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 |
Central Highlands

Hepburn

10,331 rural lots across 76 suburbs. Dominant land use: Domestic Livestock Grazing.

10,331
Rural lots
105,278 ha
Rural land
2.16%
Soil organic carbon
99%
Mean green cover

Hepburn — 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 10,331 rural lots in Hepburn.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

2.16%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Good organic carbon
5.0
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
Undulating PLains - Western District
Salinity low
Water erosion high
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
806 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean annual temp
12.3 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
26.2 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
2.2 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.67 P/PET
Humid
Growing season
206 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
Herb-rich Foothill Forest
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Hepburn.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

51%
in a groundwater management area — CENTRAL VICTORIAN MINERAL SPRINGS GMAGROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
48%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Upper Tertiary / Quaternary Basalt Aquifer (UTB)
aquifer
16.5
m to water table
291
EC µS/cm
Groundwater is fresh — suitable for most irrigation.

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 Hepburn carrying each planning overlay.

Environmental significance (ESO) 100%
Bushfire management (BMO) 45%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Heritage (HO) 4%
Flood (LSIO / FO) 3%
Erosion management (EMO) 3%
Significant landscape (SLO) 1%
Vegetation protection (VPO) 1%
No exposure
Urban stormwater (SBO) · Salinity management (SMO) · 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 Hepburn.

Rural suburbs in Hepburn (57)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Clunes 3370 1,139
Yandoit 3461 445
Campbelltown 3364 407
Creswick 3363 396
Franklinford 3461 363
Glengower 3370 361
Glenlyon 3461 329
Dean 3363 285
Smeaton 3364 282
Daylesford 3460 263
Drummond 3461 262
Eganstown 3461 247
Ullina 3370 240
Drummond North 3446 235
Wheatsheaf 3461 232
Shepherds Flat 3461 230
Blampied 3364 226
Clydesdale 3461 212
Newlyn 3364 204
Trentham 3458 203
Musk 3461 188
Sailors Falls 3461 186
Musk Vale 3461 178
Porcupine Ridge 3461 177
Kingston 3364 166
Mollongghip 3352 165
Rocklyn 3364 159
Springmount 3364 137
Lyonville 3461 131
Denver 3461 130
Bullarto South 3461 120
Newlyn North 3364 117
Little Hampton 3458 110
Kooroocheang 3364 110
Newbury 3458 106
Broomfield 3364 101
Mount Franklin 3461 100
Wattle Flat 3352 97
Bullarto 3461 96
Fern Hill 3458 94
Coomoora 3461 86
North Blackwood 3458 83
Leonards Hill 3461 73
Dry Diggings 3461 72
Mount Beckworth 3363 70
Lawrence 3364 66
Langdons Hill 3363 61
Allendale 3364 54
Basalt 3460 51
Creswick North 3363 49
Hepburn 3461 48
Mount Prospect 3364 46
Elevated Plains 3461 46
Cabbage Tree 3364 32
Smokeytown 3364 27
Tylden South 3444 9
Hepburn Springs 3461 4
Land character
Land use Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle Crown land 9% of lots

About Hepburn

What is the rural land in Hepburn like?

Across 10,331 rural lots in Hepburn, soil organic carbon averages 2.16%, on the Undulating PLains - Western District land system. The most common land use is Domestic Livestock Grazing.

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

Rural lots in Hepburn average 806 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 12.3°C and a growing season of about 206 days. Aridity index 0.67.

What planning overlays apply across Hepburn?

Across rural lots in Hepburn: 45% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 3% a flood overlay, 3% 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.