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Mount Alexander

11,001 rural lots across 62 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle.

11,001
Rural lots
118,091 ha
Rural land
1.49%
Soil organic carbon
98%
Mean green cover

Mount Alexander — 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 11,001 rural lots in Mount Alexander.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

1.49%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Moderate organic carbon
5.1
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
West Victorian Dissected Uplands - Midlands
Salinity moderate
Water erosion high
Waterlogging nil
Perennial agriculture potential moderate

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
629 mm
Sub-humid
Mean annual temp
13.5 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
28.0 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
2.7 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.48 P/PET
Semi-arid
Growing season
172 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 ground3%
Dominant vegetation class
Box Ironbark Forest
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Mount Alexander.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

94%
in a groundwater management area — CENTRAL VICTORIAN MINERAL SPRINGS GMAGROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
2%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Mesozoic and Paleozoic Bedrock (BSE)
aquifer
12.1
m to water table
261
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 Mount Alexander carrying each planning overlay.

Bushfire management (BMO) 42%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Environmental significance (ESO) 26%
Erosion management (EMO) 9%
Significant landscape (SLO) 9%
Heritage (HO) 3%
Flood (LSIO / FO) 2%
No exposure
Urban stormwater (SBO) · Salinity management (SMO) · Vegetation protection (VPO) · 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 Mount Alexander.

Rural suburbs in Mount Alexander (44)

Click any column header to sort.

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
Land character
Land use Residential Rural/Rural Lifestyle Crown land 7% of lots

About Mount Alexander

What is the rural land in Mount Alexander like?

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.

What's the climate of Mount Alexander's rural land?

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.

What planning overlays apply across Mount Alexander?

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.

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.