Council boundary outlined; each circle is one rural suburb sized by rural-lot count. Click a circle to open the suburb page.
Averaged across the 5,272 rural lots in Ballarat.
National soil-grid values averaged across rural lots, with the dominant Victorian land system.
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.
Long-term climate averages across rural lots in this council.
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).
Satellite vegetation-cover mapping, averaged across rural lots.
Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Ballarat.
Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.
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.
Share of rural lots in Ballarat carrying each planning overlay.
From the Victorian Land Use Information System.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Ballarat.
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| Suburb | Rural lots↓ |
|---|---|
| Buninyong 3357 | 433 |
| Invermay 3352 | 417 |
| Warrenheip 3352 | 396 |
| Durham Lead 3352 | 365 |
| Mount Helen 3350 | 295 |
| Miners Rest 3352 | 276 |
| Burrumbeet 3352 | 275 |
| Ascot 3364 | 236 |
| Magpie 3352 | 200 |
| Windermere 3352 | 189 |
| Bunkers Hill 3352 | 184 |
| Learmonth 3352 | 178 |
| Sulky 3352 | 147 |
| Cardigan 3352 | 138 |
| Scotchmans Lead 3352 | 137 |
| Mitchell Park 3355 | 133 |
| Blowhard 3352 | 127 |
| Bald Hills 3364 | 121 |
| Mount Rowan 3352 | 116 |
| Coghills Creek 3364 | 107 |
| Tourello 3363 | 104 |
| Glendonald 3364 | 104 |
| Addington 3352 | 95 |
| Weatherboard 3352 | 87 |
| Bo Peep 3351 | 84 |
| Glen Park 3352 | 83 |
| Glendaruel 3363 | 68 |
| Mount Bolton 3352 | 61 |
| Nerrina 3350 | 56 |
| Mount Clear 3350 | 52 |
| Brown Hill 3350 | 26 |
| Canadian 3350 | 20 |
| Lucas 3350 | 20 |
| Ballarat East 3350 | 13 |
| Sebastopol 3356 | 11 |
| Gong Gong 3352 | 4 |
| Mount Pleasant 3350 | 1 |
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 5,272 rural lots in Ballarat, soil organic carbon averages 2.05%, on the Undulating PLains - Western District land system. The most common land use is Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.
Rural lots in Ballarat average 757 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 12.1°C and a growing season of about 217 days. Aridity index 0.62.
Across rural lots in Ballarat: 24% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 5% a flood overlay, 13% the Erosion Management Overlay and 7% the Salinity Management Overlay.
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.