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Goulburn

Greater Shepparton

9,610 rural lots across 62 suburbs. Dominant land use: General Cropping.

9,610
Rural lots
213,032 ha
Rural land
1.68%
Soil organic carbon
98%
Mean green cover

Greater Shepparton — 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 9,610 rural lots in Greater Shepparton.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

1.68%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Moderate organic carbon
5.4
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
Older Alluvium - Shepparton
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
544 mm
Sub-humid
Mean annual temp
15.2 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
30.1 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
3.3 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.38 P/PET
Semi-arid
Growing season
152 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 cover98%
Bare ground3%
Dominant vegetation class
Plains Woodland
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Greater Shepparton.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

100%
in a groundwater management area — SHEPPARTON IRRIGATION GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
0%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Upper Tertiary / Quaternary Aquifer (UTQA)
aquifer
11.9
m to water table
5,632
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 Shepparton carrying each planning overlay.

Flood (LSIO / FO) 40%
Land Subject to Inundation or Floodway Overlay.
Salinity management (SMO) 8%
Bushfire management (BMO) 7%
Environmental significance (ESO) 1%
Heritage (HO) 1%
No exposure
Urban stormwater (SBO) · Erosion management (EMO) · Significant landscape (SLO) · Vegetation protection (VPO) · Environmental audit (EAO)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the Victorian Land Use Information System.

General Cropping

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

Rural suburbs in Greater Shepparton (54)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Tatura 3616 559
Murchison 3610 492
Shepparton East 3631 431
Ardmona 3629 397
Undera 3629 337
Merrigum 3618 305
Kialla 3631 292
Toolamba 3614 292
Tallygaroopna 3634 284
Pine Lodge 3631 268
Arcadia 3631 268
Dookie 3646 248
Murchison East 3610 248
Dhurringile 3610 245
Kialla East 3631 238
Bunbartha 3634 235
Congupna 3633 231
Caniambo 3630 229
Cosgrove 3631 222
Murchison North 3610 211
Katandra West 3634 190
Orrvale 3631 178
Harston 3616 173
Byrneside 3617 160
Katandra 3634 159
Grahamvale 3631 148
Girgarre East 3616 144
Toolamba West 3614 142
Major Plains 3725 142
Moorilim 3610 136
Lemnos 3631 135
Karramomus 3631 123
Tatura East 3616 117
Kialla West 3631 116
Nalinga 3646 116
Mooroopna 3629 114
Mooroopna North 3629 106
Cooma 3616 106
Cosgrove South 3631 104
Coomboona 3629 96
Tamleugh North 3669 95
St Germains 3620 95
Zeerust 3634 89
Mount Major 3646 72
Marionvale 3634 70
Gowangardie 3669 62
Kyabram South 3620 56
Mooroopna North West 3616 56
Shepparton 3630 38
Gillieston 3616 34
Shepparton North 3631 28
Waranga 3616 10
Stanhope South 3623 7
Dookie College 3647 3
Land character
Land use Cropping Crown land 4% of lots

About Greater Shepparton

What is the rural land in Greater Shepparton like?

Across 9,610 rural lots in Greater Shepparton, soil organic carbon averages 1.68%, on the Older Alluvium - Shepparton land system. The most common land use is General Cropping.

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

Rural lots in Greater Shepparton average 544 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 15.2°C and a growing season of about 152 days. Aridity index 0.38.

What planning overlays apply across Greater Shepparton?

Across rural lots in Greater Shepparton: 7% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 40% a flood overlay, 0% the Erosion Management Overlay and 8% 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.