Rainbow Beach is in Gympie LGA, QLD, postcode 4581, with population 1,220.
The page has enough signal to be useful, but the story is mixed rather than decisive. Use compare mode to pressure-test it against stronger nearby options, then use the calculator if it still makes the shortlist.
Population movement supports a growth-led read.
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,605/mo, while renters pay about $2,427/mo — renting runs $822/mo higher on these medians.
Rainbow Beach is a small community in Queensland within the Gympie local government area (postcode 4581). With a population of 1,220, the suburb has a more retirement-aged population with a median age of 56. Households earn a median income of $51K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. QLD employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. QLD also had 32 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 50 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $560. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,605.
Rainbow Beach is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 987, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Gympie LGA is moderate at 5,174 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +2.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Rainbow Beach has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
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Rainbow Beach is in the Gympie Local Government Area, QLD, postcode 4581. Council-level context for Gympie LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Rainbow Beach is $560/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Rainbow Beach has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Rainbow Beach show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.