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 5,105 rural lots in Mornington Peninsula.
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 Mornington Peninsula.
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 Mornington Peninsula carrying each planning overlay.
From the Victorian Land Use Information System.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Mornington Peninsula.
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| 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 |
Other rural councils in the same region.
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.
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.
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.
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.