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 1,366 rural lots in Melton.
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 Melton.
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 Melton carrying each planning overlay.
From the Victorian Land Use Information System.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Melton.
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| Suburb | Rural lots↓ |
|---|---|
| Toolern Vale 3337 | 410 |
| Mount Cottrell 3024 | 190 |
| Strathtulloh 3338 | 130 |
| Deanside 3336 | 72 |
| Plumpton 3335 | 71 |
| Melton 3337 | 66 |
| Exford 3338 | 58 |
| Harkness 3337 | 49 |
| Truganina 3029 | 46 |
| Melton West 3337 | 32 |
| Eynesbury 3338 | 31 |
| Bonnie Brook 3335 | 24 |
| Aintree 3336 | 22 |
| Kurunjang 3337 | 15 |
| Brookfield 3338 | 12 |
| Fraser Rise 3336 | 11 |
| Ravenhall 3023 | 10 |
| Weir Views 3338 | 5 |
| Thornhill Park 3335 | 4 |
| Grangefields 3335 | 2 |
| Caroline Springs 3023 | 1 |
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 1,366 rural lots in Melton, soil organic carbon averages 1.59%, on the Undulating PLains - Western District land system. The most common land use is Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.
Rural lots in Melton average 569 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 13.9°C and a growing season of about 161 days. Aridity index 0.43.
Across rural lots in Melton: 11% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 2% a flood overlay, 0% 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.