Shire Of Alpine
Victoria
Location in Victoria
Population13,235 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density2.7642/km2 (7.1593/sq mi)
Established1994
Gazetted18 November 1994[2]
Area4,788 km2 (1,848.7 sq mi)[3]
MayorCr John Forsyth
Council seatBright
RegionHume
State electorate(s)Ovens Valley
Federal division(s)Indi
WebsiteShire Of Alpine
LGAs around Shire Of Alpine:
Wangaratta Indigo Towong
Wangaratta Shire Of Alpine East Gippsland
Wellington Wellington East Gippsland

The Shire of Alpine is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 4,788 square kilometres (1,849 sq mi) and in August 2021 had a population of 13,235.[4]

It includes the towns of Bright, Dinner Plain, Mount Beauty and Myrtleford. There are two unincorporated areas within the shire: the areas around Mount Hotham and Falls Creek. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Bright, Shire of Myrtleford, and parts of the United Shire of Beechworth, Shire of Oxley, Shire of Yackandandah and Shire of Omeo.[2]

The Shire is governed and administered by the Alpine Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Bright, it also has service centres located in Dinner Plain, Mount Beauty and Myrtleford. The Shire is named after its location in the popular alpine region of Victoria.

Over 90% of the Shire is public land.[5] The Shire has two major national parks, the Alpine National Park and Mount Buffalo National Park.[6] The Shire's economy is based on tourism, agriculture and forestry.[6]

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of seven councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[7][8]

WardCouncillorNotes
Unsubdivided  Ron Janas
 Kelli Prime
 Tony Keeble
 Simon Kelley
 Katarina Chalwell
 Sarah Nicholas
 John Forsyth

Administration and governance

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Bright Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities.[9] It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Bright, and its service centres in Dinner Plain, Mt Beauty and Myrtleford.

2020 election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections § Alpine.[edit]
2020 Victorian local elections: Alpine[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ron Janas (elected 1) 1,525 17.15
Independent Kelli Prime (elected 2) 1,157 13.01
Independent Tony Keeble (elected 3) 973 10.94
Animal Justice Charlie Vincent (elected 4) 812 9.13 +9.13
Independent Katarina Chalwell (elected 5) 749 8.42
Independent Sarah Nicholas (elected 6) 642 7.22
Independent John Forsyth (elected 7) 604 7.29
Independent Daryl Pearce 521 5.86
Independent Simon Kelley 506 5.69
Independent Mario Vaccaro 483 5.43
Independent Mickey Fletcher 430 4.84
Independent Kitty Knappstein 284 3.19
Independent Jean-Pierre Ronco 205 2.31
Total formal votes 8,891 95.04
Informal votes 464 4.96
Turnout 9,355 83.76
Party total votes
  Independent 8,079 90.87
  Animal Justice 812 9.13 +9.13
Party total seats Seats ±
  Independent 6 Decrease 1
  Animal Justice 1 Increase 1

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 13,235 up from 12,337 in the 2016 census[12]

Population
Locality20162021
Abbeyard04
Barwidgee10696
Bogong58
Bright2,4062,620
Buckland135156
Buffalo River255285
Cobungra^5358
Coral Bank8388
Dandongadale38
Dargo^99105
Dederang167198
Population
Locality20162021
Dinner Plain230128
Eurobin212239
Falls Creek^293326
Freeburgh110136
Gapsted173156
Germantown00
Glen Creek5459
Gundowring^214208
Harrietville338488
Havilah2122
Hotham Heights^196128
Population
Locality20162021
Kancoona8474
Kergunyah South5876
Merriang178182
Merriang South4143
Mongans Bridge3549
Mount Beauty824910
Mount Buffalo05
Mudgegonga172184
Myrtleford3,1933,285
Nug Nug2136
Ovens219197
Population
Locality20162021
Porepunkah9411,024
Rosewhite134141
Running Creek4236
Selwyn00
Smoko4656
Tawonga574568
Tawonga South8621,012
Upper Gundowring99120
Wandiligong453522
Wongungarra^00
Wonnangatta00

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Alpine (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Local Government Act 1989 – Order Constituting the Shires of Towong, Indigo, Milawa, Delatite, Strathbogie, Murrindindi, Mitchell, Moira and (etc.) – Part 6: Alpine Shire". Victoria Government Gazette (Online Archive). State Government of Victoria (S87): 3–4. 18 November 1994. Retrieved 10 January 2014 – via State Library of Victoria.
  3. ↑ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "2021 Alpine, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "About Alpine Shire". Alpine Shire Council. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Know Your Council". Alpine Shire. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Local Government in Victoria. "Alpine Shire Council". Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. State Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Meet Your Council". Alpine Shire Council. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Council Meertngs". Alpine Shire Council. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Alpine Shire Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  11. ↑ "Animal Justice Party councillor Charlie Vincent leaving Alpine Shire after scoring tourism job". The Border Mail.
  12. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
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