| Bittern Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Bittern General Store | |||||||||||||||
  Bittern | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 38°20′20″S 145°10′30″E / 38.339°S 145.175°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,276 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 120.11/km2 (311.1/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3918 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 35.6 km2 (13.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Mornington Peninsula | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hastings | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Flinders | ||||||||||||||
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Bittern is a town on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 61 km (38 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Bittern recorded a population of 4,276 at the 2021 census.[1]
Bittern is part of an urban enclave on Western Port comprising Bittern, Hastings, Crib Point, Somerville, and Tyabb. It is served by Bittern railway station on the Stony Point greater-metropolitan line and by the 782 bus route operated by Ventura Bus Lines between Frankston and Flinders.[2] Bittern is named after the shy wetland bird, the Australasian bittern, which reflects the town's location amongst significant areas of native bushland and dense coastal vegetation.[3]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bittern (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ "782 Frankston - Flinders via Coolart Road & Hastings". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ Westernport Tourism, Bittern, retrieved 6 June 2010
