# Cudgen

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{{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](/source/Australian_Eastern_Standard_Time)
| utc                 = +10
| timezone-dst        = [AEDT](/source/Australian_Eastern_Daylight_Time)
| utc-dst             = +11
| dist1               = 113
| dir1                = S
| location1           = [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane)
| dist2               = 14
| dir2                = S
| location2           = [Tweed Heads](/source/Tweed_Heads%2C_New_South_Wales)
| dist3               = 58
| dir3                = N 
| location3           = [Byron Bay](/source/Byron_Bay)
| dist4               = 823
| dir4                = N
| location4           = [Sydney](/source/Sydney)
| lga                 = Tweed Shire
| region              = NSW
| county              = Australia
| stategov            = [Tweed](/source/Electoral_district_of_Tweed)
| fedgov              = [Richmond](/source/Division_of_Richmond)
| near-nw             = [Terranora](/source/Terranora%2C_New_South_Wales)
| near-n              = [Chinderah](/source/Chinderah%2C_New_South_Wales)
| near-ne             = [Kingscliff](/source/Kingscliff%2C_New_South_Wales)
| near-e              = [Kingscliff](/source/Kingscliff%2C_New_South_Wales)
| near-se             = [Casuarina](/source/Casuarina%2C_New_South_Wales)
| near-s              = [Kings Forest](/source/Kings_Forest%2C_New_South_Wales)
| near-sw             = [Duranbah](/source/Duranbah%2C_New_South_Wales)
| near-w              = [Stotts Creek](/source/Stotts_Creek%2C_New_South_Wales)
}}

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

It is built on the land of the Coodjingburra clan of the [Minyungbal](/source/Minyungbal) people of the [Yugambeh nation](/source/Yugambeh_people).<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](/source/Yugambeh%E2%80%93Bundjalung_languages) 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](/source/Cudgen_Hornets) is the local [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) club that competes in the [Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League](/source/Northern_Rivers_Regional_Rugby_League) competition.

== References ==
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{{Tweed Shire suburbs}}

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Category:Suburbs of Tweed Heads
Category:Coastal towns in New South Wales

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