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Soil calculator: how much soil, and how many bulk bags

Length times width times depth — soil maths is simple, but the units trip everyone up. Enter your area below and get the volume in cubic metres, converted straight into bulk bags.

Rules of thumb while you're here: lawn top-dressing is ~10 mm deep, new garden beds want 200–300 mm of mix, and a one-tonne bulk bag holds roughly 0.6 m³ of soil.

Soil calculator

Enter the area and depth — we’ll convert it to cubic metres and bulk bags (a soil bulk bag holds ≈ 0.6 m³).

Common Perth jobs, pre-calculated

For quick planning: a 50 m² lawn top-dress at 10 mm needs ~0.5 m³ (one bulk bag). A 5 m × 1 m garden bed filled 250 mm deep needs 1.25 m³ (about two bulk bags). A raised vegie bed 2 m × 1 m × 400 mm is 0.8 m³ — one generous bulk bag of vegie mix.

Why bulk bags beat a loose load for most jobs

Under about 3 m³, bulk bags win on every axis: no pile killing the lawn, no sweeping the street, exact quantities, and the leftover keeps clean in the bag. Our delivery partner cranes them where access allows; a ute or trailer carries one comfortably for click & collect.