IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,065
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within Northern TerritoryDecile 10 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Northern Territory economy.
Housing
Rapid Creek
Northern Territory · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Rapid Creek is a coastal suburb of Darwin.
Household income
$2,208/wk77th pctile
of 278 NT suburbs
Amenity score
14/10063rd pctile
of 188 rated NT suburbs
Median house price
No open median house price for Rapid Creek.
Northern Territory publishes no open Valuer-General sales feed, so there is no official suburb median we can show. ABS median established-house price, Greater Darwin: $750k; Rest of NT: $460k.
How it compares
Household income / wk77th percentile
<$225ABS Census 2021$3,749+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Northern Territory suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Northern Territory and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
3,261
Median age
35 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,229
Household income / wk
$2,208
▲ 45% vs NT
Median rent / wk
$350
Mortgage / month
$1,956
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 27%
- −6 pts vs NT
- Living alone
- 30%
- +6 pts vs NT
- Unemployment
- 4%
- −3 pts vs NT
- In the labour force
- 76%
- +14 pts vs NT
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 49%
- +28 pts vs NT
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 13%
- −11 pts vs NT
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 22%
- +9 pts vs NT
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. NT figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
1,309 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 41%
- Flat or apartment 57%
- Semi, terrace & other 2%
NT: 66% separate houses · 18% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 19%
- Mortgaged 24%
- Rented 55%
- Other & not stated 2%
NT: 16% owned outright · 31% mortgaged · 48% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,048
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 8 of 10
Within Northern TerritoryDecile 9 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 974
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 3 of 10
Within Northern TerritoryDecile 7 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,104
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within Northern TerritoryDecile 10 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
12 m
range 0–23 m
Land below 5 m
14%
1.0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled. No open statutory flood or bushfire layer is published for Northern Territory yet.
Local amenities
Schools
3
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
0
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.1 km
Nearest train
11.4 km
Nearest hospital
3.6 km
Distance to coast
0.6 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 48%
- Top language at home
- Nepali · 2%
- No religion
- 48%
- Born overseas
- 34%
- English only at home
- 71%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 1 / 1 / 2
- Primary / Secondary
- 2 / 3
- Nearest secondary
- 0.3 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Darwin
- Population
- 90,035 (2025) · +1.4% in a year
- Area / density
- 111 km² · 809/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 35 · $2,188/wk household income · $380/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $610k
- Federal grants
- $5.06M in 2025-26 · $56/resident
- Website
- darwin.nt.gov.au
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. ABS and Dept of Infrastructure data CC BY 4.0; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- Solomon
- Federal MP
- Luke John Gosling (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 51% 2PP
- State electorate
- Nightcliff
- State MP
- Ed Smelt (ALP)
Where it is in Northern Territory
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Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.