172,217
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Estimated resident population (ABS), 2025.
Mornington Peninsula · Sub-region (SA3)
Economy & Advantage in Mornington Peninsula
How well-off the area is, how fast its population is growing, and the businesses and new homes here.
Fewer than 10% of similar areas have a larger population than Mornington Peninsula, which has 172,217 residents. Despite its size, the region has seen very little recent expansion. Growth since 2021 was just 1.0%, a figure well below the Victorian average of 8.0%.
Population growth
Annual population estimates and change since the census.
Population growth has been much lower than in most other areas. Since 2021, the region grew by 1.0%, which is 7.0 percentage points lower than the state average.
1.0%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Population growth since the 2021 Census, from ABS annual estimates.
Sources
- Regional Population (Estimated Resident Population) — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Economy & Advantage in Mornington Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21402/mornington-peninsula/topic/economy-advantage