Is Whitehorse City Council a declared termite area?
Yes. Whitehorse 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 Whitehorse
17 suburbs and localities fall wholly or partly within Whitehorse City Council. Those marked * are split between councils: check which council your site is in on the rates notice or property certificate.
- Balwyn North * 3104
- Blackburn 3130
- Blackburn North 3130
- Blackburn South 3130
- Box Hill 3128
- Box Hill North 3129
- Box Hill South 3128
- Burwood * 3125
- Burwood East 3151
- Forest Hill 3131
- Mitcham 3132
- Mont Albert * 3127
- Mont Albert North 3129
- Nunawading * 3131
- Surrey Hills * 3127
- Vermont * 3133
- Vermont South 3133
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 Whitehorse City Council.
Suburb and council boundaries: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3 (CC BY 4.0).
Building in Whitehorse?
Send us your drawings and we’ll price the termite management system your surveyor will ask for.