Cudgen () 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 The Yugambeh ( ''(see alternative spellings)'', also known as the Minyangbal ( , are an Aboriginal Australian people of south-east Queensland and the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, their territory lies between the Logan and Tweed rivers ...

. There is a primary school on Collier Street, the Cudgen Public School.

Demographics

In the 2016 Census, 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

{{authority control Suburbs of Tweed Heads, New South Wales Coastal towns in New South Wales