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Rainbow Reach NSW 2440

46 addresses · 3 streets

Cowper Electorate › Kempsey LGA › Rainbow Reach · 368 km from Sydney

Living Here

Rainbow Reach is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 84 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $1,025 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 65% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

84Population
56Median age
$1,025Median household income / wk
$300Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Kempsey Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rainbow Reach itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Kempsey Airport, 28.1 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs2/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 8.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Rainbow Reach

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Rainbow Reach NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20208.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20216.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 7% · Labour-force participation 56.6%

Population by age in Rainbow Reach
Population by age, Rainbow Reach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-40
5-1410
15-193
20-243
25-343
35-445
45-549
55-6420
65-7415
75-8414
85+0
Dwelling types in Rainbow Reach
Dwelling types, Rainbow Reach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House31
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other4
Households by weekly income in Rainbow Reach
Households by weekly income, Rainbow Reach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$6507
$650-1,49914
$1,500-2,99910
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Rainbow Reach
Top ancestries, Rainbow Reach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English38
Australian29
Irish19
Aboriginal9
Other8
Scottish5
Housing tenure in Rainbow Reach
Housing tenure, Rainbow Reach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned20
Mortgage4
Rented9
Other4
Cars per household in Rainbow Reach
Cars per household, Rainbow Reach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
00
114
28
39
4+4
Commute to work in Rainbow Reach
Commute to work, Rainbow Reach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car20
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked3
Bicycle0
Home10
Languages used at home in Rainbow Reach
Languages used at home, Rainbow Reach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Hindi3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

47,039 bird observations recorded near Rainbow Reach — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Rainbow Reach

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.