Is Ararat Rural City Council a declared termite area?
Yes. Ararat Rural City Council has designated its whole municipality as a termite risk area.
What this means for your build
In a declared area, new buildings and additions need a termite management system under the National Construction Code, and your building surveyor will look for protection to AS 3660.1 and an installation certificate at handover.
Price termite protection into the job from the start: most of it goes in before and during the slab pour and can’t be added later.
Suburbs in Ararat
45 suburbs and localities fall wholly or partly within Ararat Rural City Council. Those marked * are split between councils: check which council your site is in on the rates notice or property certificate.
- Ararat 3377
- Armstrong 3377
- Ballyrogan 3375
- Bayindeen 3375
- Black Range * 3381
- Bornes Hill 3379
- Buangor * 3375
- Cathcart 3377
- Chatsworth * 3379
- Crowlands * 3377
- Denicull Creek 3377
- Dobie 3377
- Dunneworthy 3377
- Elmhurst * 3469
- Eversley 3377
- Glenlogie * 3469
- Glenthompson * 3293
- Great Western * 3374
- Lake Bolac 3351
- Langi Logan 3377
- Mafeking 3379
- Maroona 3377
- Middle Creek * 3375
- Mininera 3351
- Mount Cole 3377
- Mount Cole Creek 3377
- Moyston 3377
- Narrapumelap South 3293
- Nerrin Nerrin * 3351
- Norval 3377
- Pomonal * 3381
- Pura Pura * 3271
- Rhymney 3377
- Rocky Point 3377
- Rossbridge 3377
- Stavely 3379
- Streatham * 3351
- Tatyoon 3378
- Warrak 3377
- Westmere 3351
- Wickliffe 3379
- Willaura 3379
- Willaura North 3379
- Woorndoo * 3272
- Yalla-Y-Poora 3378
Source and how to confirm
Source: Building Commission: Termite-infested areas in Victoria (list as at January 2011, archived), checked 4 Oct 2026. This is the Building Commission’s statewide list as at January 2011; the council has not published its own statement.
Designations change. Before relying on this for compliance, confirm with your building surveyor or Ararat Rural City Council.
Suburb and council boundaries: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3 (CC BY 4.0).
Building in Ararat?
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