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Nudgee Beach is a
The suburb is north-west of the
The name ''Nudgee'' comes from the 
Nudgee Beach Provisional School opened on 1 April 1926. In 1946 it became Nudgee Beach State School. It closed on 25 March 1988. In 1989 the school reopened as Nudgee Beach Field Study Centre. In 1992 it was renamed Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre.
At the Nudgee Beach had a population of 261 people. In the , Nudgee Beach had a population of 261 people; 48.7% female and 51.3% male. The median age of the Nudgee Beach population was 45 years of age, 8 years above the Australian median. Children aged under 15 years made up 13.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population. 77.9% of people living in Nudgee Beach were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 4.2%, Ireland 2.7%, Germany 1.1%, Papua New Guinea 1.1%. 88.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 1.9% German, 1.9% Vietnamese, 1.5% Thai, 1.2% Pacific Austronesian Languages. The median weekly household income in Nudgee Beach was $1,224, very similar to the national median of $1,234. Nearly all households in Nudgee Beach (97.0%) were separate houses, there were no semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc., and no flats, units or apartments, and 3.0% were classified as "other dwellings". The average household size was 2.5 people.
In the , Nudgee Beach had a population of 263 people.
Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre is an Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre at 1588 Nudgee Road ().
There are no schools in Nudgee Beach. The nearest primary and secondary school is
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
and beach in the City of Brisbane
The City of Brisbane is a local government area (LGA) which comprises the inner portion of the metropolitan area of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. Its governing body is the Brisbane City Council. Unlike LGAs in the other mainl ...
, Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, established_ ...
, Australia. In the , the suburb had a population of 263 people.
Geography
The suburb is north-west of the Brisbane central business district
Brisbane City is the central suburb and central business district of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is colloquially referred to as the "Brisbane CBD" or "the city". It is located on a point on the northern bank of the ...
. The suburb is bounded to the north-east by Moreton Bay
Moreton Bay is a bay located on the eastern coast of Australia from central Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources. The waters of Moreton Bay are a popular destination for recreational anglers and are ...
, to the south-west by Kedron Brook
The Kedron Brook is a creek that flows through the northern suburbs of Brisbane in the south-east region of Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
Formed by spring D'Aguilar Range within the southern portion of the D'Aguilar National Park, ...
(), to the south-west by the Gateway Motorway
The Gateway Motorway (M2 to Eight Mile Plains and M1 to Pine River) is a major tolled motorway in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia which includes the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges (former Gateway Bridge). The motorway is operated by toll road opera ...
, and to the north-west by Nundah Creek (). Directly to the south is Brisbane Airport
Brisbane Airport is the primary international airport serving Brisbane and South East Queensland. The airport services 31 airlines flying to 50 domestic and 29 international destinations, in total amounting to more than 22.7 million passeng ...
.
Nudgee Creek rises in Nudgee to the west and meanders through Nudgee Beach where it enters Moreton Bay at .
There is a small residential area () in the east of the suburb near the beach ().
There is a Brisbane City Council
Brisbane City Council (BCC) is the democratic executive local government authority for the City of Brisbane, the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. The largest City Council in Australia by population and area, BCC's jurisd ...
waste transfer station (known by the council as a resource recovery centre) in the south of the locality (). The remainder of the locality is mangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evoluti ...
wetlands with the northern part of the suburb being part of the Boondall Wetlands
The Boondall Wetlands lie on the edge of Moreton Bay in the Brisbane suburb of Boondall between Nudgee Beach and Shorncliffe, in south-east Queensland, Australia. The wetlands are preserved within the Boondall Wetlands Reserve which was pres ...
.
There is a network of bike tracks which connect through to Toombul shopping centre
Toombul Shopping Centre was a suburban shopping centre located in the locality of Toombul which is part of Nundah, a suburb of the City of Brisbane in the state of Queensland, Australia. The centre was anchored by Target and Kmart discount dep ...
.
History
The name ''Nudgee'' comes from the Yuggera word
The Jagera people, also written Yagarr, Yaggera, and other variants, are the Australian Aboriginal people who spoke the Yuggera language. The Yuggera language which encompassed a number of dialects was spoken by the traditional owners of the te ...
in the Yugarabul dialect, ''nardha'' meaning ''place of ducks'', from ''nar'' meaning ''duck'' and ''dha'' meaning ''place''.Nudgee Beach Provisional School opened on 1 April 1926. In 1946 it became Nudgee Beach State School. It closed on 25 March 1988. In 1989 the school reopened as Nudgee Beach Field Study Centre. In 1992 it was renamed Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre.
At the Nudgee Beach had a population of 261 people. In the , Nudgee Beach had a population of 261 people; 48.7% female and 51.3% male. The median age of the Nudgee Beach population was 45 years of age, 8 years above the Australian median. Children aged under 15 years made up 13.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population. 77.9% of people living in Nudgee Beach were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 4.2%, Ireland 2.7%, Germany 1.1%, Papua New Guinea 1.1%. 88.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 1.9% German, 1.9% Vietnamese, 1.5% Thai, 1.2% Pacific Austronesian Languages. The median weekly household income in Nudgee Beach was $1,224, very similar to the national median of $1,234. Nearly all households in Nudgee Beach (97.0%) were separate houses, there were no semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc., and no flats, units or apartments, and 3.0% were classified as "other dwellings". The average household size was 2.5 people.
In the , Nudgee Beach had a population of 263 people.
Education
Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre is an Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre at 1588 Nudgee Road ().
There are no schools in Nudgee Beach. The nearest primary and secondary school is Earnshaw State College
Earnshaw State College is a P-12 college in the Brisbane North Education District. Established in 2003 and located in Queensland, Australia in the suburb of Banyo in northeast Brisbane. Earnshaw has a short history as a College but a long histor ...
in Banyo.
Amenities
There is a boat ramp and floating walkway at Nudgee Beach Road () providing access to Kedron Brook. There are four canoe ramps: * from Fortitude Street into Moreton Bay () *from O'Quinn Street into Nudgee Creek () *from Mangrove boardwalk into Nudgee Creek () *from Boondal Wetlands into Nundah Creek ()References
External links
* * * {{Suburbs of Brisbane City Council Suburbs of the City of Brisbane Beaches of Queensland