Nudgee Beach, Queensland
| Nudgee Beach Brisbane, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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The beach at low tide, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Nudgee Beach | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°21′14″S 153°05′48″E / 27.3539°S 153.0968°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 308 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 46.7/km2 (120.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4014 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 17.9 km (11 mi) NW of Brisbane CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Brisbane (Northgate Ward)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Nudgee | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lilley | ||||||||||||||
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Nudgee Beach is a suburb and beach in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3][4] In the 2021 census, Nudgee Beach had a population of 308 people.[1]
Geography
The suburb is 17.9 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of the Brisbane central business district. The suburb is bounded to the north-east by Moreton Bay, to the south-west by Kedron Brook (27°22′23″S 153°06′23″E / 27.3731°S 153.1065°E), to the south-west by the Gateway Motorway, and to the north-west by Nundah Creek (27°20′09″S 153°05′01″E / 27.3357°S 153.0836°E).[5] Directly to the south is Brisbane Airport.[5]
Nudgee Creek rises in Nudgee to the west and meanders through Nudgee Beach where it enters Moreton Bay at 27°20′34″S 153°05′39″E / 27.3429°S 153.0941°E.[5]
There is a small residential area (27°20′45″S 153°06′09″E / 27.3459°S 153.1026°E) in the east of the suburb near the beach (27°20′36″S 153°06′03″E / 27.3433°S 153.1009°E).[5]
There is a Brisbane City Council waste transfer station (known by the council as a resource recovery centre) in the south of the locality (27°21′40″S 153°06′01″E / 27.3612°S 153.1003°E). The remainder of the locality is mangrove wetlands with the northern part of the suburb being part of the Boondall Wetlands.[5]
There is a network of bike tracks which connect through to Toombul shopping centre.[5]
History
The name Nudgee comes from the Yuggera word in the Yugarabul dialect, nardha meaning place of ducks, from nar meaning duck and dha meaning place.[3]
Nudgee Beach Provisional School opened on 1 April 1926. In 1946, it became Nudgee Beach State School in the former Woolooman State School building which was relocated to Nudgee Beach.[6][7] It closed on 25 March 1988.[8] In 1989, the school building reopened as Nudgee Beach Field Study Centre. In 1992, it was renamed Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre.[9]
Demographics
At the 2011 census, Nudgee Beach had a population of 261 people. In the 2011 census, 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.[10]
In the 2016 census, Nudgee Beach had a population of 263 people.[11]
In the 2021 census, Nudgee Beach had a population of 308 people.[1]
Education
Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre is an Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre at 1588 Nudgee Road (27°20′54″S 153°06′18″E / 27.3482°S 153.1049°E).[12][13]
There are no schools in Nudgee Beach. The nearest primary and secondary school is Earnshaw State College in Banyo.[5]
Amenities
There is a boat ramp and floating walkway at Nudgee Beach Road (27°21′46″S 153°06′10″E / 27.3627°S 153.1029°E) providing access to Kedron Brook.[14]
There are four canoe ramps:[15]
- from Fortitude Street into Moreton Bay (27°20′37″S 153°06′04″E / 27.3435°S 153.1010°E)
- from O'Quinn Street into Nudgee Creek (27°20′42″S 153°05′52″E / 27.3450°S 153.0978°E)
- from Mangrove boardwalk into Nudgee Creek (27°20′40″S 153°05′35″E / 27.3444°S 153.0931°E)
- from Boondal Wetlands into Nundah Creek (27°20′41″S 153°05′31″E / 27.3448°S 153.0920°E)
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Nudgee Beach (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Northgate Ward". Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Nudgee Beach – suburb in City of Brisbane (entry 43501)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Nudgee Beach – beach in City of Brisbane (entry 24803)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Nudgee Beach School Additions". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 23 August 1946. p. 5 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Retrieved 30 March 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Nudgee Beach School (former)". Brisbane Heritage Register. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Our history". Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre. 26 September 2019. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Nudgee Beach (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Nudgee Beach (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre". Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Boating facility locations in Queensland". Marine Safety Queensland. Queensland Government. 17 January 2020. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Boat Ramp locations". Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
External links
- "Nudgee". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
- "Nudgee". BRISbites. Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008.
- "Nudgee". Our Brisbane. Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007.