Suburb profile

Rapid Creek NT 0810

Rapid Creek is located in the Darwin region of the Northern Territory, postcode 0810. It has 1,786 properties across 42 streets. Explore every street in Rapid Creek, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Rapid Creek

Rapid Creek, NT 0810, sits in the Darwin region and neighbours Coconut Grove, Alawa, Brinkin and Jingili. Its 42 streets hold 1,786 properties, 745 of them houses and 1,041 units.

At the 2021 Census Rapid Creek had 3,261 residents, a median age of 35 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $2,208 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,956 a month and the median rent $350 a week. Of 1,309 dwellings, 540 were separate houses, 19 semi-detached and 746 flats; 244 were owned outright, 311 owned with a mortgage and 724 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Rapid Creek

  • 3,261Peoplelive in the area
  • 35Median ageyears
  • $2,208Median household incomea week
  • $350Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses540
  • Townhouses and semis19
  • Flats and apartments746

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,956a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 244Owned with a mortgage 311Rented 724Other 30

Schools in Rapid Creek

  • St Paul's Catholic Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

  • The Essington School

    IndependentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Rapid Creek

Neighbouring suburbs

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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.