166 rural lots across 2,625 ha in East Gippsland. Dominant: Market Garden – Vegetables.
Soil organic carbon is the headline indicator of soil health and productivity across the 166 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 166 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 Station.
Published by Valuer-General Victoria (houses, all zones).
Valuer-General Victoria has not published a house median for Walpa — typical of small rural localities with few sales. Victoria does not release per-property sale prices for open use, so no property-level figure is shown.
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 Walpa. Per-lot land use, water access and grant eligibility live in the AgDSS app.
Other rural suburbs in the same council.
Postcode 387xx neighbourhood — different councils, same rural region.
Walpa 3875 contains 166 rural lots covering 2,625 ha. Soil organic carbon averages 1.98% across those lots, on the Present Flood Plain - Gippsland land system. The most common land use is Market Garden – Vegetables. Rural lots are those in Victoria's rural zone suite: Farming, Green Wedge, Rural Living, Rural Conservation and Rural Activity zones.
Valuer-General Victoria has not published a median house value for Walpa — typical of small rural localities with few recorded sales. Victoria does not publish per-property sale prices for open use, so no property-level figure is shown.
Across rural lots in Walpa 3875: 2% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 55% a flood overlay, 19% 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.