Margate is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland
and is about 26 kms north-northeast of QLD's
capital city of Brisbane. In the 2011 Australian
census the population of Margate was
7,008 when there were 3,647 Females and 3,361
Males living there. The median age for people
living in Margate was 42.

Margate, near Redcliffe, is a coastal strip which
features one of the Moreton Bay area’s longest
mainland stretches of sand beach.
Margate is a residential suburb of the Moreton
Bay Region in the east of the Redcliffe
peninsula, approximately 26 kilometres
(16 mi) north-northeast of Brisbane, the state
capital of Queensland, Australia. Margate
Beach, a 2 km redeveloped stretch spanning
the length of the suburb, features a timber
boardwalk, viewing shelters and seating, and
barbecue facilities, with views to Moreton Island
over sandy beaches and Moreton Bay.