# Merricks Beach

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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| 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              = {{coord|38.398|S|145.106|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position   = left
| postcode                 = 3926
| pop                      = 157
| pop_year                 = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes            = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL21663 | name = Merricks Beach (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 12 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref>
| est                      = 1910s
| stategov                 = [Hastings](/source/Electoral_district_of_Hastings)
| fedgov                   = [Flinders](/source/Division_of_Flinders)
| dist1                    = 73
| location1                = [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne)
| dist2                    = 16
| location2                = [Hastings](/source/Hastings%2C_Victoria)
| near-nw                  = [Merricks](/source/Merricks%2C_Victoria)
| near-n                   = [Balnarring](/source/Balnarring%2C_Victoria)
| near-ne                  = [Balnarring](/source/Balnarring%2C_Victoria)
| near-w                   = [Merricks](/source/Merricks%2C_Victoria)
| near-e                   = [Balnarring Beach](/source/Balnarring_Beach%2C_Victoria)
| near-sw                  = [Merricks](/source/Merricks%2C_Victoria)
| near-s                   = ''[Western Port](/source/Western_Port%2C_Victoria)''
| near-se                  = ''[Western Port](/source/Western_Port%2C_Victoria)''
}}

thumb|Merricks Beach

'''Merricks Beach''' is a town on the [Mornington Peninsula](/source/Mornington_Peninsula) in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), [Australia](/source/Australia), approximately {{convert|66|km|abbr=on}} south-east of Melbourne's [Central Business District](/source/Melbourne_City_Centre), located within the [Shire of Mornington Peninsula](/source/Shire_of_Mornington_Peninsula) [local government area](/source/Local_government_areas_of_Victoria). Merricks Beach recorded a population of 157 at the [2021 census](/source/2021_Australian_census).<ref name=abs/>

Merricks Beach is located on the eastern side of the peninsula on [Western Port Bay](/source/Western_Port).

==See also==
* [Shire of Hastings](/source/Shire_of_Hastings) – Merricks Beach was previously within this former local government area.

==References==
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{{Shire of Mornington Peninsula suburbs}}
{{Coastal townships and localities of Western Port, Victoria}}

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Category:Mornington Peninsula
Category:Western Port
Category:Coastal towns in Victoria (state)

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