# Piggabeen

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{{short description|Town in New South Wales, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                = town
| name                = Piggabeen
| city                = 
| state               = nsw
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| pop                 = 327
| pop_year            = {{CensusAU|2011}}
| pop_footnotes       = <ref name="Census">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC11876 |name=Piggabeen (State Suburb)|accessdate=20 January 2014|quick=on}}</ref>
| density             = 
| density_footnotes   = 
| est                 = 
| postcode            = 2486
| elevation           = 35
| timezone            = [AEST](/source/Australian_Eastern_Standard_Time)
| utc                 = +10
| timezone-dst        = [AEDT](/source/Australian_Eastern_Daylight_Time)
| utc-dst             = +11
| dist1               = 109
| dir1                = SSE
| location1           = [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane)
| dist2               = 60
| dir2                = S
| location2           = [Surfers Paradise](/source/Surfers_Paradise%2C_Queensland)
| dist3               = 31
| dir3                = W
| location3           = [Tweed Heads](/source/Tweed_Heads%2C_New_South_Wales)
| dist4               = 830
| dir4                = N
| location4           = [Sydney](/source/Sydney)
| lga                 = Tweed Shire
| region              = 
| county              = 
| stategov            = [Tweed](/source/Electoral_district_of_Tweed)
| fedgov              = [Richmond](/source/Division_of_Richmond)
| coordinates         = {{coord|28|11|S|153|28|E|display=inline,title}}
| near-n              = [Currumbin Waters](/source/Currumbin_Waters%2C_Queensland)
| near-ne             = [Cobaki Lakes](/source/Cobaki_Lakes%2C_New_South_Wales)
| near-e              = [Cobaki](/source/Cobaki%2C_New_South_Wales)
| near-se             = [Bilambil](/source/Bilambil%2C_New_South_Wales)
| near-s              = [Carool](/source/Carool%2C_New_South_Wales)
| near-sw             = [Carool](/source/Carool%2C_New_South_Wales)
| near-w              = [Currumbin Valley](/source/Currumbin_Valley%2C_Queensland)
| near-nw             = [Elanora](/source/Elanora%2C_Queensland)
}}

'''Piggabeen''' is a town in north-eastern [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia, in the [Tweed Shire](/source/Tweed_Shire).

The [Ngandowal](/source/Nganduwal_language) and [Minyungbal](/source/Minyungbal_language) speaking people of the [Bundjalung people](/source/Bundjalung_people) are the [traditional owners](/source/traditional_owners) of the Tweed region, including Piggabeen, and the surrounding areas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Tweed: Aboriginal acknowledgement |url=https://www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/council/about-council/the-tweed |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=www.tweed.nsw.gov.au |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aboriginal cultural heritage |url=https://www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/development-business/heritage-planning/aboriginal-cultural-heritage |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=www.tweed.nsw.gov.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

== Background ==
Piggabeen adjoins Cobaki Lakes that is situated {{convert|1.2|km}} to the northeast, Cobaki to the South East and [Currumbin Valley](/source/Currumbin_Valley%2C_Queensland) that is situated approximately {{convert|2|km}} to the northwest and across the state border of [Queensland](/source/Queensland).

Once predominantly a dairy farming town Piggabeen now mainly consists of acreage homesites and small hobby farms. Piggabeen has a valley that leads northwest towards the Queensland border. Piggabeen and its valley are part of the [Tweed Shield Volcano](/source/Tweed_Volcano) and Caldera that is the largest erosion [caldera](/source/caldera) in the southern hemisphere, with [Mount Warning](/source/Mount_Warning) being the [extinct volcano](/source/extinct_volcano). Landmarks located in Piggabeen include the Old Piggabeen Hall and School that were both established in 1919, Piggabeen Creek, as well as [Campbell Hill](/source/Campbell_Hill%2C_New_South_Wales), (formerly Mount Campbell).

The Aboriginal meaning for Piggabeen (Valley of the Palms) is Bundjulung Piccabeen or bigibin for the Bangalow palms.<ref>{{citation |publisher=Richmond Tweed Regional Library |year=1984 |title=Is Gidhabal bigibin for a species of palm tree |author=M. Sharpe}}</ref>

==Demographics==

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Piggabeen recorded a population of 327 people, 46.8% female and 53.2% male.

The median age of the Piggabeen population was 42 years, 5 years above the national median of 37.

78.9% of people living in Piggabeen were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 5.5%, United States of America 0.9%.

93% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common language was 0.9% Maltese.

== References ==
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Category:Suburbs of Tweed Heads

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