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Wimmera Southern Mallee

Horsham

8,475 rural lots across 40 suburbs. Dominant land use: General Cropping.

8,475
Rural lots
358,659 ha
Rural land
1.03%
Soil organic carbon
96%
Mean green cover

Horsham — 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 8,475 rural lots in Horsham.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

1.03%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Moderate organic carbon
6.3
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
Clay Plains - Nhill
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
515 mm
Sub-humid
Mean annual temp
14.2 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
29.0 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
3.3 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.33 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 cover96%
Bare ground5%
Dominant vegetation class
Plains Woodland
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Horsham.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

10%
in a groundwater management area — WEST WIMMERA GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
0%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Upper Tertiary Aquifer (Marine) (UTAM)
aquifer
10.7
m to water table
29,920
EC µS/cm
Groundwater is saline — generally unsuitable for 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 Horsham carrying each planning overlay.

Environmental significance (ESO) 23%
Flood (LSIO / FO) 14%
Bushfire management (BMO) 9%
Significant landscape (SLO) 9%
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.

General Cropping

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

Rural suburbs in Horsham (37)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Quantong 3401 515
Pimpinio 3401 412
Natimuk 3409 409
St Helens Plains 3401 397
Vectis 3401 384
Noradjuha 3409 362
Dooen 3401 350
Jung 3401 307
Drung 3401 303
Wonwondah 3401 302
Laharum 3401 297
Haven 3401 290
Toolondo 3401 276
Lower Norton 3401 269
Nurrabiel 3401 260
Kalkee 3401 243
Bungalally 3401 230
Dadswells Bridge 3385 221
Brimpaen 3401 218
Tooan 3409 207
Riverside 3401 202
Murra Warra 3401 201
Clear Lake 3409 200
Telangatuk East 3401 198
Wartook 3401 175
Mitre 3409 165
Wail 3401 159
Kanagulk 3401 152
Mockinya 3401 131
McKenzie Creek 3401 118
Horsham 3400 117
Longerenong 3401 113
Blackheath 3401 88
Duchembegarra 3409 84
Jilpanger 3409 75
Grass Flat 3409 75
Arapiles 3409 59
Land character
Land use Cropping Crown land 6% of lots

About Horsham

What is the rural land in Horsham like?

Across 8,475 rural lots in Horsham, soil organic carbon averages 1.03%, on the Clay Plains - Nhill land system. The most common land use is General Cropping.

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

Rural lots in Horsham average 515 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 14.2°C and a growing season of about 152 days. Aridity index 0.33.

What planning overlays apply across Horsham?

Across rural lots in Horsham: 9% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 14% 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.