2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rainbow · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rainbow
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Rainbow, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is much lower than most areas, driven largely by a high number of people living on their own.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 36.6% of residents live alone, a figure far above the national and state levels. Two-person homes are also common, making up 40.3% of all households.
36.6% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rainbow splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.7% of the area, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most families here are couples, with 47.2% having children and 43% without.
8.7% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Rainbow splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22137/rainbow/topic/family-households