Balgal Beach

Balgal Beach is a coastal suburb and a beach in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Balgal Beach is a coastal suburb and a beach in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The town of Balgal is within the locality. In the 2016 census, Balgal Beach had a population of 966 people.

Balgal Beach was originally part of the Armidale pastoral lease, settled in 1883 by John Lambert before later changing name to Rollingstone. The area of coastline to the north of Rollingstone was named Balgal Beach in 1947, when the first dwellings were constructed. The name "Balgal" was derived from an Aboriginal word meaning "stone."The land in this area was predominantly used for farming and grazing, and remained rural until the mid-1980s when the allocation of 500 rural/residential blocks at the Mystic Sands Estate saw the population increase nearly twofold.In the 2006 census, the population of Balgal Beach was 743, a 30.3% increase since the 1996 census.In the 2011 census, the population of Balgal Beach was 849.In the 2016 census, Balgal Beach had a population of 966 people.