Merricks

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Merricks

Total population

53

Air quality index

53Moderate

Coordinates-38.39°, 145.09°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Merricks is a town in the south-eastern extremity of the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, approximately 65 km (40 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Merricks recorded a population of 184 at the 2021 census.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

J

John Holland

Australian engineer and construction magnate

E

Ed Buckley

Australian rules footballer (1889-1932)

Herbert Robinson

member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia (1876-1919)

S

Samuel Rocke

Australian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Victoria

• Merricks North
  2.7 mi away
• Shoreham
  3 mi away · pop. 515
• Red Hill
  3.9 mi away
• Tuerong
  6.4 mi away
• Flinders
  6.9 mi away · pop. 811
• Ventnor
  7.1 mi away · pop. 826
• Arthurs Seat
  7.7 mi away · pop. 414
• Hastings
  7.9 mi away
• Wimbledon Heights
  10.1 mi away · pop. 421
• Cape Schanck
  11.5 mi away · pop. 503
• Smiths Beach
  12 mi away · pop. 315
• Fingal
  13 mi away

Browse all places in Victoria →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Merricks

Buying a Property in Spain

Leaonne Hall · 2004

Re-presenting disability

Richard Sandell · 2010

The best teen writing of 2010

Jared Dummitt · 2010

Contemporary Authors

Michael J. Tyrkus · 2012

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Three-cornered garlic

Allium triquetrum

Seen 2026-08-31

Eastern Yellow Robin

Eopsaltria australis

Seen 2026-08-31

Nodding Greenhood

Pterostylis nutans

Seen 2026-08-30

Australian Red Bull Ant

Myrmecia simillima

Seen 2026-08-30

Red Wattlebird

Anthochaera carunculata

Seen 2026-08-30

Australian Wood Duck

Chenonetta jubata

Seen 2026-08-30

Cheiroplatys bifossus

Cheiroplatys bifossus

Seen 2026-08-30

maroonhood

Pterostylis pedunculata

Seen 2026-08-30

longflower veldtgrass

Ehrharta longiflora

Seen 2026-08-29

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers