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Alpine

4,942 rural lots across 38 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

4,942
Rural lots
93,101 ha
Rural land
2.91%
Soil organic carbon
99%
Mean green cover

Alpine — rural suburbs

© State of Victoria · CSIRO · TERN

Council boundary outlined; each circle is one rural suburb sized by rural-lot count. Click a circle to open the suburb page.

Suburb circles · sized by rural lots
10 500 5,000+
Soil

Soil condition and land systems

Averaged across the 4,942 rural lots in Alpine.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

National soil-grid values averaged across rural lots, with the dominant Victorian land system.

2.91%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Good organic carbon
4.9
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
East Victorian Dissected Uplands
Salinity nil
Water erosion moderate
Waterlogging nil

Soil values: Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia (CSIRO/TERN), ~90 m national soil grid, 0–30 cm depth-weighted. Land systems: Victorian land-systems mapping (Agriculture Victoria). Regional indicators — not a substitute for a site soil test.

Climate

Rainfall, temperature, growing window

Long-term climate averages across rural lots in this council.

Annual rainfall
1,115 mm
Wet
Mean annual temp
13.4 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
28.4 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
1.7 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.85 P/PET
Humid
Growing season
244 days / yr
frost-free + adequate moisture

Climate values are the average across rural lots in this area, from national long-term climate grids (rainfall and temperature normals, growing season and aridity).

Vegetation

Cover profile

Satellite vegetation-cover mapping, averaged across rural lots.

Green cover99%
Bare ground2%
Dominant vegetation class
Herb-rich Foothill Forest
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Alpine.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

37%
in a groundwater management area — KIEWA GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
62%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Upper Tertiary / Quaternary Aquifer (UTQA)
aquifer
4.4
m to water table
75
EC µS/cm
Groundwater is fresh — suitable for most irrigation.

Source: Victorian groundwater management areas and the state bore-monitoring network. Values are the nearest monitored bore's, averaged across lots — conditions at a specific property will vary.

Planning overlays

Overlay coverage across rural lots

Share of rural lots in Alpine carrying each planning overlay.

Bushfire management (BMO) 67%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Significant landscape (SLO) 34%
Flood (LSIO / FO) 11%
Heritage (HO) 3%
No exposure
Urban stormwater (SBO) · Erosion management (EMO) · Salinity management (SMO) · Environmental significance (ESO) · Vegetation protection (VPO) · Environmental audit (EAO)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the Victorian Land Use Information System.

Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle

The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Alpine.

Rural suburbs in Alpine (35)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Myrtleford 3737 507
Mudgegonga 3737 317
Buckland 3740 308
Tawonga 3697 308
Wandiligong 3744 306
Porepunkah 3740 254
Buffalo River 3737 229
Ovens 3738 218
Eurobin 3739 212
Gapsted 3737 201
Rosewhite 3737 175
Dederang 3691 175
Freeburgh 3741 173
Bright 3741 156
Harrietville 3741 152
Barwidgee 3737 148
Upper Gundowring 3691 145
Kancoona 3691 115
Smoko 3741 107
Coral Bank 3691 85
Kergunyah South 3691 84
Running Creek 3691 79
Glen Creek 3691 65
Merriang South 3737 48
Merriang 3737 47
Mongans Bridge 3691 44
Abbeyard 3737 43
Havilah 3737 39
Germantown 3741 36
Nug Nug 3737 30
Tawonga South 3698 25
Hotham Heights 3741 17
Dinner Plain 3898 14
Mount Beauty 3699 12
Dandongadale 3737 4
Land character
Land use Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle Crown land 13% of lots

About Alpine

What is the rural land in Alpine like?

Across 4,942 rural lots in Alpine, soil organic carbon averages 2.91%, on the East Victorian Dissected Uplands land system. The most common land use is Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

What's the climate of Alpine's rural land?

Rural lots in Alpine average 1,115 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 13.4°C and a growing season of about 244 days. Aridity index 0.85.

What planning overlays apply across Alpine?

Across rural lots in Alpine: 67% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 11% a flood overlay, 0% the Erosion Management Overlay and 0% the Salinity Management Overlay.

What data sources are used?

Soil organic carbon, pH and texture come from the Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia; salinity, erosion and waterlogging susceptibility from Victorian land systems mapping. Planning overlays and zones are from the Victoria Planning Provisions. Land use is from the Victorian Land Use Information System, groundwater from the Victorian monitoring network, and terrain from the national elevation model. Market context is the published Valuer-General Victoria suburb median — a suburb indicator, never a property valuation.

Rural lots are those in Victoria's rural zone suite: Farming, Green Wedge, Rural Living, Rural Conservation and Rural Activity zones.