Nudgee Beach
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 46.7/km (120.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4014 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6.6 km (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) | ||||||||||||||
| 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. In the 2021 census, Nudgee Beach had a population of 308 people.
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). Directly to the south is Brisbane Airport.
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.
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).
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.
There is a network of bike tracks which connect through to Toombul shopping centre.
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.
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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.
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.
In the 2016 census, Nudgee Beach had a population of 263 people.
In the 2021 census, Nudgee Beach had a population of 308 people.
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).
There are no schools in Nudgee Beach. The nearest primary and secondary school is Earnshaw State College in Banyo.
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.
There are four canoe ramps:
- 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nudgee Beach, Queensland.
- "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.