Suburb profile
Rainbow VIC 3424
Rainbow is located in the North West Victoria region of Victoria, postcode 3424. It has 571 properties across 73 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Rainbow, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Rainbow
Rainbow, VIC 3424, sits in North West Victoria and neighbours Hopetoun, Albacutya, Beulah and Big Desert. Its 73 streets hold 571 properties, 553 of them houses and 18 units.
Census figures are for the Nhill Region, which is wider than the suburb. The region had 6,956 residents, a median age of 50 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,179 a week, the median mortgage repayment $737 a month and the median rent $170 a week. Of 2,882 dwellings, 2,744 were separate houses, 82 semi-detached and 28 flats; 19 were other dwellings. Tenure was 1,561 owned outright, 702 owned with a mortgage and 460 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Rainbow
- 6,956Peoplelive in the area
- 50Median ageyears
- $1,179Median household incomea week
- $170Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses2,744
- Townhouses and semis82
- Flats and apartments28
- Other19
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$737a month
- Household size2.2people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Rainbow
Rainbow P-12 College
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Rainbow P-12 College
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Streets in Rainbow
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Neighbouring suburbs
Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.