Cudgen

Cudgen (/kʌdʒən/) is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. It sits within the Tweed Shire local government area and it is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from the regional centre of Tweed Heads.

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

It is built on the land of the Coodjingburra clan of the Minyungbal people of the Yugambeh nation.^[2][3] The name Cudgen is derived from the Yugambe language word kidhin which means 'red clay'.^[4][5]

Demographics

In the 2016 Census,^[6] 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.