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Currambine
PerthWestern Australia
Doncaster Park.
Population6,775 (2011 census)[1]
 • Density2,190/km2 (5,660/sq mi)
Established2015
Postcode(s)6028
Area3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)City of Joondalup
State electorate(s)Ocean Reef, Joondalup
Federal division(s)Moore
Suburbs around Currambine:
Burns Beach Kinross Neerabup
Iluka Currambine Joondalup
Ocean Reef Connolly Joondalup

Currambine is a northern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia 30 km north of Perth's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Joondalup. It contains the Currambine Central shopping centre and cinema complex.

History

Currambine was approved as a suburb name in 1980. The name was chosen by the City of Wanneroo in 1979 from a book by A.W. Reed.[2] It is an Aboriginal word from New South Wales meaning "heaps of rocks".[3]

Currambine was developed as a chiefly residential suburb in the mid-1990s on land adjacent to the Currambine train station, which was built and opened in 1993.

Geography

Currambine is bounded by Burns Beach Road to the north, Marmion Avenue to the west, Shenton Avenue to the south and Mitchell Freeway to the west. The suburb is effectively bisected into quarters by the dual carriageways Connolly Drive (north-south) and Moore Drive (east-west).[4]

At the ABS 2006 census, Currambine had a population of 6,655 people living in 2,237 dwellings. The ABS reported that Currambine's workforce, like many northern coastal suburbs, was divided almost evenly between the three major occupation types - clerical and service workers; professionals and managers; and tradespersons and labourers.[1]

Facilities

Currambine is a residential suburb, and is served by the Currambine Market Place shopping centre (now renamed Currambine Central) at its southwestern corner, the complex includes

Food Health Clothing and Beauty Other Services
London Cafe Lacey's Gym Mash Boutique Grand Cinema
Basq Go Vita Hot Bods Boutique Brice and Turner Travel Associates
Great British Chippy Eyes on Currambine W-Lane TAB
Woolworths Currambine Pharmacy Rockmans Quality Drycleaners
ikebab Harvey World Travel
Baker's Delight Fast Phone Repairs
Star of the North Currambine Lotto
Pizza Pizzaz First Western Realty
Oscar’s Restaurant Woolworths Petrol
Currambine Chinese redi ATM
Cafissimo Bankwest ATM
Pasta Cup ANZ ATM
Subway Westpac ATM
Dan Murphy's

The southeastern part of the suburb contains 5 holes of the 27-hole Joondalup Golf Course, part of the Joondalup Resort complex based in neighbouring Connolly. The suburb also contains two primary schools, one public (1997 Currambine Primary School) and one private (Francis Jordan Catholic School). The suburb is within Ocean Reef Senior High School's catchment area.[4]

Transport

Currambine is served by the 460, 461, 470, these three busses run through Shenton ave 471 and 472 Transperth bus routes from Joondalup,[5] operated by Transdev Perth and by the Currambine railway station.

Politics

Currambine is a fairly new suburb and a classic "mortgage belt" suburb which leans towards the Liberal Party in federal elections and the Australian Labor Party in state elections, in line with many northern Perth suburbs. This has changed in recent elections with majority voting for Liberal in the state elections. As Currambine is a part of two state electorates it is represented by both Albert Jacob: Ocean Reef (Environmental and Heritage Minister of Western Australia) and Jan Norberger: Joondalup, both of which are liberal representatives.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "State Suburbs: Currambine". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 July 2012. Edit this at Wikidata Cite error: The named reference "abs" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ Reed, Alexander Wyclif (1970). Aboriginal place names and their meanings. Sydney, NSW. ISBN 0-589-07097-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (135 pages)
  3. ^ "History of metropolitan suburb names – C". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2007.
  4. ^ a b Department of Land Information. StreetSmart Perth Street Directory (54th ed.). West Australian Newspapers Ltd. pp. Map 220. ISBN 978-0-909439-67-5.
  5. ^ Northern 67 timetable Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, Transperth, effective 8 August 2005. Accessed 2007-01-17