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Goulburn

Murrindindi

9,176 rural lots across 44 suburbs. Dominant land use: Domestic Livestock Grazing.

9,176
Rural lots
212,831 ha
Rural land
2.42%
Soil organic carbon
99%
Mean green cover

Murrindindi — 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 9,176 rural lots in Murrindindi.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

2.42%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Good organic carbon
4.9
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
East Victorian Dissected Uplands
Salinity moderate
Water erosion high
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
906 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean annual temp
13.2 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
27.4 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
2.8 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.77 P/PET
Humid
Growing season
231 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 ground1%
Dominant vegetation class
Herb-rich Foothill Forest
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Murrindindi.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

95%
in a groundwater management area — UPPER GOULBURN GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
1%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Quaternary Aquifer (QA)
aquifer
11.0
m to water table
3,815
EC µS/cm
Groundwater is brackish — limited stock and 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 Murrindindi carrying each planning overlay.

Bushfire management (BMO) 47%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Environmental significance (ESO) 15%
Flood (LSIO / FO) 12%
Significant landscape (SLO) 6%
Erosion management (EMO) 5%
Heritage (HO) 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.

Domestic Livestock Grazing

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

Rural suburbs in Murrindindi (40)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Yea 3717 570
Flowerdale 3717 506
Glenburn 3717 458
Alexandra 3714 383
Kinglake 3763 374
Taggerty 3714 358
Kinglake West 3757 345
Strath Creek 3658 331
Gobur 3719 316
Molesworth 3718 309
Yarck 3719 300
Ghin Ghin 3717 285
Buxton 3711 268
Acheron 3714 265
Narbethong 3778 255
Murrindindi 3717 254
Kinglake Central 3757 252
Thornton 3712 246
Highlands 3660 244
Taylor Bay 3713 240
Killingworth 3717 216
Fawcett 3714 213
Toolangi 3777 211
Whanregarwen 3714 203
Eildon 3713 202
Limestone 3717 189
Kerrisdale 3660 159
Koriella 3714 155
Homewood 3717 142
Kanumbra 3719 123
Caveat 3660 123
Maintongoon 3714 120
Cathkin 3714 111
Pheasant Creek 3757 99
Terip Terip 3719 94
Castella 3777 90
Marysville 3779 87
Devils River 3714 65
Dropmore 3660 53
Rubicon 3712 51
Land character
Land use Livestock Grazing Crown land 8% of lots

About Murrindindi

What is the rural land in Murrindindi like?

Across 9,176 rural lots in Murrindindi, soil organic carbon averages 2.42%, on the East Victorian Dissected Uplands land system. The most common land use is Domestic Livestock Grazing.

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

Rural lots in Murrindindi average 906 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 13.2°C and a growing season of about 231 days. Aridity index 0.77.

What planning overlays apply across Murrindindi?

Across rural lots in Murrindindi: 47% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 12% a flood overlay, 5% 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.