2.3 ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rainbow Flat · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Rainbow Flat
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has defined Rainbow Flat, where the typical number of people per home has dropped from 3.4 to 2.3 since 2011. This change is mirrored by a sharp rise in the number of people living alone. Today, the area is split almost evenly between couples with children and those without.
2.3
▼ -32.4%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Rainbow Flat — lower than 57% of areas.
| Rainbow Flat | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2430, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26% of residents now live alone, a figure that has risen 20 percentage points since 2011. Most homes hold just two people, and the typical household size of 2.3 is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
26.0% ▲ +318.8%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 (25%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 7.6% of the area, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Nearly half of all families are couples without children, while 47.8% are couples with children.
7.6% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Rainbow Flat splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (45%), with One-parent families at 7%.
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/ucl/UCL122113/rainbow-flat/topic/family-households