Cudgen

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Cudgen
New South Wales
Cudgen is located in New South Wales
Cudgen
Cudgen
Coordinates28°17′0″S 153°33′0″E / 28.28333°S 153.55000°E / -28.28333; 153.55000Coordinates: 28°17′0″S 153°33′0″E / 28.28333°S 153.55000°E / -28.28333; 153.55000
Population857 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2487
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
LGA(s)Tweed Shire
RegionNSW
CountyAustralia
State electorate(s)Tweed
Federal division(s)Richmond

Cudgen 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.

References[]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Cudgen (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 January 2014. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "2016 Census QuickStats: Cudgen". censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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