Tugun

Tugun is a beach-side coastal suburb of the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Tugun is a beach-side coastal suburb of the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It borders New South Wales. At the 2016 census, Tugun had a population of 6,588. Locals refer to the suburb as Tugz.

Its name is believed to have derived from an Indigenous word of unknown dialect meaning "breaking waves".In 1959 St Monica's Catholic Church was opened, able to accommodate 150 people. In 1970 it was extended by half. In 1990, it was re-oriented and extended by half again. In 1996 St Monica's Samaritan Centre was established beside the church; it is used by Centacare to provided services for disabled people. Tugun Bowls Club was established in 1967.All Saints' Anglican Church was dedicated on 1 November 1980 by Bishop Administror Ralph Wicks. It was conscrecrated on 11 November 1984 by Archbishop John Grindrod. Its closure on 22 September 1999 was approved by Assistant Bishop Ron Williams.The junction of the Pacific and Gold Coast highways was notoriously traffic-clogged but has improved markedly upon completion of the Tugun Bypass in June 2008.In the 2011 census, Tugun recorded a population of 5,976 people.At the 2016 census, Tugun had a population of 6,588.