Nudgee Beach, Queensland

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The suburb is {{convert|17.9|km|mi|0}} 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 ({{Coord|-27.3731|153.1065|type:river_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Kedron Brook}}), to the south-west by the Gateway Motorway, and to the north-west by Nundah Creek ({{Coord|-27.3357|153.0836|type:river_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Nundah Creek}}).{{Queensland Globe|access-date=15 April 2020}} 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 {{Coord|-27.3429|153.0941|type:river_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Nudgee Creek mouth}}.

There is a small residential area ({{Coord|-27.3459|153.1026|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Nudgee Beach residential area}}) in the east of the suburb near the beach ({{Coord|-27.3433|153.1009|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Nudgee Beach (beach)}}).

There is a Brisbane City Council waste transfer station (known by the council as a resource recovery centre) in the south of the locality ({{Coord|-27.3612|153.1003|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Nudgee Beach Resource Recovery Centre}}). 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.

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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.File:Nudgee Beach old closed school-1+ (173110849).jpgNudgee 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.{{cite news |date=23 August 1946 |title=Nudgee Beach School Additions |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article188715993 |accessdate=30 March 2025 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |page=5 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS) |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=Nudgee Beach School (former) |url=https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/1300 |access-date=30 March 2025 |website=Brisbane Heritage Register}} It closed on 25 March 1988.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}} In 1989, the school building reopened as Nudgee Beach Field Study Centre. In 1992, it was renamed Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre.{{Cite web|url=https://nudgeebeacheec.eq.edu.au/about-us/our-history|title=Our history|date=2019-09-26|website=Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre|language=en|access-date=2020-04-16|archive-date=8 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308062052/https://nudgeebeacheec.eq.edu.au/about-us/our-history|url-status=live}}

At the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Nudgee Beach had a population of 261 people. In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, 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.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31255|name=Nudgee Beach (State Suburb)|accessdate=15 September 2012|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Nudgee Beach had a population of 263 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32213|name=Nudgee Beach (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Nudgee Beach had a population of 308 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32194|name=Nudgee Beach (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

File:Avicennia marina dominated community Nudgee Creek Nudgee Beach Bramble Bay Queensland P1040543.jpg) predominate around Nudgee Creek]]

Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre is an Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre at 1588 Nudgee Road ({{coord|-27.3482|153.1049|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nudgeebheec.eq.edu.au|title=Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321032024/http://nudgeebheec.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}}

There are no schools in Nudgee Beach. The nearest primary and secondary school is Earnshaw State College in Banyo.

There is a boat ramp and floating walkway at Nudgee Beach Road ({{Coord|-27.3627|153.1029|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Nudgee Beach boat ramp}}) providing access to Kedron Brook.{{Cite web|url=https://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Waterways/Recreational-boating-infrastructure/Boating-facilities|title=Boating facility locations in Queensland|date=2020-01-17|website=Marine Safety Queensland|publisher=Queensland Government|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-04-17|archive-date=19 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319172449/https://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Waterways/Recreational-boating-infrastructure/Boating-facilities|url-status=live}}

There are four canoe ramps:{{Cite web|url=https://www.data.brisbane.qld.gov.au/data/dataset/brisbane-boat-ramps/resource/a4014da6-dc85-4c80-98d5-27285361ac77?view_id=48ab3e49-706a-43fd-b758-753c16a1a1e4|title=Boat Ramp locations|website=Brisbane City Council|language=en|access-date=2020-04-17|archive-date=22 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522145039/https://www.data.brisbane.qld.gov.au/data/dataset/brisbane-boat-ramps/resource/a4014da6-dc85-4c80-98d5-27285361ac77?view_id=48ab3e49-706a-43fd-b758-753c16a1a1e4|url-status=live}}

• from Fortitude Street into Moreton Bay ({{Coord|-27.3435|153.1010|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Fortitude Street canoe ramp}})
• from O'Quinn Street into Nudgee Creek ({{Coord|-27.3450|153.0978|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=O'Quinn Street canoe ramp}})
• from Mangrove boardwalk into Nudgee Creek ({{Coord|-27.3444|153.0931|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Mangrove boardwalk canoe ramp}})
• from Boondal Wetlands into Nundah Creek ({{Coord|-27.3448|153.0920|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Nundah Creek canoe ramp}})

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|publisher=Brisbane City Council

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