2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rainbow Flat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rainbow Flat
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Rainbow Flat have remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on couples. The area is notably less likely to have people living alone than most other parts of Australia. Almost half of all households here consist of couples raising children.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Rainbow Flat — higher than 57% of areas.
| Rainbow Flat | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2430, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Rainbow Flat holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 17.4% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
17.4% ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rainbow Flat, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.9% of families, while couples without children account for 40.6%. One-parent families are slightly less common here at 11.9% compared to the 14.1% figure for Australia.
11.9% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rainbow Flat, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (12%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Rainbow Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13318/rainbow-flat/topic/family-households