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Greater Bendigo

15,171 rural lots across 65 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

15,171
Rural lots
214,467 ha
Rural land
1.24%
Soil organic carbon
96%
Mean green cover

Greater Bendigo — 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 15,171 rural lots in Greater Bendigo.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

1.24%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Moderate organic carbon
5.3
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
West Victorian Dissected Uplands - Midlands
Salinity moderate
Water erosion high
Waterlogging nil
Perennial agriculture potential moderate

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
565 mm
Sub-humid
Mean annual temp
14.5 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
29.0 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
3.2 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.40 P/PET
Semi-arid
Growing season
154 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 ground4%
Dominant vegetation class
Box Ironbark Forest
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Greater Bendigo.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

27%
in a groundwater management area — CENTRAL VICTORIAN MINERAL SPRINGS GMAGROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
12%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Upper Tertiary / Quaternary Aquifer (UTQA)
aquifer
16.5
m to water table
7,993
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 Greater Bendigo carrying each planning overlay.

Bushfire management (BMO) 33%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Environmental significance (ESO) 25%
Vegetation protection (VPO) 12%
Flood (LSIO / FO) 4%
Erosion management (EMO) 2%
Heritage (HO) 1%
No exposure
Urban stormwater (SBO) · Salinity management (SMO) · Significant landscape (SLO) · 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 Greater Bendigo.

Rural suburbs in Greater Bendigo (60)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Heathcote 3523 1,147
Mia Mia 3444 725
Axedale 3551 571
Shelbourne 3515 557
Goornong 3557 549
Lockwood South 3551 518
Woodvale 3556 479
Sedgwick 3551 478
Neilborough 3570 477
Eppalock 3551 468
Ravenswood 3453 459
Lockwood 3551 455
Marong 3515 445
Raywood 3570 427
Longlea 3551 368
Kamarooka 3570 348
Junortoun 3551 348
Maiden Gully 3551 337
Leichardt 3516 335
Elmore 3558 333
Fosterville 3557 321
Axe Creek 3551 320
Myers Flat 3556 319
Mandurang 3551 296
Harcourt North 3453 290
Derrinal 3523 279
Sebastian 3556 268
Bagshot 3551 262
Huntly 3551 260
Strathfieldsaye 3551 250
Redcastle 3523 242
Knowsley 3523 237
Avonmore 3559 235
Emu Creek 3551 226
Myrtle Creek 3551 211
Drummartin 3570 198
Mount Camel 3523 173
Ladys Pass 3523 172
Costerfield 3523 170
Argyle 3523 147
Bagshot North 3551 131
Eaglehawk 3556 123
Epsom 3551 104
Wilsons Hill 3515 103
Kimbolton 3551 103
Mandurang South 3551 99
Wellsford 3551 94
Hunter 3558 84
Barnadown 3557 83
Huntly North 3551 77
Lyal 3444 70
Kangaroo Flat 3555 38
Whipstick 3556 23
West Bendigo 3550 14
East Bendigo 3550 14
Spring Gully 3550 10
Eaglehawk North 3556 9
Sailors Gully 3556 8
Jackass Flat 3556 6
White Hills 3550 3
Land character
Land use Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle Crown land 7% of lots

About Greater Bendigo

What is the rural land in Greater Bendigo like?

Across 15,171 rural lots in Greater Bendigo, soil organic carbon averages 1.24%, on the West Victorian Dissected Uplands - Midlands land system. The most common land use is Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

What's the climate of Greater Bendigo's rural land?

Rural lots in Greater Bendigo average 565 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 14.5°C and a growing season of about 154 days. Aridity index 0.40.

What planning overlays apply across Greater Bendigo?

Across rural lots in Greater Bendigo: 33% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 4% a flood overlay, 2% 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.