Currumbin Waters

19.3% of Currumbin Waters's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2,710 family households lived in Currumbin Waters; 44.8% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.

39.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Currumbin Waters had 9,797 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.6% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 71.2% of occupied private dwellings in Currumbin Waters.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 27.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

35.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

42.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Currumbin Waters had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 22.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.2%, while 27.6% had four or more usual residents.

13.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

65.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 32.5% of the total.

62.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.7% reported a different address.

17.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

90.9% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.5% of Currumbin Waters's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.5% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.3% of ancestry responses in Currumbin Waters.

Australian ancestry made up 38.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

20.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.7%.

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

31.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

59.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.0% reported asthma, 9.8% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.5%.

Median household income was $1,636 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,100.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $468 per week.

Working from home was 13.0% in Currumbin Waters, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 35.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 22.4% in Currumbin Waters, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.