Is Macedon Ranges Shire Council a declared termite area?
Yes. Macedon Ranges Shire 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 Macedon Ranges
44 suburbs and localities fall wholly or partly within Macedon Ranges Shire Council. Those marked * are split between councils: check which council your site is in on the rates notice or property certificate.
- Ashbourne 3442
- Baynton 3444
- Benloch 3435
- Bolinda 3432
- Bullengarook 3437
- Bylands * 3762
- Cadello 3442
- Carlsruhe 3442
- Cherokee 3434
- Chintin 3756
- Clarkefield * 3430
- Cobaw 3442
- Darraweit Guim 3756
- Edgecombe 3444
- Fern Hill * 3458
- Gisborne 3437
- Gisborne South 3437
- Goldie 3435
- Greenhill * 3444
- Hesket 3442
- Kerrie 3434
- Kyneton 3444
- Kyneton South 3444
- Lancefield 3435
- Lauriston 3444
- Macedon 3440
- Malmsbury * 3446
- Monegeetta 3433
- Mount Macedon 3441
- New Gisborne 3438
- Newham 3442
- Pastoria 3444
- Pastoria East 3444
- Pipers Creek 3444
- Riddells Creek 3431
- Rochford 3442
- Romsey 3434
- Sidonia 3444
- Spring Hill * 3444
- Springfield (Macedon Ranges) 3434
- Trentham East * 3458
- Tylden * 3444
- Woodend 3442
- Woodend North 3442
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 Macedon Ranges Shire Council.
Suburb and council boundaries: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3 (CC BY 4.0).
Building in Macedon Ranges?
Send us your drawings and we’ll price the termite management system your surveyor will ask for.