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Great South Coast

Glenelg

17,430 rural lots across 62 suburbs. Dominant land use: Domestic Livestock Grazing.

17,430
Rural lots
463,341 ha
Rural land
2.77%
Soil organic carbon
99%
Mean green cover

Glenelg — 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 17,430 rural lots in Glenelg.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

2.77%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Good organic carbon
5.3
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
Ridges and Flats - Follet
Salinity moderate
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
754 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean annual temp
13.6 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
24.7 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
5.2 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.64 P/PET
Sub-humid
Growing season
200 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
Damp Sands Herb-rich Woodland
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Glenelg.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

72%
in a groundwater management area — PORTLAND GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
43%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Upper Mid-Tertiary Aquifer (UMTA)
aquifer
14.6
m to water table
2,975
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 Glenelg carrying each planning overlay.

Environmental significance (ESO) 79%
Bushfire management (BMO) 47%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Flood (LSIO / FO) 7%
Significant landscape (SLO) 3%
No exposure
Urban stormwater (SBO) · Erosion management (EMO) · Salinity management (SMO) · Vegetation protection (VPO) · Heritage (HO) · Environmental audit (EAO)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the Victorian Land Use Information System.

Domestic Livestock Grazing

The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Glenelg.

Rural suburbs in Glenelg (53)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Dartmoor 3304 2,611
Strathdownie 3312 1,022
Heywood 3304 808
Casterton 3311 762
Sandford 3312 601
Merino 3310 535
Mumbannar 3304 525
Wallacedale 3303 513
Digby 3309 497
Portland West 3305 469
Tyrendarra 3285 447
Condah 3303 438
Bolwarra 3305 435
Hotspur 3303 419
Henty 3312 384
Cape Bridgewater 3305 360
Drik Drik 3304 346
Lake Mundi 3312 339
Narrawong 3285 314
Tahara 3301 289
Drumborg 3304 286
Grassdale 3302 263
Gorae West 3305 236
Milltown 3304 231
Wando Vale 3312 231
Heathmere 3305 229
Mount Richmond 3305 208
Nelson 3292 203
Warrock 3312 198
Myamyn 3304 196
Bahgallah 3312 184
Killara 3312 179
Breakaway Creek 3303 179
Cashmore 3305 174
Wando Bridge 3312 171
Nangeela 3312 169
Portland North 3305 162
Allestree 3305 151
Gorae 3305 151
Greenwald 3304 147
Lyons 3304 141
Winnap 3304 136
Corndale 3311 131
Dunrobin 3312 106
Tahara Bridge 3315 100
Portland 3305 96
Paschendale 3315 93
Tahara West 3310 93
Homerton 3304 92
Lindsay 3312 74
Brimboal 3312 70
Lake Condah 3303 53
Dutton Way 3305 2
Land character
Land use Livestock Grazing Crown land 9% of lots

About Glenelg

What is the rural land in Glenelg like?

Across 17,430 rural lots in Glenelg, soil organic carbon averages 2.77%, on the Ridges and Flats - Follet land system. The most common land use is Domestic Livestock Grazing.

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

Rural lots in Glenelg average 754 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 13.6°C and a growing season of about 200 days. Aridity index 0.64.

What planning overlays apply across Glenelg?

Across rural lots in Glenelg: 47% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 7% 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.