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Greater Melbourne

Maroondah

84 rural lots across 4 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

84
Rural lots
174 ha
Rural land
2.92%
Soil organic carbon
98%
Mean green cover

Maroondah — 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 84 rural lots in Maroondah.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

2.92%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Good organic carbon
4.8
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
East Victorian Dissected Uplands
Salinity low
Water erosion low
Waterlogging moderate

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
928 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean annual temp
14.1 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
26.2 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
4.8 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.77 P/PET
Humid
Growing season
252 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 cover98%
Bare ground3%
Dominant vegetation class
Swampy Woodland
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Maroondah.

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
m to water table
1,000
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 Maroondah carrying each planning overlay.

Significant landscape (SLO) 96%
Vegetation protection (VPO) 25%
Bushfire management (BMO) 20%
Urban stormwater (SBO) 1%
No exposure
Flood (LSIO / FO) · Erosion management (EMO) · Salinity management (SMO) · Environmental significance (ESO) · 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 Maroondah.

Rural suburbs in Maroondah (3)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Kilsyth South 3137 68
Warranwood 3134 9
Croydon Hills 3136 6
Land character
Land use Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle

About Maroondah

What is the rural land in Maroondah like?

Across 84 rural lots in Maroondah, soil organic carbon averages 2.92%, on the East Victorian Dissected Uplands land system. The most common land use is Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

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

Rural lots in Maroondah average 928 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 14.1°C and a growing season of about 252 days. Aridity index 0.77.

What planning overlays apply across Maroondah?

Across rural lots in Maroondah: 20% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 0% 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.