Bilgola Plateau is a suburb in

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, in the state of

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, Australia. The suburb is mainly residential, with two small rows of shops, a small park and a primary school located on the top of the plateau. Bilgola Beach on the eastern side features a surf club and kiosk. Rising to an elevation of 150m above sea level, the suburb has views of the beach and the ocean on the eastern side, and views of the body of water,

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on the western side. To the north are the suburbs of

Avalon Beach Avalon Beach is a northern beachside suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 37 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council, in the Northern Beache ...

, Whale Beach, and Palm Beach, with Careel Bay being a minor bay in between the latter two, as well as Clareville to the North West. To the south are Newport, Mona Vale and

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. The plateau was previously named Mount Loftus, after governor of NSW

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. Given its modest elevation, designating it as a plateau is more appropriate, and is now named for the Aboriginal derived name of Bilgola (derived from the local aboriginal language meaning "swirling water"), likely describing

Bilgola Beach Bilgola Beach is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 33 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. It is part of the Northern ...

to the east.

Demographics

According to the 2016

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, 3518 people live on Bilgola Plateau. The majority (71.1%) were born in Australia, with those born in England (11.1%), New Zealand (1.8%), South Africa (1.7%), Germany (1.3%) and the USA (1.3%) making up a large portion of the residents. Given this, a large majority (90.7%) of households speak only English. The median age is 44 years old. The population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals is low, at 0.7% of the total residents.

References

Suburbs of Sydney Northern Beaches Council {{Sydney-geo-stub