Mornington Peninsula
172,217 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 724 km², 39 suburbs. Council website: mornpen.vic.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
172,217
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.8% in a year
Density
238/km²
724 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.1M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$46
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
4.6 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
9 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
39
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 48
- Median household income
- $1,555/week
- Median rent
- $380/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,989/month
- Households renting
- 18.6%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 9 of 10
Council finances
From Local Government Victoria's Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF), 2024-25.
- Average rates per property
- $1,659
- 2024-25
- Operating result
- +0.1%
- adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
- Asset renewal
- 77%
- renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation
Suburbs
39 suburbs where Mornington Peninsula holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mornington (Vic.) | 25,759 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | <1% / 30% | 7 |
| Mount Martha | 19,846 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | 0% / 80% | 9 |
| Mount Eliza | 18,734 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | 0% / 71% | 10 |
| Rosebud | 14,381 | All | $745kDec 2025 | <1% / 53% | 3 |
| Somerville (Vic.) | 11,767 | All | $870kDec 2025 | 6% / 83% | 6 |
| Hastings (Vic.) | 10,369 | All | $730kDec 2025 | 9% / 79% | 2 |
| Rye | 9,438 | All | $935kDec 2025 | <1% / 77% | 6 |
| Dromana | 6,626 | All | $956kDec 2025 | 0% / 89% | 5 |
| Safety Beach (Vic.) | 6,328 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 0% / 25% | 7 |
| Capel Sound | 5,246 | All | $759kDec 2025 | 12% / 39% | 2 |
| Bittern | 4,276 | All | $927kDec 2025 | 5% / 96% | 6 |
| Tyabb | 3,449 | All | $806kDec 2025 | 4% / 93% | 6 |
| Crib Point | 3,343 | All | $750kDec 2025 | 6% / 89% | 3 |
| McCrae | 3,311 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 0% / 78% | 7 |
| Tootgarook | 3,178 | All | $882kDec 2025 | <1% / 28% | 3 |
| Blairgowrie | 2,786 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | <1% / 98% | 9 |
| Balnarring | 2,371 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | 0% / 98% | 10 |
| Baxter | 2,166 | All | $770kDec 2025 | 0% / 89% | 4 |
| Sorrento (Vic.) | 2,013 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | <1% / 98% | 10 |
| Somers | 1,857 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 2% / 89% | 9 |
| Flinders (Vic.) | 1,130 | All | $2.0MDec 2025 | <1% / 97% | 10 |
| Hmas Cerberus | 1,124 | All | 27% / 93% | 10 | |
| Red Hill (Vic.) | 1,009 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | 0% / 100% | 10 |
| Moorooduc | 1,004 | All | 0% / 100% | 10 | |
| St Andrews Beach | 974 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 3% / 99% | 9 |
| Portsea | 787 | All | $3.8MDec 2025 | <1% / 99% | 10 |
| Red Hill South | 708 | All | 0% / 100% | 10 | |
| Shoreham | 679 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | <1% / 100% | 10 |
| Fingal (Vic.) | 637 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | <1% / 95% | 9 |
| Cape Schanck | 569 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | <1% / 97% | 9 |
| Balnarring Beach | 471 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | 12% / 97% | 9 |
| Main Ridge | 453 | All | 0% / 100% | 10 | |
| Merricks North | 423 | All | 0% / 100% | 10 | |
| Arthurs Seat | 414 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | 0% / 100% | 10 |
| Tuerong | 357 | All | 0% / 100% | 10 | |
| Boneo | 314 | All | 9% / 80% | 8 | |
| Merricks | 184 | All | <1% / 100% | 10 | |
| Point Leo | 178 | All | 2% / 99% | 9 | |
| Merricks Beach | 157 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 3% / 96% | 10 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 30 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $730k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.3M
- Highest suburb median
- $3.8M
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Flinders · Zoe McKENZIE (LP)100%
State districts
- Mornington · Chris Crewther (LIB)39%
- Nepean · Anthony Marsh (LIB)37%
- Hastings · Paul Mercurio (ALP)25%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 4 suburbs of this council. An aggregate only: published at 3 or more cut listings council-wide (cuts in every crawled suburb count), and a suburb is named only when it has 3 of its own. Computed 24 Sep 2026; newest crawl observation 24 Sep 2026.
- Listings cut
- 73
- of 613 tracked
- Share cut
- 11.9%
- Typical cut
- 5.4%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Mount Martha (27), Mornington (Vic.) (16), Mount Eliza (16), Rosebud (14). All price drops →
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every Victoria council on the council map or the Victoria council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: Local Government Victoria (LGPRF), 2024-25. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Asking-price cuts: Shorted listing crawl, aggregates only. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure, Local Government Victoria and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.