32.9% ▲ +43.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rapid Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rapid Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 33% of people in Rapid Creek were born overseas, which is far above the Northern Territory average. This makes the area much more internationally diverse than most other parts of the region. The most common roots here are English and Australian, though there is a strong presence of Indian and Nepalese residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (28.7%) and Australian (26.6%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish, Scottish and Indian backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 32.9% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure well above the national average of 27.7%. Outside of Australia, India is the most common birthplace at 7.3%, followed by Nepal at 3.5%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Rapid Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70231/rapid-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage