Cudgen
Town in New South Wales, Australia
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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.
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| Coordinates: 28°17′0″S 153°33′0″E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | NSW | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 32 m (105 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 857 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+11 (AEDT) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2487 | ||||||||||||
| County | Australia | ||||||||||||
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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.
