Merricks Beach
title: "Merricks Beach" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mornington-peninsula", "western-port", "coastal-towns-in-victoria-(state)"] topic_path: "general/mornington-peninsula" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merricks_Beach" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | town |
| name | Merricks Beach |
| state | vic |
| image | Merricks Beach, Victoria panorama.jpg |
| caption | Merricks Beach in April |
| lga | Shire of Mornington Peninsula |
| alternative_location_map | Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne |
| coordinates | |
| pushpin_label_position | left |
| postcode | 3926 |
| pop | 157 |
| pop_year | |
| pop_footnotes | |
| est | 1910s |
| stategov | Hastings |
| fedgov | Flinders |
| dist1 | 73 |
| location1 | Melbourne |
| dist2 | 16 |
| location2 | Hastings |
| near-nw | Merricks |
| near-n | Balnarring |
| near-ne | Balnarring |
| near-w | Merricks |
| near-e | Balnarring Beach |
| near-sw | Merricks |
| near-s | Western Port |
| near-se | Western Port |
| :: |
| type = town | name = Merricks Beach | state = vic | image = Merricks Beach, Victoria panorama.jpg | caption = Merricks Beach in April | lga = Shire of Mornington Peninsula | alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne | coordinates = | pushpin_label_position = left | postcode = 3926 | pop = 157 | pop_year = | pop_footnotes = | est = 1910s | stategov = Hastings | fedgov = Flinders | dist1 = 73 | location1 = Melbourne | dist2 = 16 | location2 = Hastings | near-nw = Merricks | near-n = Balnarring | near-ne = Balnarring | near-w = Merricks | near-e = Balnarring Beach | near-sw = Merricks | near-s = Western Port | near-se = Western Port
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Merricks Beach is a town on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne Victoria, Australia, approximately 66 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Merricks Beach recorded a population of 157 at the 2021 census.
Merricks Beach is located on the eastern side of the peninsula on Western Port Bay.
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- {{Census 2021 AUS
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