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 11,001 rural lots in Mount Alexander.
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 Mount Alexander.
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 Mount Alexander carrying each planning overlay.
From the Victorian Land Use Information System.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Mount Alexander.
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| Suburb | Rural lots↓ |
|---|---|
| Redesdale 3444 | 544 |
| Taradale 3447 | 531 |
| Castlemaine 3450 | 520 |
| Harcourt 3453 | 517 |
| Yapeen 3451 | 471 |
| Elphinstone 3448 | 451 |
| Guildford 3451 | 442 |
| Muckleford 3451 | 442 |
| Maldon 3463 | 440 |
| Walmer 3463 | 396 |
| Barkers Creek 3451 | 385 |
| Newstead 3462 | 352 |
| Fryerstown 3451 | 342 |
| Campbells Creek 3451 | 340 |
| Strangways 3461 | 327 |
| Golden Point 3451 | 286 |
| Welshmans Reef 3462 | 260 |
| Werona 3364 | 246 |
| Sandon 3462 | 243 |
| Faraday 3451 | 231 |
| Baringhup 3463 | 216 |
| Tarilta 3451 | 215 |
| Barfold 3444 | 214 |
| Metcalfe 3448 | 210 |
| Muckleford South 3462 | 205 |
| Chewton 3451 | 162 |
| Bradford 3463 | 161 |
| Sutton Grange 3448 | 156 |
| Nuggetty 3463 | 155 |
| Ravenswood South 3453 | 143 |
| Green Gully 3462 | 141 |
| Baringhup West 3463 | 137 |
| Vaughan 3451 | 112 |
| Yandoit Hills 3461 | 105 |
| Gower 3463 | 104 |
| Langley 3444 | 101 |
| Tarrengower 3463 | 96 |
| Glenluce 3451 | 93 |
| Neereman 3463 | 87 |
| Strathlea 3364 | 59 |
| Metcalfe East 3444 | 59 |
| McKenzie Hill 3451 | 55 |
| Chewton Bushlands 3451 | 52 |
| Irishtown 3451 | 27 |
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 11,001 rural lots in Mount Alexander, soil organic carbon averages 1.49%, on the West Victorian Dissected Uplands - Midlands land system. The most common land use is Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.
Rural lots in Mount Alexander average 629 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 13.5°C and a growing season of about 172 days. Aridity index 0.48.
Across rural lots in Mount Alexander: 42% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 2% a flood overlay, 9% 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.