Currumbin Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,711 people in Currumbin Valley of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Currumbin Valley was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Currumbin Valley aged 15 years and over, 54.1% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Currumbin Valley was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Currumbin Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Currumbin Valley was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Currumbin Valley 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.4% were in primary school, 26.4% in secondary school and 16.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Currumbin Valley were English 30.6%, Australian 28.9%, Irish 11.1%, Scottish 6.8% and German 4.9%.

In Currumbin Valley, 79.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, New Zealand 2.7%, South Africa 0.8%, United States of America 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

In Currumbin Valley, 64.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Currumbin Valley were No Religion 29.3%, Anglican 20.0%, Catholic 18.6%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Currumbin Valley 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 1.0%, German 0.8%, Dutch 0.4%, Spanish 0.4% and Hebrew 0.4%.

Employment

There were 869 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Currumbin Valley. Of these 52.5% were employed full time, 36.1% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Currumbin Valley, 15.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Currumbin Valley was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Currumbin Valley included Professionals 22.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Managers 15.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Labourers 7.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Currumbin Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Residential Building Construction 4.5%, Building Installation Services 3.1% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Currumbin Valley was $580.

In Currumbin Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.7%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Walked only 2.2%, Truck 1.5% and Other 1.1%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Currumbin Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.7% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.6% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Currumbin Valley, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Currumbin Valley, 50.0% were couple families with children, 37.6% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Currumbin Valley 28.8% of single parents were male and 71.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Currumbin Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,209 and those without children was $1,524.

Employment status of couple families

In Currumbin Valley, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 23.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Currumbin Valley, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Currumbin Valley, 97.9% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Currumbin Valley, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.5% had 2 bedrooms and 36.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Currumbin Valley, 43.0% were owned outright, 37.9% were owned with a mortgage and 17.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Currumbin Valley, of all households, 82.2% were family households, 15.3% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Currumbin Valley, 16.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.6% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Currumbin Valley, 24.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Currumbin Valley, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 30.0%) were male and 14 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 11 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Currumbin Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Currumbin Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $470 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,800.