Cudgen

28°17′0″S 153°33′0″E / 28.28333°S 153.55000°E / -28.28333; 153.55000Population857 (2016 census)^[1]Postcode(s)2487Elevation32 m (105 ft)Time zoneAEST (UTC+10) • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)Location

• 113 km (70 mi) S of Brisbane
• 14 km (9 mi) S of Tweed Heads
• 58 km (36 mi) N of Byron Bay
• 823 km (511 mi) N of Sydney

LGA(s)Tweed ShireRegionNSWCountyAustraliaState electorate(s)TweedFederal division(s)Richmond

Localities around Cudgen:
Terranora	Chinderah	Kingscliff
Stotts Creek	Cudgen	Kingscliff
Duranbah	Kings Forest	Casuarina

Cudgen (/kʌdʒən/) is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire. It is built on the former land of the Coodjingburra clan of the Minyungbal. There is a primary school on Collier Street, the Cudgen Public School.

Demographics

In the 2016 Census,^[2] Cudgen recorded a population of 857 people, 50% female and 50% male.

The median age of the Cudgen population was 39 years, 2 years above the national median of 37.

85.4% of people living in Cudgen were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 1.5%, Thailand 0.6%, Scotland 0.5%, Japan 0.5%.

94.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.9% Japanese, 0.4% Turkish, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Thai, 0.4% Czech.

Sport and recreation

The Cudgen Hornets is the local rugby league club that competes in the Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League competition.

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