Our competitive edge
Campaspe has a number of competitive strengths, including:
Economic
- Strong and diverse agricultural sector
- Significant and complimentary food manufacturing activities
- Gourmet food and wine
- Established supply chain and access to export markets
- Diversity of accommodation, events, tourism assets and experiences
- Engaged and proactive business community
- Land available for both productive agricultural and commercial and industrial activities
- Access to a wide variety of resources and utilities including natural gas and water for irrigation
- Strong representation of professional businesses and services
Social & community
- High levels of amenity and range of services
- Rich early settler and agricultural sector with significant indigenous cultural heritage
- Welcoming community
- Strong presence of health, aged care and disability services
Environment
- A unique climate, warmer and drier than other areas of Victoria and a milder winter, that provides optimum growing conditions and encourages/supports tourism visitation
- Availability of water and irrigation networks
- Unique and diverse environment and sustainability of the region
A detailed understanding of our community can be viewed on our demographics webpage.