2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rainbow Beach · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Rainbow Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people live alone in Rainbow Beach than in the rest of Queensland. This makes the area stand out, with a typical home containing just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Beach — lower than 86% of areas.
| Rainbow Beach | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4581, QLD | 1.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are common here at 34.8%, a figure that rose 4.5 points since 2011 and sits far above the Queensland average. This helps explain why people per home is much lower than in most areas.
34.8% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rainbow Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families are couples without children, making up 52.5% of the total. One-parent families make up 11.6%, which is lower than most areas and well below the state figure of 15.4%.
11.6% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rainbow Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
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 Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315082/rainbow-beach/topic/family-households