Bayview is a hilly suburb, bounded by Pittwater to the north; Mona Vale to the east and south; and Church Point, Kuringai Chase and Ingleside to the west.

One of the first settlers was Patrick Bryan, who built a house in 1821 on the current site of the Bayview Golf Links.

[4] A number of tetrahedron tank traps can be found off Pittwater Road on the water side in Bayview.

67.4% of residents were born in Australia, with the next most common countries of birth being England (11.5%), New Zealand (1.9%), South Africa (1.8%), Germany (1.0%), and China (excluding Special Administrative Regions and Taiwan) (0.9%).

Between the marinas is Bayview Yacht Racing Association (BYRA),[10] used commonly by local school students for their popular learn-to-sail programs.