Is Yarra Ranges Council a declared termite area?
Yes. Yarra Ranges 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 Yarra Ranges
68 suburbs and localities fall wholly or partly within Yarra Ranges Council. Those marked * are split between councils: check which council your site is in on the rates notice or property certificate.
- Badger Creek 3777
- Beenak 3139
- Belgrave 3160
- Belgrave Heights 3160
- Belgrave South 3160
- Big Pats Creek 3799
- Cambarville 3779
- Chirnside Park 3116
- Chum Creek 3777
- Coldstream 3770
- Dixons Creek 3775
- Don Valley 3139
- East Warburton 3799
- Emerald * 3782
- Fernshaw 3778
- Ferny Creek 3786
- Gilderoy 3797
- Gladysdale 3797
- Gruyere 3770
- Healesville 3777
- Hoddles Creek 3139
- Kallista 3791
- Kalorama 3766
- Kilsyth * 3137
- Launching Place 3139
- Lilydale 3140
- Lysterfield * 3156
- Macclesfield 3782
- Matlock * 3723
- McMahons Creek 3799
- Menzies Creek * 3159
- Millgrove 3799
- Monbulk 3793
- Montrose 3765
- Mooroolbark 3138
- Mount Dandenong 3767
- Mount Evelyn 3796
- Mount Toolebewong 3777
- Narre Warren East 3804
- Olinda 3788
- Powelltown 3797
- Reefton 3799
- Sassafras 3154, 3787
- Selby 3159
- Seville 3139
- Seville East 3139
- Sherbrooke 3789
- Silvan 3795
- Steels Creek 3775
- Tarrawarra 3775
- Tecoma 3160
- The Patch 3792
- Three Bridges 3797
- Toolangi * 3777
- Toorongo * 3833
- Tremont 3785
- Upper Ferntree Gully * 3156
- Upwey 3158
- Wandin East 3139
- Wandin North 3139
- Warburton 3799
- Wesburn 3799
- Wonga Park * 3115
- Woori Yallock 3139
- Yarra Glen 3775
- Yarra Junction 3797
- Yellingbo 3139
- Yering 3770
Source and how to confirm
Source: Termites – Yarra Ranges Council, checked 28 Sep 2026.
Designations change. Before relying on this for compliance, confirm with your building surveyor or Yarra Ranges Council.
Suburb and council boundaries: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3 (CC BY 4.0).
Building in Yarra Ranges?
Send us your drawings and we’ll price the termite management system your surveyor will ask for.