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Greater Melbourne

Cardinia

8,105 rural lots across 46 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

8,105
Rural lots
77,154 ha
Rural land
3.32%
Soil organic carbon
99%
Mean green cover

Cardinia — 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 8,105 rural lots in Cardinia.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

3.32%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Good organic carbon
4.7
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
East Victorian Dissected Uplands
Salinity low
Water erosion low
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
988 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean annual temp
13.8 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
25.7 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
4.7 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.84 P/PET
Humid
Growing season
259 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
Lowland Forest
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Cardinia.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

0%
in a groundwater management area
55%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Lower Tertiary Basalts (LTB)
aquifer
6.2
m to water table
4,096
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 Cardinia carrying each planning overlay.

Environmental significance (ESO) 66%
Bushfire management (BMO) 50%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Flood (LSIO / FO) 28%
Land Subject to Inundation or Floodway Overlay.
Significant landscape (SLO) 7%
Heritage (HO) 1%
No exposure
Urban stormwater (SBO) · Erosion management (EMO) · 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 Cardinia.

Rural suburbs in Cardinia (40)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Beaconsfield Upper 3808 795
Emerald 3782 725
Gembrook 3783 616
Pakenham Upper 3810 499
Pakenham 3810 475
Cockatoo 3781 427
Bunyip 3815 383
Nar Nar Goon North 3812 350
Lang Lang 3984 308
Koo Wee Rup 3981 290
Garfield 3814 271
Nar Nar Goon 3812 236
Beaconsfield 3807 224
Tynong North 3813 211
Yannathan 3981 170
Officer 3809 167
Tonimbuk 3815 154
Cardinia 3978 149
Pakenham South 3810 130
Garfield North 3814 125
Heath Hill 3981 121
Avonsleigh 3782 119
Bayles 3981 118
Caldermeade 3984 118
Monomeith 3984 110
Guys Hill 3807 103
Tynong 3813 100
Catani 3981 96
Mount Burnett 3781 94
Bunyip North 3815 72
Dewhurst 3808 67
Lang Lang East 3984 66
Clematis 3782 56
Iona 3815 46
Officer South 3809 41
Maryknoll 3812 40
Dalmore 3981 25
Nangana 3781 25
Rythdale 3810 19
Koo Wee Rup North 3981 7
Land character
Land use Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle Crown land 3% of lots

About Cardinia

What is the rural land in Cardinia like?

Across 8,105 rural lots in Cardinia, soil organic carbon averages 3.32%, on the East Victorian Dissected Uplands land system. The most common land use is Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

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

Rural lots in Cardinia average 988 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 13.8°C and a growing season of about 259 days. Aridity index 0.84.

What planning overlays apply across Cardinia?

Across rural lots in Cardinia: 50% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 28% 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.