| Bligh Park New South Wales |
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| Population: | 6,541 (2006 Census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2756 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 58 km (36 mi) from Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Hawkesbury | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Macquarie | ||||||||||||
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Bligh Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bligh Park is located 58 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. The postcode for Bligh Park is 2756, which also covers the suburbs of Windsor, South Windsor, Windsor Downs and Ebenezer.
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Bligh Park is named after William Bligh, while streets in the suburb are named after ships and people on the First Fleet.
Bligh Park has a small local shopping centre which includes a grocery store, a takeaway store, a chemist, a bakery and a newsagent. Bligh Park is also the home to Bligh Park Primary School, which opened in 1990. Bligh Park has two large sporting ovals: Bounty Reserve and Colonial. Both are used as training arenas for sporting clubs such as Bligh Park Cricket Club, Bligh Park Soccer Club and Windsor Wolves Junior Rugby League Club.
According to the last census, the population of Bligh Park was 6,058. 87% of people in the suburb are Australian-born while another 5% are born in the United Kingdom. The top 5 religious affiliations for residents of Bligh Park are: Anglican (36%), Catholic (31%), No Religion (13%), Uniting Church (6%) and Presbyterian and Reformed (4%).