1,905,165 rural lots pre-computed | New South Wales · Queensland · Victoria | Interactive intelligence maps across every rural lot | Soil, carbon, climate, water and vegetation per property | Regulatory obligations matched to your land | Know what you CAN do with your land | 1,905,165 rural lots pre-computed | New South Wales · Queensland · Victoria | Interactive intelligence maps across every rural lot | Soil, carbon, climate, water and vegetation per property | Regulatory obligations matched to your land | Know what you CAN do with your land |
Greater Melbourne

Frankston

565 rural lots across 6 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

565
Rural lots
2,443 ha
Rural land
2.83%
Soil organic carbon
96%
Mean green cover

Frankston — 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 565 rural lots in Frankston.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

2.83%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Good organic carbon
4.8
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
Moderate Ridge - Mornington Peninsula
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
798 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean annual temp
14.4 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
25.3 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
6.0 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.66 P/PET
Humid
Growing season
225 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 cover96%
Bare ground5%
Dominant vegetation class
Heathy Woodland
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Frankston.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

57%
in a groundwater management area — FRANKSTON GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
0%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Upper Tertiary Aquifer (Fluvial) (UTAF)
aquifer
10.2
m to water table
3,417
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 Frankston carrying each planning overlay.

Significant landscape (SLO) 63%
Bushfire management (BMO) 38%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Environmental significance (ESO) 15%
Flood (LSIO / FO) 2%
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 Frankston.

Rural suburbs in Frankston (6)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Langwarrin 3910 210
Skye 3977 190
Langwarrin South 3911 103
Carrum Downs 3201 35
Frankston South 3199 26
Frankston 3199 1
Land character
Land use Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle

About Frankston

What is the rural land in Frankston like?

Across 565 rural lots in Frankston, soil organic carbon averages 2.83%, on the Moderate Ridge - Mornington Peninsula land system. The most common land use is Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

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

Rural lots in Frankston average 798 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 14.4°C and a growing season of about 225 days. Aridity index 0.66.

What planning overlays apply across Frankston?

Across rural lots in Frankston: 38% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 2% 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.