Council boundary outlined; each circle is one rural suburb sized by rural-lot count. Click a circle to open the suburb page.
Averaged across the 11,799 rural lots in Macedon Ranges.
National soil-grid values averaged across rural lots, with the dominant Victorian land system.
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.
Long-term climate averages across rural lots in this council.
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).
Satellite vegetation-cover mapping, averaged across rural lots.
Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Macedon Ranges.
Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.
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.
Share of rural lots in Macedon Ranges carrying each planning overlay.
From the Victorian Land Use Information System.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Macedon Ranges.
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| 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 |
Other rural councils in the same region.
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.
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.
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.
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.