Currumbin Waters is a

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in the

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, Australia. It borders

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. In the , Currumbin Waters had a population of 9,121 people.

Geography

Currumbin Waters is bounded to the south by the Queensland border with

, to the east by the Pacific Motorway, to the north by Guineas Creek Road, and to the west by Simpsons Road and Piggabeen Road.

Currumbin Creek The Currumbin Creek is a creek located in South East Queensland, Australia. Its catchment lies within the Gold Coast local government area and covers an area of . The river is approximately in length and provides a popular and tranquil setti ...

flows through the suburb from the south-west ( Currumbin Valley) towards the north ( Palm Beach and

Currumbin Currumbin ( ) is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Currumbin had a population of 2,920 people. Geography The suburb extends from Currumbin Creek in the north to Wyberba Street in the south. The Pacif ...

) where it enters the

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. Currumbin Waters has a variety of land uses. North of the creek is residential. South of the creek there is an industrial estate in the north-east of the suburb (). There is a residential canal estate in the centre of the suburb () with normal residential use in the east. In the south-east of the locality the land is used for farming, mostly grazing on native vegetation ().

History

The name ''Currumbin Waters'' was originally a real estate development name. The name ''Currumbin'' is from the

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(Ngaraangbal dialect), which means either ''high'' or ''high trees'' or may be a corruption of ''kurrohmin'' meaning ''

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''. Coolangatta Special School opened on 1 January 1979 in

Coolangatta Coolangatta is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is the Gold Coast's southernmost suburb and it borders New South Wales. In the , Coolangatta had a population of 5,948 people. Geography Coolangatta and its ...

. On 1 July 2006, the school was relocated to Currumbin Waters and renamed Currumbin Community Special School. St Augustine's Catholic School was established in 1926 by the

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in Coolangatta. From 1950 the school was operated by Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. On 27 January 1987 the school relocated to a new site in Currumbin Waters. In 1992 the sisters ended their association with the school which is now under

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administration. In the Currumbin Waters had a population of 8,883, 51.8% female and 48.2% male. The median age of the Currumbin Waters population was 42 years, 5 years above the national median of 37. 76.7% of people living in Currumbin Waters were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 4.8%, Germany 0.7%, Scotland 0.6%, South Africa 0.5%. 91% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.5% German, 0.5% Japanese, 0.2% Tagalog, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% Italian. In the , Currumbin Waters had a population of 9,121 people.

Education

St Augustine's Parish Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Galleon Way (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 463 students with 32 teachers (25 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (10 full-time equivalent). Currumbin Community Special School is a

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primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 5 Hammersford Drive (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 87 students with 31 teachers (24 full-time equivalent) and 28 non-teaching staff (19 full-time equivalent). Rainbow Currumbin Gold Coast Australia

References

External links

* {{Localities in Gold Coast Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland