| Moffat Beach Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
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| Population: | 2565(2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 4551 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 2.1 km² (0.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 2 km (1 mi) NE of Caloundra | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Sunshine Coast Region | ||||||||||||
| County: | Canning | ||||||||||||
| Parish: | Bribie | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Caloundra | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Fisher | ||||||||||||
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Moffat Beach is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Caloundra urban centre directly north-east of Caloundra CBD.
The suburb and beach were named after James C. Moffat, a chemist from Brisbane, who established a holiday house on Moffat Head in 1883.[2]