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Indigo

10,438 rural lots across 29 suburbs. Dominant land use: Domestic Livestock Grazing.

10,438
Rural lots
149,912 ha
Rural land
1.81%
Soil organic carbon
99%
Mean green cover

Indigo — 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 10,438 rural lots in Indigo.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

1.81%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Moderate organic carbon
4.9
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
East Victorian Dissected Uplands
Salinity nil
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
831 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean annual temp
14.0 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
29.2 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
2.0 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.60 P/PET
Sub-humid
Growing season
196 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 ground2%
Dominant vegetation class
Valley Grassy Forest
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Indigo.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

62%
in a groundwater management area — KIEWA GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
1%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Mesozoic and Paleozoic Bedrock (BSE)
aquifer
6.5
m to water table
653
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 Indigo carrying each planning overlay.

Environmental significance (ESO) 43%
Bushfire management (BMO) 31%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Flood (LSIO / FO) 6%
Significant landscape (SLO) 4%
Heritage (HO) 1%
No exposure
Urban stormwater (SBO) · Erosion management (EMO) · Salinity management (SMO) · Vegetation protection (VPO) · 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 Indigo.

Rural suburbs in Indigo (28)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Beechworth 3747 1,365
Yackandandah 3749 1,021
Rutherglen 3685 852
Chiltern 3683 695
Stanley 3747 686
Indigo Valley 3688 499
Cornishtown 3683 369
Wahgunyah 3687 368
Wooragee 3747 366
Lilliput 3682 333
Allans Flat 3691 333
Browns Plains 3685 320
Norong 3682 319
Barnawartha 3688 304
Sandy Creek 3695 303
Gundowring 3691 302
Kergunyah 3691 240
Carlyle 3685 205
Huon 3695 201
Osbornes Flat 3691 196
Staghorn Flat 3691 189
Chiltern Valley 3683 188
Gooramadda 3685 186
Bruarong 3749 181
Kiewa 3691 172
Brimin 3685 143
Tangambalanga 3691 134
Charleroi 3695 119
Land character
Land use Livestock Grazing Crown land 12% of lots

About Indigo

What is the rural land in Indigo like?

Across 10,438 rural lots in Indigo, soil organic carbon averages 1.81%, on the East Victorian Dissected Uplands land system. The most common land use is Domestic Livestock Grazing.

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

Rural lots in Indigo average 831 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 14.0°C and a growing season of about 196 days. Aridity index 0.60.

What planning overlays apply across Indigo?

Across rural lots in Indigo: 31% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 6% 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.