Data & Resources

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website makes township data available for populations of 50 people of more. The 2021 Census results, a comprehensive snapshot of our country, was released between June 2022 to mid-2023.

This data will assist you in profiling our region by detailing the local narrative and when compared to historical data tells the story of how we are changing through time.

Another useful advocacy tool developed by the ABS is the Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) which provides a map of Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) interactive map.

The ABS offers QuickStats which are a simple way to understand an area including data on persons, families and dwellings. QuickStats can be used to source data for the Alpine Shire and individual townships. For in-depth information about our community, visit our community profile. 

We have a subscription to Commbank IQ, which provides current spend data and trends as well as information on visitors and where they live.

Each month we upload a summary of key data from Commbank IQ to our Business Hub.

If you like to get further information from Commbank IQ, contact our Economic Development team.

• Email economicdevelopment@alpineshire.vic.gov.au
• Call (03) 5755 0555

The Hume Regional Growth Plan is one of eight regional growth plans across Victoria.

It provides a broad direction for regional land use and development as well as high level planning frameworks and the means to implement the strategic land use and infrastructure directions that are set out in Regional Strategic Plans.

This plan will assist you to frame our local economy and community and your business in relation to the development of the region.

The website for Regional Development Victoria will also have contact details for the local office located in Wangaratta. 

Plan for Victoria sets a state-wide vision for growth and development towards 2050 across all of Victoria, including metropolitan Melbourne and regional areas. The Plan describes planned infrastructure investment, economic growth initiatives, and promotes sustainable development.

REMPLAN provide a free economy profile for Alpine Shire, with basic insights into the economy, jobs, and businesses across our region.

All Small Business Victoria workshops are specifically designed for Victorian-based businesses. Explore topics to assist with starting your business, building resilience, marketing, finance, taking your business online and business planning. 

The Small Business Bus travels throughout Victoria and offers mentoring sessions in-person. Keep an eye out on the Small Business Victoria portal for dates, locations, and times.

Tourism North East (TNE) is our regional tourism body representing the region we are located in known as the High Country.

Through the TNE portal you can explore all the attributes that make the High Country truly unique and understand the position of the Alpine Shire in our region.

As part of their visitation information they provide fact sheets summarizing the latest tourism data for Victoria’s High Country.

Over the years TNE have developed a catalogue of information allowing you to compare previous years and benchmark the region’s development. 

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action provide information on towns in time with time series data from 1981 to 2016 (using the enumerated population).

The Department of Transport and Planning provides data tables projecting populations to 2051. Victoria in Future can assist in forecasting for future demand.