| Type: | town |
| Cudgen | |
| State: | nsw |
| Coordinates: | -28.2833°N 153.55°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pop: | 857 |
| Elevation: | 32 |
| Postcode: | 2487 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10 |
| Timezone-Dst: | AEDT |
| Utc-Dst: | +11 |
| Dist1: | 113 |
| Dir1: | S |
| Location1: | Brisbane |
| Dist2: | 14 |
| Dir2: | S |
| Location2: | Tweed Heads |
| Dist3: | 58 |
| Dir3: | N |
| Location3: | Byron Bay |
| Dist4: | 823 |
| Dir4: | N |
| Location4: | Sydney |
| Lga: | Tweed Shire |
| Region: | NSW |
| County: | Australia |
| Stategov: | Tweed |
| Fedgov: | Richmond |
| Near-Nw: | Terranora |
| Near-N: | Chinderah |
| Near-Ne: | Kingscliff |
| Near-E: | Kingscliff |
| Near-Se: | Casuarina |
| Near-S: | Kings Forest |
| Near-Sw: | Duranbah |
| Near-W: | Stotts Creek |
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. There is a primary school on Collier Street, the Cudgen Public School.
In the 2016 Census,[1] 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.
The Cudgen Hornets is the local rugby league club that competes in the Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League competition.