Is Mount Alexander Shire Council a declared termite area?
Yes. Mount Alexander 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 Mount Alexander
56 suburbs and localities fall wholly or partly within Mount Alexander Shire Council. Those marked * are split between councils: check which council your site is in on the rates notice or property certificate.
- Barfold 3444
- Baringhup 3463
- Baringhup West 3463
- Barkers Creek 3451
- Bradford 3463
- Campbells Creek 3451
- Campbelltown * 3364
- Carisbrook * 3464
- Castlemaine 3450
- Chewton 3451
- Chewton Bushlands 3451
- Drummond North * 3446
- Eddington * 3463, 3472
- Elphinstone 3448
- Faraday 3451
- Fryerstown 3451
- Glenluce 3451
- Golden Point (Mount Alexander) 3451
- Gower 3463
- Green Gully 3462
- Greenhill * 3444
- Guildford * 3451
- Harcourt 3453
- Harcourt North * 3453
- Irishtown 3451
- Joyces Creek * 3364
- Langley 3444
- Maldon 3463
- Malmsbury * 3446
- McKenzie Hill 3451
- Metcalfe 3448
- Metcalfe East 3444
- Moolort * 3465
- Moonlight Flat (Mount Alexander) 3450
- Muckleford 3451
- Muckleford South 3462
- Myrtle Creek * 3551
- Neereman 3463
- Newstead 3462
- Nuggetty 3463
- Ravenswood * 3453
- Ravenswood South 3453
- Redesdale * 3444
- Sandon 3462
- Strangways * 3461
- Strathlea * 3364
- Sutton Grange 3448
- Taradale 3447
- Tarilta * 3451
- Tarrengower 3463
- Vaughan 3451
- Walmer 3463
- Welshmans Reef 3462
- Werona * 3364
- Yandoit Hills 3461
- Yapeen 3451
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 Mount Alexander Shire Council.
Suburb and council boundaries: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3 (CC BY 4.0).
Building in Mount Alexander?
Send us your drawings and we’ll price the termite management system your surveyor will ask for.