Cudgen

{{short description|Town in New South Wales, Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Cudgen | city = | state = nsw | image = | caption = Cudgen Public School

| coordinates = {{coord|28|17|0|S|153|33|0|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = left | pop = 857 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="Census">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC10654|name=Cudgen (State Suburb)|accessdate=20 January 2014|quick=on}}</ref> | elevation = 32 | density = | density_footnotes = | est = | postcode = 2487 | timezone = AEST | utc = +10 | timezone-dst = AEDT | utc-dst = +11 | dist1 = 113 | dir1 = S | location1 = Brisbane | dist2 = 14 | dir2 = S | location2 = Tweed Heads | dist3 = 58 | dir3 = N | location3 = Byron Bay | dist4 = 823 | dir4 = N | location4 = Sydney | lga = Tweed Shire | region = NSW | county = Australia | stategov = Tweed | fedgov = Richmond | near-nw = Terranora | near-n = Chinderah | near-ne = Kingscliff | near-e = Kingscliff | near-se = Casuarina | near-s = Kings Forest | near-sw = Duranbah | near-w = Stotts Creek }}

'''Cudgen''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ʌ|dʒ|ə|n}}) is a town in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. It sits within the Tweed Shire local government area and it is {{Convert|14|km|mi}} from the regional centre of Tweed Heads.

It is built on the land of the Coodjingburra clan of the Minyungbal people of the Yugambeh nation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |url=https://www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/community/community-support/people-communities/aboriginal-torres-strait-islander |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=www.tweed.nsw.gov.au |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aboriginal cultural heritage |url=https://museum.tweed.nsw.gov.au/explore/aboriginal-cultural-heritage |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=museum.tweed.nsw.gov.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> The name Cudgen is derived from the Yugambe language word kidhin which means 'red clay'.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rankin |first=T |date=1898 |title=Aboriginal Place Names and Other Words, with their Meanings, Peculiar to the Richmond and Tweed River Districts |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-532224639 |journal=Science of man and journal of the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia |access-date=2025-09-05 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NSW Place and Road Naming Proposals System |url=https://proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au/public/geonames/cc1859d2-c66f-4bd5-a426-08bc53ba95f6 |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au}}</ref>

==Demographics== In the 2016 Census,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC11143?opendocument|title=2016 Census QuickStats: Cudgen|website=censusdata.abs.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2017-11-08}}</ref> 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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Category:Suburbs of Tweed Heads Category:Coastal towns in New South Wales