Editing Bittern, Victoria (section)

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = town
| name     = Bittern
| state    = vic
| image    = Bittern general store, Victoria.jpg
| caption  = Bittern General Store
| lga      = Shire of Mornington Peninsula
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates = {{coord|38.339|S|145.175|E|display=inline,title}}
| postcode = 3918
| pop      = 4,276
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name=abs>{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL20248 | name = Bittern (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 11 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref>
| area     = 35.6
| est      = 
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Hastings|Hastings]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Flinders|Flinders]]
| dist1    = 82
| location1= [[Melbourne]]
| dist2    = 5
| location2= [[Hastings, Victoria|Hastings]]
| near-nw  = [[Tuerong]]
| near-n   = [[Hastings, Victoria|Hastings]]
| near-ne  = ''[[Western Port, Victoria|Western Port]]''
| near-w   = [[Balnarring]]
| near-e   = ''[[Western Port, Victoria|Western Port]]''
| near-sw  = [[Somers, Victoria|Somers]]
| near-s   = [[HMAS Cerberus, Victoria|HMAS Cerberus]]
| near-se  = [[Crib Point]]
| local_map = yes
| zoom      = 12
}}

'''Bittern''' is a town on the [[Mornington Peninsula]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], {{convert|61|km|abbr=on}} south-east of Melbourne's [[Melbourne City Centre|Central Business District]], located within the [[Shire of Mornington Peninsula]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Bittern recorded a population of 4,276 at the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]].<ref name=abs/>

Bittern is part of an urban enclave on [[Western Port]] comprising Bittern, [[Hastings, Victoria|Hastings]], [[Crib Point]], [[Somerville, Victoria|Somerville]], and [[Tyabb]]. 

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.<ref name = "Bittern">{{Cite web
  | website = Westernport Tourism  | title = Bittern | url = http://www.visitwesternport.com.au/index.php?cmspage=21| accessdate = 17 May 2025 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120317132103/http://www.visitwesternport.com.au/index.php?cmspage=21 | archive-date = 17 March 2012}}</ref>