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Greater Melbourne

Greater Dandenong

313 rural lots across 5 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

313
Rural lots
2,460 ha
Rural land
2.74%
Soil organic carbon
96%
Mean green cover

Greater Dandenong — 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 313 rural lots in Greater Dandenong.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

2.74%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Good organic carbon
4.9
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
Barrier Complexes - Discovery Bay, Gippsland Lakes
Salinity nil
Water erosion low
Waterlogging high

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
737 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean annual temp
14.7 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
25.9 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
6.0 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.60 P/PET
Sub-humid
Growing season
213 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
Plains Grassy Woodland
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Greater Dandenong.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

24%
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
10.3
m to water table
3,450
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 Dandenong carrying each planning overlay.

Vegetation protection (VPO) 91%
Environmental significance (ESO) 37%
Environmental audit (EAO) 9%
Flood (LSIO / FO) 4%
Heritage (HO) 1%
No exposure
Bushfire management (BMO) · Urban stormwater (SBO) · Erosion management (EMO) · Salinity management (SMO) · Significant landscape (SLO)
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 Dandenong.

Rural suburbs in Greater Dandenong (5)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Bangholme 3175 158
Keysborough 3173 107
Springvale South 3172 27
Lyndhurst 3975 20
Dandenong South 3175 1
Land character
Land use Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle Crown land 2% of lots

About Greater Dandenong

What is the rural land in Greater Dandenong like?

Across 313 rural lots in Greater Dandenong, soil organic carbon averages 2.74%, on the Barrier Complexes - Discovery Bay, Gippsland Lakes land system. The most common land use is Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

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

Rural lots in Greater Dandenong average 737 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 14.7°C and a growing season of about 213 days. Aridity index 0.60.

What planning overlays apply across Greater Dandenong?

Across rural lots in Greater Dandenong: 0% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 4% 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.