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

[4] At the 2016 Australian census, Currambine had a population of 6,912 people living in 2,576 dwellings.

The suburb is within Ocean Reef Senior High School's catchment area to the west of Connolly Drive and Belridge Secondary College to the east of Connolly Drive .

Currambine is served by the 460, 461, 470, these three buses run through Shenton Ave 471 and 472 Transperth bus routes from Joondalup,[6] operated by Swan Transit and by the Currambine railway station.

Bus routes serving Shenton Avenue: 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.