Currumbin Waters

Currumbin Waters is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Currumbin Waters is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It borders New South Wales. In the 2016 census, Currumbin Waters had a population of 9,121 people.

The name Currumbin Waters was originally a real estate development name. The name Currumbin is from the Bundjalung language (Ngaraangbal dialect), which means either high or high trees or may be a corruption of kurrohmin meaning kangaroo.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.St Augustine's Catholic School was established in 1926 by the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 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 lay administration.In the 2011 census Currumbin Waters had a population of 8,883.In the 2016 census, Currumbin Waters had a population of 9,121 people.