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Alpine

Victoria · Hume · 13,665 people · 43 suburbs · 12 postcodes

Alpine at a glance

Map shows the Alpine LGA boundary in blue with a marker per suburb. Hover for suburb name, click for details.

Marker colour reflects SEIFA IRSAD decile: ● 1-2 (most disadvantaged), ● 3-4, ● 5-6, ● 7-8, ● 9-10 (most advantaged).

Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021. Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors.

Alpine is a Local Government Area in Victoria, in the Melbourne region. It covers 43 suburbs across 12 postcodes and an area of 4,227 km². Alpine has a population of 13,665 , ranking #65 most populous in VIC. The most populous suburb is Myrtleford (3,285 residents), and the highest median household income is in Merriang South at $2,416/week. The LGA-wide median household income is $1,362/week and median age is 48.3. About 14.2% of residents were born overseas and 7.1% speak a language other than English at home.

Who lives here

How they live

Work and learning

Schools in Alpine

14 schools across Alpine: 85.7% Government, 14.3% Catholic, 0% Independent. The VIC average is 68.6% / 21.4% / 10.0%. Schools here have a median ICSEA of 1052 (range 976 to 1097). VIC median is 1027; national mean is 1000.

All 14 schools in Alpine, sorted by enrolment:

School	Sector	Type	Suburb	Students	ICSEA
Bright P-12 College	Government	Combined	Bright	514	1054
Myrtleford P-12 College	Government	Combined	Myrtleford	405	976
Mount Beauty Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Mount Beauty	153	1040
Marian College	Catholic	Secondary	Myrtleford	145	1019
St Mary's School	Catholic	Primary	Myrtleford	143	1051
Porepunkah Primary School	Government	Primary	Porepunkah	103	1056
Mount Beauty Primary School	Government	Primary	Mount Beauty	90	1056
Tawonga Primary School	Government	Primary	Tawonga	50	1007
Falls Creek Primary School	Government	Primary	Falls Creek	44	1065
Wandiligong Primary School	Government	Primary	Wandiligong	40	1070
Harrietville Primary School	Government	Primary	Harrietville	29	1097
Dederang Primary School	Government	Primary	Dederang	23	985
Outdoor School	Government	Combined	Bogong
School for Student Leadership	Government	Secondary	Dinner Plain

Source: ACARA School Profiles 2025. ICSEA shown where reported; some schools (notably small primaries) do not publish ICSEA.

SEIFA socio-economic indexes

SEIFA 2021 ranks Australian areas across four dimensions. Scores are population-weighted averages of suburb-level SEIFA scores within Alpine. Higher scores indicate more advantage; the national mean is 1000.

Suburbs in Alpine

Alpine contains 43 suburbs and 12 postcodes. Sorted by population.

Suburb	Postcode	Population	Median income	Median age
Myrtleford	3737	3,285	$1,143/wk	50
Bright	3741	2,620	$1,352/wk	49
Porepunkah	3740	1,024	$1,576/wk	46
Tawonga South	3698	1,012	$1,392/wk	50
Mount Beauty	3699	910	$994/wk	48
Tawonga	3697	568	$1,375/wk	52
Wandiligong	3744	522	$1,615/wk	47
Harrietville	3741	488	$1,625/wk	45
Falls Creek	3699	326	$1,312/wk	28
Buffalo River	3737	285	$1,421/wk	54
Eurobin	3739	239	$1,362/wk	50
Dederang	3691	198	$2,035/wk	44
Ovens	3738	197	$1,406/wk	49
Mudgegonga	3737	184	$1,583/wk	56
Merriang	3737	182	$1,850/wk	47
Buckland	3740	156	$1,481/wk	47
Gapsted	3737	156	$1,312/wk	51
Rosewhite	3737	141	$1,312/wk	50
Freeburgh	3741	136	$1,312/wk	53
Dinner Plain	3898	128	$2,250/wk	37
Hotham Heights	3741	128	$2,107/wk	30
Upper Gundowring	3691	120	$1,593/wk	46
Barwidgee	3737	96	$1,312/wk	50
Coral Bank	3691	88	$1,812/wk	57
Kergunyah South	3691	76	$1,812/wk	48
Kancoona	3691	74	$1,312/wk	61
Glen Creek	3691	59	$1,333/wk	47
Smoko	3741	56	$966/wk	49
Mongans Bridge	3691	49	$1,375/wk	47
Merriang South	3737	43	$2,416/wk	44
Nug Nug	3737	36	$1,187/wk	48
Running Creek	3691	36	$866/wk	37
Havilah	3737	22	$1,124/wk	59
Bogong	3699	8	$350/wk	19
Dandongadale	3737	8	$2,250/wk	25
Mount Buffalo	3740	5	$2,250/wk	30
Abbeyard	3737	4	$900/wk	63
Bingo	3898
Castleburn	3862
Germantown	3741			78
Selwyn	3737
Waterford	3862
Wonnangatta	3737

Postcodes covered

3691, 3697, 3698, 3699, 3737, 3738, 3739, 3740, 3741, 3744, 3862, 3898

Compare Alpine with neighbouring LGAs

Side-by-side demographic and socio-economic snapshot of Alpine and its closest neighbouring LGAs.

LGA	Population	Median age	Median HH income	SEIFA IRSAD	% renting	% overseas-born
Alpine (VIC)	13,665	48.3	$1,362/wk	990	20.2%	14.2%
Wangaratta	29,820	45.4	$1,358/wk	957	23.2%	9.0%
East Gippsland	48,441	51.3	$1,148/wk	931	20.5%	11.8%
Wellington	45,396	44.4	$1,330/wk	943	21.5%	11.1%
Indigo	17,615	47.4	$1,561/wk	997	15.4%	8.5%

Services and amenities

Frequently asked questions about Alpine

What is the population of Alpine?

The 2021 Census recorded 13,665 people living in Alpine, across 43 suburbs.

What suburbs are in Alpine?

Alpine contains 43 suburbs. The most populous are Myrtleford, Bright, Porepunkah, Tawonga South, Mount Beauty.See the full list in the Suburbs section above.

What postcodes are in Alpine?

Alpine covers 12 postcodes: 3691, 3697, 3698, 3699, 3737, 3738, 3739, 3740, 3741, 3744, 3862, 3898.

What is the median household income in Alpine?

The population-weighted median household income across Alpine is $1,362 per week (2021 Census), ranking #52 of 79 VIC LGAs.

How many schools are in Alpine?

Alpine has 14 schools, including 12 government, 2 Catholic, and 0 independent schools (ACARA 2025).

What is the SEIFA score for Alpine?

Alpine has a population-weighted SEIFA IRSAD score of 990, where the national average is 1000. Higher scores indicate more relative advantage.

Page last reviewed June 2026. Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 (IRSD, IRSAD, IER, IEO), ACARA School Profiles 2025, ABS ASGS 2021 LGA boundaries. How this data is sourced.