Currumbin Waters

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,883 people in Currumbin Waters of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Currumbin Waters was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5% of the population.

Of people in Currumbin Waters aged 15 years and over, 50.2% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Currumbin Waters was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Currumbin Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Currumbin Waters was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Currumbin Waters 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Currumbin Waters were English 31.1%, Australian 29.9%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.5% and German 3.4%.

In Currumbin Waters, 76.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 4.8%, Germany 0.7%, Scotland 0.6% and South Africa 0.5%.

In Currumbin Waters, 64.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Currumbin Waters were Catholic 24.4%, Anglican 23.9%, No Religion 21.6%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Currumbin Waters 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 0.5%, German 0.5%, Italian 0.2%, Portuguese 0.2% and Tagalog 0.2%.

Employment

There were 4,224 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Currumbin Waters. Of these 53.8% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Currumbin Waters, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Currumbin Waters was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Currumbin Waters included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Professionals 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Labourers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Managers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Currumbin Waters, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Building Installation Services 3.4%, Hospitals 3.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Currumbin Waters was $511.

In Currumbin Waters, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.4%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Walked only 1.7%, Bicycle 1.7% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Currumbin Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.3% 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 Waters, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Currumbin Waters, 42.3% were couple families with children, 38.4% were couple families without children and 17.8% were one parent families.

In Currumbin Waters 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Currumbin Waters, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,985 and those without children was $1,817.

Employment status of couple families

In Currumbin Waters, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Currumbin Waters, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Currumbin Waters, 73.2% were separate houses, 20.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Currumbin Waters, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 13.8% had 2 bedrooms and 49.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Currumbin Waters, 34.3% were owned outright, 37.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Currumbin Waters, of all households, 74.2% were family households, 22.2% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Currumbin Waters, 27.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Waters, 34.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Currumbin Waters, there were 191 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 101 (or 52.9%) were male and 90 (or 47.1%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $814.

In Currumbin Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.