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 8,105 rural lots in Cardinia.
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 Cardinia.
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 Cardinia carrying each planning overlay.
From the Victorian Land Use Information System.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Cardinia.
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| 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 |
Other rural councils in the same region.
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.
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.
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.
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.