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Macedon Ranges

11,799 rural lots across 51 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

11,799
Rural lots
145,362 ha
Rural land
2.37%
Soil organic carbon
99%
Mean green cover

Macedon Ranges — 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 11,799 rural lots in Macedon Ranges.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

2.37%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Good organic carbon
4.9
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
West Victorian Dissected Uplands - Midlands
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
858 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean annual temp
12.2 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
25.7 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
2.2 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.71 P/PET
Humid
Growing season
230 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
Herb-rich Foothill Forest
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Macedon Ranges.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

50%
in a groundwater management area — CENTRAL VICTORIAN MINERAL SPRINGS GMAGROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
0%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Upper Tertiary / Quaternary Basalt Aquifer (UTB)
aquifer
12.5
m to water table
2,015
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 Macedon Ranges carrying each planning overlay.

Environmental significance (ESO) 62%
Vegetation protection (VPO) 35%
Bushfire management (BMO) 34%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Significant landscape (SLO) 19%
Erosion management (EMO) 3%
Heritage (HO) 3%
Flood (LSIO / FO) 2%
No exposure
Urban stormwater (SBO) · Salinity management (SMO) · 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 Macedon Ranges.

Rural suburbs in Macedon Ranges (44)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Kyneton 3444 1,432
Woodend 3442 960
Mount Macedon 3441 886
Gisborne 3437 658
Lancefield 3435 619
Riddells Creek 3431 518
Romsey 3434 479
Macedon 3440 479
Malmsbury 3446 475
Gisborne South 3437 340
Lauriston 3444 322
Springfield 3434 313
Bullengarook 3437 311
Ashbourne 3442 277
Carlsruhe 3442 262
Tylden 3444 260
New Gisborne 3438 255
Baynton 3444 254
Newham 3442 249
Spring Hill 3444 213
Woodend North 3442 203
Trentham East 3458 184
Darraweit Guim 3756 178
Clarkefield 3430 173
Goldie 3435 166
Hesket 3442 135
Monegeetta 3433 134
Benloch 3435 133
Pipers Creek 3444 125
Bolinda 3432 118
Sidonia 3444 115
Pastoria 3444 95
Greenhill 3444 95
Edgecombe 3444 87
Kyneton South 3444 86
Chintin 3756 86
Rochford 3442 85
Kerrie 3434 79
Pastoria East 3444 62
Cherokee 3434 62
Cobaw 3442 49
Baynton East 3444 47
Cadello 3442 25
Tantaraboo 3764 5
Land character
Land use Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle Crown land 4% of lots

About Macedon Ranges

What is the rural land in Macedon Ranges like?

Across 11,799 rural lots in Macedon Ranges, soil organic carbon averages 2.37%, on the West Victorian Dissected Uplands - Midlands land system. The most common land use is Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

What's the climate of Macedon Ranges's rural land?

Rural lots in Macedon Ranges average 858 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 12.2°C and a growing season of about 230 days. Aridity index 0.71.

What planning overlays apply across Macedon Ranges?

Across rural lots in Macedon Ranges: 34% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 2% 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.