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Greater Melbourne

Mornington Peninsula

5,105 rural lots across 34 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

5,105
Rural lots
41,575 ha
Rural land
3.15%
Soil organic carbon
99%
Mean green cover

Mornington Peninsula — 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 5,105 rural lots in Mornington Peninsula.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

3.15%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Good organic carbon
4.8
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
Moderate Ridge - Mornington Peninsula
Salinity low
Water erosion low
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
884 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean annual temp
14.0 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
23.8 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
6.3 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.73 P/PET
Humid
Growing season
235 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 Mornington Peninsula.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

16%
in a groundwater management area — NEPEAN GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
0%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Upper Mid-Tertiary Aquifer (UMTA)
aquifer
10.6
m to water table
1,635
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 Mornington Peninsula carrying each planning overlay.

Environmental significance (ESO) 100%
Significant landscape (SLO) 45%
Bushfire management (BMO) 41%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Erosion management (EMO) 15%
Vegetation protection (VPO) 3%
Heritage (HO) 1%
No exposure
Flood (LSIO / FO) · 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 Mornington Peninsula.

Rural suburbs in Mornington Peninsula (33)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Cape Schanck 3939 559
Moorooduc 3933 460
Red Hill 3937 417
Red Hill South 3937 349
Main Ridge 3928 345
Flinders 3929 312
Merricks North 3926 294
Balnarring 3926 237
Boneo 3939 203
Shoreham 3916 187
Baxter 3911 183
Fingal 3939 182
Tuerong 3915 176
Somerville 3912 174
Dromana 3936 157
Tyabb 3913 136
Merricks 3916 118
Arthurs Seat 3936 93
Mount Eliza 3930 79
Hastings 3915 71
Somers 3927 66
Mount Martha 3934 62
Mornington 3931 50
Bittern 3918 47
Rye 3941 29
Point Leo 3916 21
Rosebud 3939 15
Safety Beach 3936 10
Merricks Beach 3926 6
Balnarring Beach 3926 5
Crib Point 3919 3
Portsea 3944 3
McCrae 3938 1
Land character
Land use Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle Crown land 1% of lots

About Mornington Peninsula

What is the rural land in Mornington Peninsula like?

Across 5,105 rural lots in Mornington Peninsula, soil organic carbon averages 3.15%, on the Moderate Ridge - Mornington Peninsula land system. The most common land use is Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

What's the climate of Mornington Peninsula's rural land?

Rural lots in Mornington Peninsula average 884 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 14.0°C and a growing season of about 235 days. Aridity index 0.73.

What planning overlays apply across Mornington Peninsula?

Across rural lots in Mornington Peninsula: 41% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 0% a flood overlay, 15% 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.