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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Rapid Creek is an inner-city suburb of Darwin, Australia, with a population of approximately 3,261, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 9 km from the Darwin CBD, Rapid Creek is a inner city area in Northern Territory. The median household income is $114,816 per year.
Above-average earnings in Rapid Creek support sustained property values. The short commute to the city centre is a key demand driver.
Official Australia Post postcode for Rapid Creek. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Rapid Creek on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
3,261 residents places Rapid Creek squarely in the middle of the Northern Territory suburb size distribution (state median 3,057), with market depth comparable to most NT localities. At $114,816/year, household income in Rapid Creek is within 1% of the Northern Territory median ($113,308), placing the suburb firmly in the state's mainstream demographic band. Rent of $350/week (78% coverage of the $1,956/month median mortgage) leaves a gap of roughly $439/month that a typical investor bridges with negative gearing, depreciation and capital growth. At 9 km from the Darwin CBD, Rapid Creek sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks. Only 37% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 68% state median), so this is a unit-heavy market where body-corporate decisions and strata supply meaningfully shape investor returns.
Inner-city investors should model strata costs and rate rises carefully, since gross yields here are often compressed by higher entry prices. Local rents consume roughly 16% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Rapid Creek stacks up against the median of all Northern Territory suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Rapid Creek sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Rapid Creek | NT median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,261 | 3,057 | +7% |
| Median household income | $114,816/yr | $113,308/yr | +1% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $350 | $360 | -3% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,956 | $1,950 | 0% |
| Distance to CBD | 9 km | 15 km | -40% |
| Separate houses | 37% | 68% | -31pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Rapid Creek — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Moderate buy-and-hold potential: Rapid Creek's 3,261-person market and $114,816 median household income work for investors who are selective on street location and property quality rather than counting on a suburb-wide rerating.
Moderate rental coverage: rent of $350/week covers 78% of a $1,956/month mortgage, leaving a $439/month gap that an investor bridges with equity, depreciation and tax benefits.
Only 37% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 68% NT median) — this is a unit and townhouse market, where cosmetic flips struggle against body-corporate restrictions, thinner after-reno uplift and competing new supply.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Rapid Creek are modest for 2026 — incomes close to the NT median of $113,308 and a population of 3,261 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~78% of the typical mortgage ($1,517/month rent vs $1,956/month repayment), leaving a manageable top-up for most investors. The EquitySight investment score of 79/100 places Rapid Creek in the upper-middle tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is constructive heading into the second half of 2026.
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Rapid Creek scores 79/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a good rating. That score is driven by a population of 3,261, median household income of $114,816/year and median weekly rent of $350. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Rapid Creek are proximity to Darwin (9 km), an above-state-median household income of $114,816/year, a dwelling mix that is 37% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Rapid Creek has a usual resident population of approximately 3,261, compared with a Northern Territory suburb median of 3,057 — placing it in the upper half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Rapid Creek sits 9 km straight-line from the Darwin CBD. This is inner-ring territory — pricing competes directly with established Darwin employment nodes.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $350 in Rapid Creek, equating to approximately $18,200/year in gross rental income (state median $360/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Rapid Creek is $1,956, or approximately $23,472/year (vs $1,950/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
A median weekly rent of $350 works out to $1,517/month, covering 78% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,956/month. That leaves a $439/month shortfall (around $5,268/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (3,261 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,956 median mortgage, a unit-heavy dwelling mix (37% houses) where body-corporate costs and apartment supply affect resale, the broader Northern Territory market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.