Currumbin Valley

19.8% of Currumbin Valley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

602 family households lived in Currumbin Valley; 43.0% were couple families and 14.1% were one-parent families.

37.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Currumbin Valley had 2,084 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.8% 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 98.5% of occupied private dwellings in Currumbin Valley.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

43.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

42.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Currumbin Valley had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 11.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 36.6%, while 36.9% had four or more usual residents.

21.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

58.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.4% walked or cycled.

1.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 19.0% of the total.

79.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.6% reported a different address.

18.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

90.0% of residents used only English at home.

5.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

18.1% of Currumbin Valley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.9% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.4% of ancestry responses in Currumbin Valley.

Australian ancestry made up 36.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

27.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 18.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.4% of workers, and education and training employed 12.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

65.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 2.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.6%.

Median household income was $2,278 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $510 per week.

Working from home was 21.4% in Currumbin Valley, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 43.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 14.0% in Currumbin Valley, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.