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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.

Cudgen New South Wales
Cudgen
Coordinates	28°17′0″S 153°33′0″E
Population	857 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2487
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Time zone	AEST (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 Shire
Region	NSW
County	Australia
State electorate(s)	Tweed
Federal division(s)	Richmond
Localities around Cudgen: Terranora Chinderah Kingscliff Stotts Creek Cudgen Kingscliff Duranbah Kings Forest Casuarina

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

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