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Greater Melbourne

Banyule

86 rural lots across 2 suburbs. Dominant land use: BUILT.

86
Rural lots
157 ha
Rural land
2.34%
Soil organic carbon
98%
Mean green cover

Banyule — 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 86 rural lots in Banyule.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

2.34%
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 low
Water erosion high
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
737 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean annual temp
14.7 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
26.6 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
5.4 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.59 P/PET
Sub-humid
Growing season
243 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 cover98%
Bare ground2%
Dominant vegetation class
Plains Grassy Woodland
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Banyule.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

0%
in a groundwater management area
58%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
aquifer
m to water table
2,650
EC µS/cm
Groundwater is brackish — limited stock and irrigation use.

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 Banyule carrying each planning overlay.

Significant landscape (SLO) 100%
Vegetation protection (VPO) 64%
Environmental significance (ESO) 47%
Bushfire management (BMO) 35%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Flood (LSIO / FO) 22%
Heritage (HO) 3%
Urban stormwater (SBO) 1%
No exposure
Erosion management (EMO) · Salinity management (SMO) · Environmental audit (EAO)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the Victorian Land Use Information System.

BUILT

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

Rural suburbs in Banyule (2)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Lower Plenty 3093 75
Viewbank 3084 11
Land character
Land use Built Up Area Crown land 3% of lots

About Banyule

What is the rural land in Banyule like?

Across 86 rural lots in Banyule, soil organic carbon averages 2.34%, on the East Victorian Dissected Uplands land system. The most common land use is BUILT.

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

Rural lots in Banyule average 737 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 14.7°C and a growing season of about 243 days. Aridity index 0.59.

What planning overlays apply across Banyule?

Across rural lots in Banyule: 35% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 22% 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.