, or intangible, as in the case with patents and trademarks.

The division also includes units engaged in providing real estate services such as selling, renting and/or buying real estate for others, managing real estate for others, and appraising real estate.

This division contains the following ANZSIC subdivisions:

Subdivision

66 Rental and Hiring Services (except Real Estate)

This subdivision contains the following ANZSIC groups:

Group

661 Motor Vehicle and Transport Equipment Rental and Hiring

This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:

Class

6611 Passenger Car Rental and Hiring

This class consists of units mainly engaged in hiring, leasing or renting passenger cars without drivers. Passenger cars include station wagons and minibuses.

Primary activities

  • Car rental (without driver)

Exclusions/References

Units mainly engaged in:

  • hiring, leasing or renting motorcycles are included in Class 6619 Other Motor Vehicle and Transport Equipment Rental and Hiring;
  • financial leasing of passenger cars, i.e. providing finance for purchase of vehicles to be leased (for their expected life or until they are fully depreciated) to another unit, are included in Class 6230 Non-Depository Financing; and
  • hiring, leasing or renting taxi cabs or hire cars with drivers are included in Class 4623 Taxi and Other Road Transport.
Class

6619 Other Motor Vehicle and Transport Equipment Rental and Hiring

This class consists of units mainly engaged in hiring, leasing or renting transport equipment (except passenger cars), including trucks, buses, ships, boats and aircraft. Rental is of the vehicle or equipment only; it does not include hire of a driver, pilot or other operator. Also included are units mainly engaged in the rental of shipping containers, including refrigerated containers.

Primary activities

  • Aeroplane rental (without pilot)
  • Boat hiring (without crew)
  • Bus (except minibus) rental (without driver)
  • Caravan rental
  • Houseboat rental
  • Motor home rental
  • Motorcycle rental
  • Railway stock leasing
  • Ship rental (without crew)
  • Shipping container rental
  • Trailer rental
  • Truck rental (without driver)

Exclusions/References

Units mainly engaged in:

  • hiring, leasing or renting passenger cars (including station wagons and minibuses) are included in Class 6611 Passenger Car Rental and Hiring;
  • renting or leasing transport equipment with drivers, pilots or other operators are included in the appropriate classes of Division I Transport, Postal and Warehousing;
  • hiring or renting bicycles are included in Class 6639 Other Goods and Equipment Rental and Hiring n.e.c.; and
  • financial leasing of transport equipment, i.e. providing finance for purchase of equipment to be leased (for its expected life or until fully depreciated) to another unit, are included in Class 6230 Non-Depository Financing.
Group

662 Farm Animal and Bloodstock Leasing

This group contains the following ANZSIC class:

Class

6620 Farm Animal and Bloodstock Leasing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in leasing farm animals or bloodstock but not engaged in handling the animals. The animals are leased to other units that take direct control and responsibility for their management.

Primary activities

  • Bloodstock leasing
  • Dairy cattle leasing (for sharemilking purposes)
  • Farm animal leasing
  • Racehorse leasing

Exclusions/References

Units mainly engaged in:

  • farming animals are included in the appropriate classes of Subdivision 01 Agriculture; and
  • training racehorses are included in Class 9129 Other Horse and Dog Racing Activities.
Group

663 Other Goods and Equipment Rental and Hiring

This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:

Class

6631 Heavy Machinery and Scaffolding Rental and Hiring

This class consists of units mainly engaged in hiring, leasing or renting, without operators, heavy machinery and scaffolding (including mobile platforms) from stock physically held for the purpose.

Primary activities

  • Agricultural machinery rental (without operator)
  • Construction machinery rental (without operator)
  • Mining machinery rental (without operator)
  • Mobile platform rental
  • Scaffolding rental (except erection of scaffolding)

Exclusions/References

Units mainly engaged in:

  • financial leasing of heavy machinery or scaffolding, i.e. providing finance for purchase of equipment to be leased (for its expected life or until fully depreciated) to another unit, are included in Class 6230 Non-Depository Financing;
  • renting and leasing heavy machinery with operators are included in the division where the equipment is predominantly used; and
  • hiring, leasing and renting transport equipment are included in Classes 6611 Passenger Car Rental and Hiring and 6619 Other Motor Vehicle and Transport Equipment Rental and Hiring.
  • erection of scaffolding are included in Division E Construction.
Class

6632 Video and Other Electronic Media Rental and Hiring

This class consists of units mainly engaged in renting or hiring pre-recorded video tapes, discs and other electronic media.

Primary activities

  • Computer game rental
  • Pre-recorded electronic media rental
  • Pre-recorded video cassette rental
  • Pre-recorded video disc rental
  • Video game rental

Exclusions/References

Units mainly engaged in renting video players are included in Class 6639 Other Goods and Equipment Rental and Hiring n.e.c.

Class

6639 Other Goods and Equipment Rental and Hiring n.e.c.

This class consists of units mainly engaged in hiring, leasing or renting goods and equipment not elsewhere classified.

Primary activities

  • Amusement machine, coin operated, rental and hiring
  • Artwork rental
  • Bicycle rental
  • Camping equipment rental
  • Costume hire
  • DIY equipment rental
  • Electric and electronic appliance rental
  • Furniture rental
  • Hand tool rental
  • Office machinery rental
  • Pot plant hire
  • Sound reproducing equipment rental
  • Sports and recreation equipment rental
  • Suit hire
  • Video recorder or player rental

Exclusions/References

Units mainly engaged in renting and hiring pre-recorded video tapes, discs or other electronic media are included in Class 6632 Video and Other Electronic Media Rental and Hiring.

Group

664 Non-Financial Intangible Assets (Except Copyrights) Leasing

This group contains the following ANZSIC class:

Class

6640 Non-Financial Intangible Assets (Except Copyrights) Leasing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in holding intellectual property (including trademarks) or other non-financial intangible assets (except copyright). The units derive income from fees paid to them for the use of the assets, including the right to reproduce the assets.

Primary activities

  • Brand-name leasing
  • Franchise agreement leasing
  • Horticultural plant variety right leasing
  • Mineral exploration right on-leasing
  • Patent leasing
  • Radio spectrum right leasing
  • Taxi cab plate leasing
  • Trademark leasing

Exclusions/References

Units mainly engaged in deriving income from payments for the use or reproduction of copyrighted assets are included in the appropriate classes of Division J Information Media and Telecommunications.

Subdivision

67 Property Operators and Real Estate Services

This subdivision contains the following ANZSIC groups:

Group

671 Property Operators

This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:

Class

6711 Residential Property Operators

This class consists of units mainly engaged in renting or leasing residential properties, (other than holiday houses or holiday flats) including space in such properties. The units may be owner lessors or they may sublease properties of which they are themselves lessees.

The activity of owner occupiers renting or leasing their own dwellings to themselves is treated as a business activity in the System of National Accounts (1993 SNA). Accordingly, this class includes, for purposes of national accounts, the imputed or notional property-owning units from which the owner occupiers of dwellings rent or lease their dwellings.

Primary activities

  • Apartment (except holiday apartment) renting or leasing
  • Caravan park, residential (other than holiday), operation
  • Flats (except holiday flats) renting or leasing
  • House (except holiday house) renting or leasing
  • Residential property body corporate operation
  • Residential property strata corporation operation

Exclusions/References

Units mainly engaged in:

  • operating hotels or motels, boarding or rooming houses, student residences, caravan holiday parks, holiday houses or flats are included in Class 4400 Accommodation; and
  • operating as a residents’ organisation to promote the interest of the local community are included in Class 9559 Other Interest Group Services n.e.c.
Class

6712 Non-Residential Property Operators

This class consists of units mainly engaged in renting or leasing non-residential properties.

Primary activities

  • Agricultural land renting or leasing
  • Commercial or industrial property renting or leasing
  • Commercial property body corporation
  • Commercial property strata corporation
  • Factory renting or leasing
  • Office space renting or leasing
  • Self-storage renting or leasing
  • Shopping centre renting or leasing
  • Warehouse renting or leasing

Exclusions/References

Units mainly engaged in land development and subdivision are included in Class 3211 Land Development and Subdivision.

Group

672 Real Estate Services

This group contains the following ANZSIC class:

Class

6720 Real Estate Services

This class consists of units mainly engaged in valuing, purchasing, selling (by auction or private treaty), managing or renting real estate for others.

Primary activities

  • Broking service (real estate)
  • Real estate agency service
  • Real estate auctioning service
  • Real estate management service
  • Real estate rental agency service
  • Time share apartment management service
  • Valuing service (real estate)

Exclusions/References

Units mainly engaged in:

  • providing title transfer or conveyancing service are included in Class 6931 Legal Services; and
  • providing engineering or structural property and house inspections are included in Class 6923 Engineering Design and Engineering Consulting Services.