Alpine Shire
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The Shire of Alpine is a
It includes the towns of
The Shire is governed and administered by the Alpine Shire Council; its
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]
Ward | Councillor | Notes | |
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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
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 | 1 | |||
Animal Justice | 1 | 1 |
Townships and localities
In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 13,235, up from 12,337 in the 2016 national census.[12]
Population | ||
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Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
Abbeyard |
0 | 4 |
Barwidgee |
106 | 96 |
Bogong | 5 | 8 |
Bright | 2,406 | 2,620 |
Buckland | 135 | 156 |
Buffalo River | 255 | 285 |
Cobungra^ | 53 | 58 |
Coral Bank | 83 | 88 |
Dandongadale | 3 | 8 |
Dargo^ | 99 | 105 |
Dederang |
167 | 198 |
Population | ||
---|---|---|
Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
Dinner Plain |
230 | 128 |
Eurobin | 212 | 239 |
Falls Creek ^ |
293 | 326 |
Freeburgh | 110 | 136 |
Gapsted |
173 | 156 |
Germantown | 0 | 0 |
Glen Creek | 54 | 59 |
Gundowring ^ |
214 | 208 |
Harrietville | 338 | 488 |
Havilah | 21 | 22 |
Hotham Heights^ | 196 | 128 |
Population | ||
---|---|---|
Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
Kancoona |
84 | 74 |
Kergunyah South | 58 | 76 |
Merriang | 178 | 182 |
Merriang South | 41 | 43 |
Mongans Bridge | 35 | 49 |
Mount Beauty | 824 | 910 |
Mount Buffalo | 0 | 5 |
Mudgegonga |
172 | 184 |
Myrtleford |
3,193 | 3,285 |
Nug Nug | 21 | 36 |
Ovens | 219 | 197 |
Population | ||
---|---|---|
Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
Porepunkah |
941 | 1,024 |
Rosewhite | 134 | 141 |
Running Creek | 42 | 36 |
Selwyn | 0 | 0 |
Smoko | 46 | 56 |
Tawonga |
574 | 568 |
Tawonga South |
862 | 1,012 |
Upper Gundowring |
99 | 120 |
Wandiligong |
453 | 522 |
Wongungarra^ | 0 | 0 |
Wonnangatta |
0 | 0 |
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
See also
- List of localities (Victoria)
- List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in Alpine Shire
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Alpine (Local Government Area)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ a b "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) (S87). State Government of Victoria: 3–4. 18 November 1994. Retrieved 10 January 2014 – via State Library of Victoria.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2021 Alpine, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "About Alpine Shire". Alpine Shire Council. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Know Your Council". Alpine Shire. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Meet Your Council". Alpine Shire Council. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Council Meertngs". Alpine Shire Council. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Alpine Shire Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "Animal Justice Party councillor Charlie Vincent leaving Alpine Shire after scoring tourism job". The Border Mail.
- ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.