Is Horsham Rural City Council a declared termite area?
Yes. Horsham 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 Horsham
32 suburbs and localities fall wholly or partly within Horsham Rural City Council. Those marked * are split between councils: check which council your site is in on the rates notice or property certificate.
- Brimpaen 3401
- Bungalally 3401
- Clear Lake 3409
- Dadswells Bridge * 3385
- Dooen 3401
- Drung 3401
- Duchembegarra 3409
- Haven 3401
- Horsham 3400
- Kalkee 3401
- Kanagulk 3401
- Laharum * 3401
- Longerenong 3401
- Lower Norton 3401
- McKenzie Creek 3401
- Mitre * 3409
- Mockinya 3401
- Murra Warra * 3401
- Natimuk 3409
- Noradjuha 3409
- Nurrabiel 3401
- Pimpinio 3401
- Quantong 3401
- Riverside 3401
- St Helens Plains 3401
- Telangatuk East 3401
- Tooan 3409
- Toolondo 3401
- Vectis 3401
- Wail 3401
- Wartook * 3401
- Wonwondah 3401
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 Horsham Rural City Council.
Suburb and council boundaries: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3 (CC BY 4.0).
Building in Horsham?
Send us your drawings and we’ll price the termite management system your surveyor will ask for.