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Currambine
Perth, Western Australia
Delamere Av.jpg
Delamere Avenue, Currambine
Established 1980s
Postcode(s) 6028
Area 3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Location
  • 29 km (18 mi) from Perth CBD
  • 2 km (1 mi) from Joondalup
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, 29 km north of Perth's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Joondalup.

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. It is an Aboriginal word from New South Wales meaning "heaps of rocks".

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 divided into quarters by the dual carriageways Connolly Drive (north-south) and Moore Drive (east-west).

Demographics

At the 2016 Australian census, Currambine had a population of 6,912 people living in 2,576 dwellings. According to the 2011 census, Currambine's workforce mostly consists of professionals; technicians and trade workers; and clerical and administrative workers.

Facilities

Currambine is a residential suburb, and is served by the Currambine Central shopping centre at its southwestern corner.

Currambine Central 2016
Currambine Central.

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. A community centre is also available for use, located near Currambine Central.

Transport

Currambine is served by the 460, 461, 470, these three buses run through Shenton Ave 471 and 472 Transperth bus routes from Joondalup, operated by Swan Transit and by the Currambine railway station.

Bus

  •        471 Joondalup Station to Burns Beach – serves Moore Drive and Marmion Avenue
  •        473 Joondalup Station to Kinross – serves Burns Beach Road
  •        474 Joondalup Station to Clarkson Station – serves Burns Beach Road

Bus routes serving Shenton Avenue:

  •        460 and 461 Joondalup Station to Whitfords Station
  •        470 Joondalup Station to Burns Beach

Rail

  •        Joondalup Line
    • Currambine Station
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