1,905,165 rural lots pre-computed | New South Wales · Queensland · Victoria | Interactive intelligence maps across every rural lot | Soil, carbon, climate, water and vegetation per property | Regulatory obligations matched to your land | Know what you CAN do with your land | 1,905,165 rural lots pre-computed | New South Wales · Queensland · Victoria | Interactive intelligence maps across every rural lot | Soil, carbon, climate, water and vegetation per property | Regulatory obligations matched to your land | Know what you CAN do with your land |
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Wangaratta

9,438 rural lots across 56 suburbs. Dominant land use: Domestic Livestock Grazing.

9,438
Rural lots
220,474 ha
Rural land
1.7%
Soil organic carbon
99%
Mean green cover

Wangaratta — 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 9,438 rural lots in Wangaratta.

Soil

Soil carbon and land systems

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

1.7%
soil organic carbon (0–30 cm)
Moderate organic carbon
5.0
soil pH (CaCl₂)
Sandy loam
dominant texture
Land system
East Victorian Dissected Uplands
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
745 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean annual temp
14.3 °C
annual average
Warmest month max
29.4 °C
heat-stress indicator
Coldest month min
2.4 °C
frost-risk indicator
Aridity index
0.57 P/PET
Sub-humid
Growing season
188 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
Floodplain Riparian Woodland
Water

Groundwater and water management

Groundwater management coverage across rural lots in Wangaratta.

Water

Groundwater profile

Management areas and monitored-bore conditions across rural lots.

100%
in a groundwater management area — LOWER OVENS GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
0%
in a water supply protection area
Nearest monitored conditions
Upper Tertiary / Quaternary Aquifer (UTQA)
aquifer
7.6
m to water table
595
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 Wangaratta carrying each planning overlay.

Bushfire management (BMO) 28%
Bushfire Management Overlay — construction and defendable-space standards apply.
Flood (LSIO / FO) 26%
Land Subject to Inundation or Floodway Overlay.
Significant landscape (SLO) 3%
Vegetation protection (VPO) 2%
No exposure
Urban stormwater (SBO) · Erosion management (EMO) · Salinity management (SMO) · Environmental significance (ESO) · Heritage (HO) · 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 Wangaratta.

Rural suburbs in Wangaratta (50)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Wangaratta 3677 399
North Wangaratta 3678 343
Wangaratta South 3678 336
Moyhu 3732 330
Tarrawingee 3678 324
Glenrowan 3675 322
Laceby 3678 294
Cheshunt 3678 290
Oxley 3678 285
Milawa 3678 276
Springhurst 3682 266
Whorouly 3735 265
Byawatha 3678 262
Myrrhee 3732 262
Bowmans Forest 3735 254
Greta West 3675 240
Markwood 3678 237
Boorhaman 3678 235
Greta South 3675 234
Killawarra 3678 224
Hansonville 3675 220
Everton Upper 3678 213
Carboor 3678 210
Bobinawarrah 3678 203
Whitfield 3733 183
Meadow Creek 3678 173
Londrigan 3678 169
Murmungee 3747 168
Docker 3678 166
Everton 3678 154
Edi Upper 3678 146
Eldorado 3746 141
Edi 3678 131
Greta 3675 129
Wangandary 3678 129
Dockers Plains 3678 126
Whorouly East 3735 103
Rose River 3678 99
Boorhaman North 3685 99
King Valley 3678 94
Peechelba East 3678 90
Whorouly South 3735 90
Boralma 3682 85
Boorhaman East 3678 79
East Wangaratta 3678 72
Oxley Flats 3678 63
Whitlands 3678 59
Waldara 3678 39
Bowser 3678 31
Cheshunt South 3678 3
Land character
Land use Livestock Grazing Crown land 10% of lots

About Wangaratta

What is the rural land in Wangaratta like?

Across 9,438 rural lots in Wangaratta, soil organic carbon averages 1.7%, on the East Victorian Dissected Uplands land system. The most common land use is Domestic Livestock Grazing.

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

Rural lots in Wangaratta average 745 mm annual rainfall, a mean annual temperature of 14.3°C and a growing season of about 188 days. Aridity index 0.57.

What planning overlays apply across Wangaratta?

Across rural lots in Wangaratta: 28% carry the Bushfire Management Overlay, 26% a flood overlay, 0% 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.