Alpine Shire (VIC) Council budget and finances

Budget & finances

Every Victorian council reports the same set of financial measures each year under the Local Government Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF), published by Local Government Victoria. Victoria sets no pass/fail benchmarks for these measures, so we show Alpine's 2024–25 result next to the median of all Victorian councils that reported it. A median is simply the middle value — a reference point, not a target. Alpine is in the LGPRF's 'Small Shire' comparison group.

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Operating result (surplus / deficit): Income minus expenses for the year's normal operations.
Average residential rate: The typical yearly general-rates bill for a home in the area.

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The numbers

Average rate per property assessment (2024–25): $1,945 (Victorian median $1,937)General rates (and municipal charges, where a council has one — Alpine does not) divided by all rateable property assessments — homes, farms and businesses together.
Expenses per property assessment (2024–25): $4,901 (Victorian median $4,100)
Borrowings (2024–25): None — 0.0% of rates (Victorian median 13.2%)The 2026–27 Budget says the council 'continues to operate free of loans'.
2026–27 Budget: Total income about $45.18 million; a capital works program of $14.14 millionThe budget forecasts an accounting surplus of $7.20 million and an underlying operating deficit of $4.63 million, and says it identifies $809,000 of ongoing annual savings against the council's Financial Plan 2025–2035. Capital highlights: $2.1 million for footpaths, trails and cycleways; $1.8 million for road renewals (with a focus on the Kiewa Valley); $1.1 million for building renewals; $530,000 for a new public open space with amenities in Tawonga South.

Measure (2024–25)	Alpine	Victorian median
Adjusted underlying surplus (or deficit), as a share of adjusted underlying revenue	−10.5%	0.56%
Current assets compared with current liabilities	3.76×	2.17×
Unrestricted cash compared with current liabilities	1.36×	0.26×
Loans and borrowings compared with rates	0.0%	13.2%
Loan repayments compared with rates	0.0%	1.4%
Non-current liabilities compared with own-source revenue	13.6%	16.7%
Asset renewal and upgrade spending compared with depreciation	143.2%	94.9%
Rates compared with adjusted underlying revenue	56.4%	57.8%
Rates compared with property values	0.29%	0.28%
Expenses per property assessment	$4,901	$4,100
Average rate per property assessment	$1,945	$1,937

Alpine Shire Council, LGPRF financial measures, 2024–25, with the Victorian median across the 79 councils that reported each measure. The median is CouncilBeacon's own calculation from the LGPRF data set; LGPRF itself publishes no benchmarks. Source: Local Government Victoria, LGPRF 2020–2025 Full Council Data Set (Nov 2025 release), CC BY 4.0.

LGPRF publishes no benchmarks for these measures, and Local Government Victoria says the data should not be used for simplistic league tables — so we don't say whether a figure is good or bad, and we don't rank councils. The median is ours, computed across the Victorian councils that report each measure. The file also carries a target column, which is each council's own target, not a state standard; we don't show it. The 2026–27 Budget figures are from the adopted budget (adopted at the 30 June 2026 meeting; its introduction still calls it the 'draft Budget').

Sources — check it yourself

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