Is Mornington Peninsula Shire Council a declared termite area?
Yes. Mornington Peninsula Shire Council has designated its whole municipality as a termite risk area.
What this means for your build
In a declared area, new buildings and additions need a termite management system under the National Construction Code, and your building surveyor will look for protection to AS 3660.1 and an installation certificate at handover.
Price termite protection into the job from the start: most of it goes in before and during the slab pour and can’t be added later.
Suburbs in Mornington Peninsula
40 suburbs and localities fall wholly or partly within Mornington Peninsula Shire Council. Those marked * are split between councils: check which council your site is in on the rates notice or property certificate.
- Arthurs Seat 3936
- Balnarring 3926
- Balnarring Beach 3926
- Baxter 3911
- Bittern 3918
- Blairgowrie 3942
- Boneo 3939
- Cape Schanck 3939
- Capel Sound 3940
- Crib Point 3919
- Dromana 3936
- Fingal 3939
- Flinders 3929
- Hastings 3915
- Hmas Cerberus 3920
- Main Ridge 3928
- McCrae 3938
- Merricks 3916
- Merricks Beach 3926
- Merricks North 3926
- Moorooduc 3933
- Mornington 3931
- Mount Eliza 3930
- Mount Martha 3934
- Pearcedale * 3912
- Point Leo 3916
- Portsea 3944
- Red Hill 3937
- Red Hill South 3937
- Rosebud 3939
- Rye 3941
- Safety Beach 3936
- Shoreham 3916
- Somers 3927
- Somerville 3912
- Sorrento 3943
- St Andrews Beach 3941
- Tootgarook 3941
- Tuerong 3915
- Tyabb 3913
Source and how to confirm
Source: Termite management and maintenance – Mornington Peninsula Shire, checked 28 Sep 2026.
Designations change. Before relying on this for compliance, confirm with your building surveyor or Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.
Suburb and council boundaries: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3 (CC BY 4.0).
Building in Mornington Peninsula?
Send us your drawings and we’ll price the termite management system your surveyor will ask for.