Burleigh is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[9] located within Middle Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey; Until the 2000 census the area had been part of the Whitesboro-Burleigh CDP, which was split in 2010 into separate CDPs for Burleigh and Whitesboro.

[5][12] The 2010 United States census counted 725 people, 270 households, and 180 families in the CDP.

There were 321 housing units at an average density of 211.4 per square mile (81.6/km2).

Of all households, 26.7% were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

In 1993 Richard Degener of The Press of Atlantic City described what is now the location of the private K-12 school Cape Christian Academy as being in Burleigh.