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Greater Melbourne

Knox

384 rural lots across 10 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

384
Rural lots
774 ha
Rural land
2.96%
Soil organic carbon
95%
Mean green cover

Knox — 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 384 rural lots in Knox.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

2.96%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Good organic carbon
4.7
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
East Victorian Dissected Uplands
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
963 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean annual temp
13.9 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
25.8 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
4.9 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.79 P/PET
Humid
Growing season
266 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 cover95%
Bare ground5%
Dominant vegetation class
Grassy Forest
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Knox.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

0%
in a groundwater management area
0%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Mesozoic and Paleozoic Bedrock (BSE)
aquifer
10.3
m to water table
1,708
EC µS/cm
Groundwater is marginal — crop-dependent 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 Knox carrying each planning overlay.

Significant landscape (SLO) 90%
Environmental significance (ESO) 53%
Bushfire management (BMO) 49%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Flood (LSIO / FO) 6%
Vegetation protection (VPO) 2%
Urban stormwater (SBO) 1%
Erosion management (EMO) 1%
No exposure
Salinity management (SMO) · Heritage (HO) · Environmental audit (EAO)
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 Knox.

Rural suburbs in Knox (7)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Lysterfield 3156 282
The Basin 3154 93
Wantirna South 3152 13
Bayswater 3153 12
Rowville 3178 11
Ferntree Gully 3156 5
Wantirna 3152 3
Land character
Land use Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle Crown land 3% of lots

About Knox

What is the rural land in Knox like?

Across 384 rural lots in Knox, soil organic carbon averages 2.96%, on the East Victorian Dissected Uplands land system. The most common land use is Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

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

Rural lots in Knox average 963 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 13.9°C and a growing season of about 266 days. Aridity index 0.79.

What planning overlays apply across Knox?

Across rural lots in Knox: 49% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 6% a flood overlay, 1% 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.