Currumbin Waters, Queensland
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Currumbin Waters is a
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in the
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,
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, Australia. It borders
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. In the , Currumbin Waters had a population of 9,797 people.


Geography

Currumbin Waters is bounded to the south by the Queensland border with
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, 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 in South East Queensland, Australia. Its catchment lies within the City of Gold Coast local government area and covers an area of . The river is approximately long and provides a popular and tranquil setting for ...
flows through the suburb from the south-west (
Currumbin Valley Currumbin Valley is a rural locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It borders New South Wales. In the , Currumbin Valley had a population of 2,084 people. Geography Currumbin Valley is in the Gold Coast hinterland of South ...
) 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 3,278 people. Geography The suburb extends from Currumbin Creek in the north to Wyberba Street in the south. The Pa ...
) 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
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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
Bundjalung language Bundjalung may refer to: * Bundjalung people The Bundjalung people, also spelled Bunjalung, Badjalang and Bandjalang, are Aboriginal Australians who are the original custodians of a region from around Grafton, New South Wales, Grafton in north ...
(Ngaraangbal dialect), which means either ''high'' or ''high trees'' or may be a corruption of ''kurrohmin'' meaning ''
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''. St Augustine's Catholic School was established in 1926 by the
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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 6,491 people. History Coolangatta is situat ...
. 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. Coolangatta Special School opened on 1 January 1979 in Coolangatta. On 1 July 2006, the school was relocated to Currumbin Waters and renamed Currumbin Community Special School.


Demographics

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. In the , Currumbin Waters had a population of 9,797 people.


Education

St Augustine's Parish Primary School is a Catholic primary (Preparatory to Year 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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government primary and secondary (Preparatory to Year 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). There are no mainstream government primary nor secondary schools in Currumbin Waters. The nearest government primary schools are Elanora State School in neighbouring Elanora to the north and Currumbin State School in neighbouring
Currumbin Currumbin ( ) is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Currumbin had a population of 3,278 people. Geography The suburb extends from Currumbin Creek in the north to Wyberba Street in the south. The Pa ...
to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are
Elanora State High School Elanora State High School is the high school serving the Elanora, Queensland, Elanora area of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1990, it currently has a student body of 950. Music department The schoo ...
in Elanora and Palm Beach-Currumbin State High School in neighbouring Palm Beach to the north-east.


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