Rainbow

14.4% of Rainbow's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

180 family households lived in Rainbow; 33.3% were couple families and 8.9% were one-parent families.

26.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Rainbow had 672 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

51.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 94.9% of occupied private dwellings in Rainbow.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

63.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

24.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Rainbow had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 36.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 40.3%, while 11.5% had four or more usual residents.

14.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

55.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.2% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 28.1% of the total.

69.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

76.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.7% reported a different address.

7.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

87.8% of residents used only English at home.

4.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

7.7% of Rainbow's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.5% of ancestry responses in Rainbow.

Australian ancestry made up 37.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

16.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 31.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.2% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

26.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

46.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.3% reported asthma, 16.1% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.2%.

Median household income was $1,048 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $100 per week.

Working from home was 14.7% in Rainbow, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 63.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 11.4% in Rainbow, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..