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Housing
rainbow
Victoria · Census 2021
$220k
+10.0% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Rainbow is a leafy residential suburb of Hindmarsh.
Median house price
People
Population
672
Median age
56 yrs
Income / person / wk
$625
Household income / wk
$1,048
Housing
Median rent / wk
$100
Mortgage / month
$500
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Other Christian · 36%
- Top language at home
- Vietnamese · 1%
- No religion
- 31%
- Born overseas
- 8%
- English only at home
- 95%
Local amenities
Amenity score
31/100
Schools
2
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
2
Parks
5
Libraries
0
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
3.1 km
Nearest train
55.2 km
Nearest hospital
3.1 km
Distance to coast
205 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Grocery mix: 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
3.3 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Hindmarsh
- Council population
- 5,734
- Council area
- 7,524 km²
- Density
- 1/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.69M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $993/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,660
- Operating result
- -12.2%
- Asset renewal
- 71%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Mallee
- Federal MP
- Anne Webster (NP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 69% 2PP
- State electorate
- Lowan
- State MP
- Emma Kealy (NAT)
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