Somerville is a township and coastal rural locality
in Victoria, Australia, 53 km southeast from
Melbourne's central business district, as a part of
the urban enclave on Western Port comprising
Somerville, Hastings, Bittern, Crib Point, and
Tyabb. Its local government area is the Shire of
Mornington Peninsula. At the 2011 Census,
Somerville had a population of 10,730. Somerville
is experiencing urban growth with an expanding
residential area surrounding its retail and
commercial hub. Inghams also has a large factory
north of Somerville, that employs a large number
of the towns population. Inghams Enterprises is an
Australian-based poultry supplier and producer.