Alpine

13,236 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 4,788 km², 38 suburbs. Council website: alpineshire.vic.gov.au.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

13,236

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.9% in a year

Density

2.8/km²

4,788 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$750k

Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)

Federal grants per resident

$382

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

2.7 per 1,000

Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)

Advantage decile

8 of 10

SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)

Suburbs

Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)

Trends

Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.

PopulationABS estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001–2025

Council-wide median sale pricesABS Data by Region: median transfer price across the whole council by financial year, 2018-19–2023-24. Not any one suburb's price.

Dwelling approvalsABS Building Approvals, monthly, 2021-07–2026-07

Federal Financial Assistance GrantsTotal grant by financial year, 2017-18–2025-26 (Dept of Infrastructure)

People and housing

Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).

Median age: 49
Median household income: $1,340/week
Median rent: $275/week
Median mortgage repayment: $1,473/month
Households renting: 19.1%
Average household: 2.3 people

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD): decile 8 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD): decile 9 of 10

Council finances

From Local Government Victoria's Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF), 2024-25.

Average rates per property: $1,945; 2024-25
Operating result: -10.5%; adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
Asset renewal: 143%; renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation

Suburbs

38 suburbs where Alpine holds most residents, plus 2 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.

Suburb	Population	In this council	Median house (VG)	Flood / bushfire	IRSAD
Myrtleford	3,285	All	$625kDec 2025	16% / 100%	3
Bright (Vic.)	2,620	All	$1.1MDec 2025	0% / 100%	7
Porepunkah	1,024	All	$955kDec 2025	0% / 100%	7
Tawonga South	1,012	All	$627kDec 2025	0% / 100%	8
Mount Beauty	910	All	$525kDec 2025	0% / 100%	4
Tawonga	568	All		0% / 100%	6
Wandiligong	522	All		0% / 100%	8
Harrietville	488	All		0% / 100%	7
Buffalo River	285	All		6% / 100%	6
Eurobin	239	All		4% / 100%	4
Gundowring	208	19%		23% / 100%	8
Dederang	198	All		0% / 100%	8
Ovens	197	All		30% / 100%	4
Mudgegonga	184	All		<1% / 100%	7
Merriang	182	All		26% / 100%	6
Buckland (Vic.)	156	All		0% / 100%	8
Gapsted	156	All		<1% / 100%	6
Rosewhite	141	All		1% / 100%	7
Freeburgh	136	All		0% / 100%	7
Dinner Plain	128	All	$825kDec 2025	0% / 100%	9
Upper Gundowring	120	All		0% / 100%	7
Barwidgee	96	All		3% / 100%	7
Coral Bank	88	All		0% / 100%	7
Kergunyah South	76	All		<1% / 100%	8
Kancoona	74	All		0% / 100%	7
Glen Creek	59	All		0% / 100%	8
Smoko	56	All		0% / 100%	8
Mongans Bridge	49	All		0% / 100%	7
Merriang South	43	All		<1% / 100%	6
Nug Nug	36	All		2% / 100%	7
Running Creek (Vic.)	36	All		0% / 100%	7
Havilah (Vic.)	22	All		<1% / 100%	7
Bogong	8	All		0% / 100%	8
Dandongadale	8	All		0% / 100%	7
Mount Buffalo	5	All		0% / 100%	7
Abbeyard	4	All		0% / 100%	7
Germantown (Vic.)		All		0% / 100%
Selwyn (Vic.)		All		0% / 100%
Wongungarra		37%		0% / 100%
Wonnangatta		All		0% / 100%

Hazards

Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.

Flood planning land

Over 40 of 40 member suburbs

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Bushfire-prone land

100%

Over 40 of 40 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

<1%

Over 40 of 40 member suburbs

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Suburb prices

Across the 6 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).

Lowest suburb median: $525k
Median of suburb medians: $726k
Highest suburb median: $1.1M

Representation

Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).

Federal electorates

Indi · Helen HAINES (IND)100%
Gippsland · Darren CHESTER (NP)1%

State districts

Ovens Valley · Tim McCurdy (NAT)100%
Benambra · Bill Tilley (LIB)1%
Gippsland East · Tim Bull (NAT)1%

Neighbouring councils

Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.

Compare it with every Victoria council on the council map or the Victoria council list.

Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: Local Government Victoria (LGPRF), 2024-25. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure, Local Government Victoria and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.