Rapid Creek, Darwin
The languages of Rapid Creek
At the 2021 Census, 27 per cent of residents in Rapid Creek spoke a language other than English at home, most often Nepali. The next largest is Gujarati. Rapid Creek's share is below the Northern Territory. Residents speak 41 languages between them.
- Residents
- 3,216
- Speak another language
- 26.8%+21.8%
- Languages spoken
- 41
- Born overseas
- 30.6%
What languages are spoken in Rapid Creek?
- 01Nepali118+32.6%
- 02Gujarati84+190%
- 03Punjabi75+87.5%
- 04Indonesian47+20.5%
- 05Urdu47+67.9%
- 06Bengali43+126%
- 07Greek43-28.3%
- 08French42+44.8%
- 09Hindi28-9.7%
- 10Spanish28+155%
Where were Rapid Creek's residents born?
Overseas-born residents make up about 990 people, most often from India.
- 01India247+83.0%
- 02Nepal123+53.8%
- 03England108-9.2%
- 04Philippines64-27.3%
- 05New Zealand53-24.3%
- 06Indonesia50+19.0%
- 07Bangladesh47+194%
- 08United States of America25+733%
- 09South Africa24-4.0%
- 10Pakistan22+69.2%
Is Rapid Creek more multilingual than Australia as a whole?
The share speaking another language is 1.3 times the figure for Australia as a whole.
- Rapid Creek
- 26.8%
- Northern Territory
- 32.1%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
What's Rapid Creek's religious mix?
- 01No religion or secular beliefs1,581+43.5%
- 02Christianity897-26.5%
- 03Hinduism271+57.6%
- 04Islam133+35.7%
- 05Buddhism75-5.1%
- 06Judaism5-58.3%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
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