1,905,165 rural lots pre-computed | New South Wales · Queensland · Victoria | Interactive intelligence maps across every rural lot | Soil, carbon, climate, water and vegetation per property | Regulatory obligations matched to your land | Know what you CAN do with your land | 1,905,165 rural lots pre-computed | New South Wales · Queensland · Victoria | Interactive intelligence maps across every rural lot | Soil, carbon, climate, water and vegetation per property | Regulatory obligations matched to your land | Know what you CAN do with your land |
Central Highlands

Moorabool

10,081 rural lots across 64 suburbs. Dominant land use: Domestic Livestock Grazing.

10,081
Rural lots
142,048 ha
Rural land
2.47%
Soil organic carbon
98%
Mean green cover

Moorabool — 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 10,081 rural lots in Moorabool.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

2.47%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Good organic carbon
5.0
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
Undulating PLains - Western District
Salinity low
Water erosion moderate
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
793 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean annual temp
12.2 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
24.8 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
2.8 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.69 P/PET
Humid
Growing season
226 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 ground2%
Dominant vegetation class
Herb-rich Foothill Forest
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Moorabool.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

18%
in a groundwater management area — BUNGAREE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
1%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Upper Tertiary / Quaternary Basalt Aquifer (UTB)
aquifer
8.3
m to water table
637
EC µS/cm
Groundwater is fresh — suitable for most irrigation.

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 Moorabool carrying each planning overlay.

Environmental significance (ESO) 69%
Bushfire management (BMO) 33%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Significant landscape (SLO) 4%
Flood (LSIO / FO) 3%
Heritage (HO) 1%
No exposure
Urban stormwater (SBO) · Erosion management (EMO) · Salinity management (SMO) · Vegetation protection (VPO) · Environmental audit (EAO)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the Victorian Land Use Information System.

Domestic Livestock Grazing

The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Moorabool.

Rural suburbs in Moorabool (53)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Ballan 3342 793
Gordon 3345 577
Lal Lal 3352 483
Elaine 3334 447
Mount Egerton 3352 396
Morrisons 3334 340
Greendale 3341 314
Millbrook 3352 275
Yendon 3352 272
Mount Wallace 3342 264
Coimadai 3340 259
Myrniong 3341 239
Merrimu 3340 229
Bungaree 3352 228
Navigators 3352 228
Wallace 3352 219
Rowsley 3340 211
Scotsburn 3352 206
Dales Creek 3341 201
Dunnstown 3352 179
Korweinguboora 3461 172
Parwan 3340 172
Springbank 3352 171
Bunding 3342 166
Maddingley 3340 153
Darley 3340 153
Beremboke 3342 146
Bacchus Marsh 3340 140
Clarendon 3352 137
Long Forest 3340 136
Bungal 3334 119
Blakeville 3342 114
Balliang East 3340 111
Pentland Hills 3341 108
Ingliston 3342 103
Glenmore 3340 95
Bullarook 3352 93
Mount Doran 3334 92
Fiskville 3342 83
Korobeit 3341 82
Clarkes Hill 3352 75
Bolwarrah 3352 75
Blackwood 3458 74
Colbrook 3342 66
Pootilla 3352 65
Leigh Creek 3352 59
Cargerie 3334 48
Claretown 3352 42
Hopetoun Park 3340 39
Barkstead 3364 38
Spargo Creek 3461 38
Barrys Reef 3458 25
Lerderderg 3458 4
Land character
Land use Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle Crown land 8% of lots

About Moorabool

What is the rural land in Moorabool like?

Across 10,081 rural lots in Moorabool, soil organic carbon averages 2.47%, on the Undulating PLains - Western District land system. The most common land use is Domestic Livestock Grazing.

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

Rural lots in Moorabool average 793 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 12.2°C and a growing season of about 226 days. Aridity index 0.69.

What planning overlays apply across Moorabool?

Across rural lots in Moorabool: 33% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 3% 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.