369 rural lots across 3,771 ha in East Gippsland. Dominant: Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.
Soil organic carbon is the headline indicator of soil health and productivity across the 369 rural lots in this suburb, alongside the land-system susceptibilities that shape what the land can carry.
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 the rural lots in this suburb.
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.
From the national bare-earth elevation model.
Groundwater management coverage and monitored bore conditions across the 369 rural lots.
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 carrying each planning overlay. Overlays sit on top of the zone and set additional controls; sorted highest first.
Mean distances from rural lots in this suburb to everyday services and transport.
Nearest station is typically Bairnsdale Railway Station.
Published by Valuer-General Victoria (houses, all zones).
Source: Valuer-General Victoria, A Guide to Property Values.
From the Victorian Land Use Information System.
The land-use category covering the largest share of rural lots in Bruthen. Per-lot land use, water access and grant eligibility live in the AgDSS app.
Other rural suburbs in the same council.
Bruthen 3885 contains 369 rural lots covering 3,771 ha. Soil organic carbon averages 2.62% across those lots, on the High Terraces and Fans - Gippsland land system. The most common land use is Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle. Rural lots are those in Victoria's rural zone suite: Farming, Green Wedge, Rural Living, Rural Conservation and Rural Activity zones.
Valuer-General Victoria published a median house value of $470,000 for Bruthen in 2023. That is a suburb-level indicator across all houses — not a valuation of any particular property, and not a rate per hectare. Victoria does not publish per-property sale prices for open use.
Across rural lots in Bruthen 3885: 42% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 0% a flood overlay, 34% the Erosion Management Overlay and 0% the Salinity Management Overlay. Overlays set the controls that apply on top of the zone.
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.
Authoritative government and scientific datasets.
Data updated 2026-07-22. Rural lots are those in Victoria's rural zone suite: Farming, Green Wedge, Rural Living, Rural Conservation and Rural Activity zones. Site-specific intelligence per property is available in the AgDSS app.