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Gippsland

Baw Baw

10,004 rural lots across 93 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

10,004
Rural lots
157,311 ha
Rural land
3.63%
Soil organic carbon
99%
Mean green cover

Baw Baw — 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 10,004 rural lots in Baw Baw.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

3.63%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Good organic carbon
4.7
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
Dissected Fault Block - South Gippsland Ranges
Salinity low
Water erosion moderate
Waterlogging nil
Perennial agriculture potential high

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
1,081 mm
Wet
Mean annual temp
13.0 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
25.1 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
3.2 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.92 P/PET
Humid
Growing season
282 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 ground1%
Dominant vegetation class
Damp Forest
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Baw Baw.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

20%
in a groundwater management area — MOE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
8%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Lower Tertiary Basalts (LTB)
aquifer
6.4
m to water table
790
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 Baw Baw carrying each planning overlay.

Erosion management (EMO) 31%
Erosion-prone land — earthworks and building controls apply.
Bushfire management (BMO) 27%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Environmental significance (ESO) 22%
Flood (LSIO / FO) 8%
Significant landscape (SLO) 7%
Heritage (HO) 1%
No exposure
Urban stormwater (SBO) · Salinity management (SMO) · 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 Baw Baw.

Rural suburbs in Baw Baw (79)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Yarragon 3823 489
Thorpdale 3835 434
Trafalgar 3824 412
Jindivick 3818 391
Longwarry 3816 387
Neerim South 3831 346
Tanjil South 3825 317
Narracan 3824 315
Darnum 3822 252
Drouin West 3818 250
Labertouche 3816 244
Drouin South 3818 231
Willow Grove 3825 210
Trafalgar South 3824 210
Drouin 3818 208
Nilma North 3821 201
Neerim 3831 200
Warragul 3820 194
Yarragon South 3823 186
Hill End 3825 172
Coalville 3825 169
Noojee 3833 157
Ellinbank 3821 156
Shady Creek 3821 155
Warragul South 3821 154
Neerim East 3831 151
Ripplebrook 3818 144
Trafalgar East 3824 139
Longwarry North 3816 129
Westbury 3825 125
Neerim Junction 3832 122
Cloverlea 3822 122
Buln Buln 3821 122
Seaview 3821 118
Mountain View 3988 115
Athlone 3818 112
Buln Buln East 3821 112
Crossover 3821 108
Hallora 3818 100
Childers 3824 98
Modella 3816 90
Rokeby 3821 84
Bona Vista 3820 83
Allambee Reserve 3871 80
Nayook 3832 80
Lardner 3821 79
Ferndale 3821 78
Neerim North 3832 73
Tetoora Road 3821 72
Brandy Creek 3821 63
Vesper 3833 62
Erica 3825 61
Allambee 3823 59
Fumina South 3825 58
Walhalla 3825 57
Piedmont 3833 55
Moondarra 3825 54
Thorpdale South 3824 48
Drouin East 3818 47
Gainsborough 3822 47
Icy Creek 3833 47
Caringal 3825 46
Lillico 3820 41
Aberfeldy 3825 37
Bravington 3821 35
Nilma 3821 34
Torwood 3821 30
Coopers Creek 3825 27
Fumina 3825 25
Jacob Creek 3825 25
Warragul West 3821 23
Thalloo 3825 16
Amor 3825 11
Toombon 3825 11
Rawson 3825 9
Loch Valley 3833 9
Boola 3825 5
Thomson 3219 4
Tanjil Bren 3833 1
Land character
Land use Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle Crown land 4% of lots

About Baw Baw

What is the rural land in Baw Baw like?

Across 10,004 rural lots in Baw Baw, soil organic carbon averages 3.63%, on the Dissected Fault Block - South Gippsland Ranges land system. The most common land use is Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

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

Rural lots in Baw Baw average 1,081 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 13.0°C and a growing season of about 282 days. Aridity index 0.92.

What planning overlays apply across Baw Baw?

Across rural lots in Baw Baw: 27% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 8% a flood overlay, 31% 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.