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Rainbow Beach QLD 4581

1,606 addresses · 42 streets

Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Rainbow Beach · 174 km from Brisbane

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Living Here

Rainbow Beach is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,220 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $972 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 31% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,220Population
56Median age
$972Median household income / wk
$280Median rent / wk
2.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Bus interchange: Rainbow Beach, 350 m south-east · Airport: Maryborough Airport, 57 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 47.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Rainbow Beach

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

Tree cover measures, Rainbow Beach QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202047.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202161.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 45.7%

Population by age in Rainbow Beach
Population by age, Rainbow Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-441
5-14100
15-1946
20-2432
25-3485
35-44116
45-54168
55-64263
65-74242
75-84113
85+10
Dwelling types in Rainbow Beach
Dwelling types, Rainbow Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House359
Townhouse81
Apartment43
Other19
Households by weekly income in Rainbow Beach
Households by weekly income, Rainbow Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$650149
$650-1,499180
$1,500-2,999113
$3,000+35
Top ancestries in Rainbow Beach
Top ancestries, Rainbow Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
English483
Australian440
Ancestry NS152
Irish150
Scottish140
German102
Housing tenure in Rainbow Beach
Housing tenure, Rainbow Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned228
Mortgage104
Rented154
Other7
Cars per household in Rainbow Beach
Cars per household, Rainbow Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
025
1198
2199
365
4+19
Commute to work in Rainbow Beach
Commute to work, Rainbow Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car266
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked52
Bicycle3
Home71
Top countries of birth in Rainbow Beach
Top countries of birth, Rainbow Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
England51
New Zealand31
South Africa16
Germany11
Canada9
France8
Languages used at home in Rainbow Beach
Languages used at home, Rainbow Beach QLD (ABS Census 2021)
German10
Italian6
Vietnamese6
Filipino4
Spanish4
Afrikaans3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

9,509 bird observations recorded near Rainbow Beach — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Rainbow Beach

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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