Currumbin

16.5% of Currumbin's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

863 family households lived in Currumbin; 40.6% were couple families and 15.6% were one-parent families.

35.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Currumbin had 3,278 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 45.9% of occupied private dwellings in Currumbin.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 41.3% of occupied private dwellings.

36.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

32.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.8% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Currumbin had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 29.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.2%, while 20.0% had four or more usual residents.

17.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

59.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.0% walked or cycled.

2.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 37.6% of the total.

59.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.2% reported a different address.

17.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

91.0% of residents used only English at home.

4.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

17.6% of Currumbin's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.4% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.0% of ancestry responses in Currumbin.

Australian ancestry made up 33.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

28.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 15.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.0% of workers, and education and training employed 10.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

63.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 7.9% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.9%.

Median household income was $1,830 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,134.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $490 per week.

Working from home was 17.5% in Currumbin, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 36.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 30.8% in Currumbin, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.