ACT · Unincorporated ACT Council
Harrison, ACT, 2914
Current weather
12.4°COvercast
82% humidity · 11.7 km/h wind · 12.8° / 9.8° today · 20.1 mm rain
Desirability index
#9 among Metro Canberra suburbs
Suburb snapshot
Harrison is a mid-sized suburb in the Unincorporated ACT area, home to around 8,244 residents (2021 Census). Recent indicators show 36 offences in 2025 Q2 Apr-Jun with falling year-on-year trends (-26%), roughly 4.4 offences per 1,000 residents, 2 school and preschool sites in the area, a higher concentration of local shops, services, and recreation amenities, and notable planning and development activity on record. Snapshot data also shows parks or public open space within the suburb.
Population
- Population
- 8,244
- Median age
- 31
- Median household income / week
- $2,636
- Dwelling vacancy
- 5.2%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 151 of 2,918
- Median monthly mortgage
- $2,000
- Employment rate
- 76.8%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 167 / 418 / 820
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 Census release
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
- Total offences (2025 Q2 Apr-Jun)
- 36
- Against the person
- 13
- Against property
- 14
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 4.4
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 634 residents
- State safety percentile
- 12.5th (lower crime is better)
- Year-on-year change
- -26.5%
Most common offence types
- Assault - Fv11
- Other Offences9
- Property Damage6
- Sexual Assault2
- Theft (Excluding Motor Vehicles)7
Data sources & freshness
- ACT crime statistics by suburb (quarterly) — ACT Policing / dataACT · Period: 2025 Q1 Jan-Mar → 2025 Q2 Apr-Jun; 2025 Q2 Apr-Jun · Updated on site · Quarterly XLSX release
Schools & preschools
- Schools & preschools
- 2
- Median school ICSEA (2 schools)
- 1,080
- Harrison SchoolCombined
- Mother Teresa SchoolPrimary
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · Period: 2025 · Updated on site · Annual ACARA release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · Period: 2025 · Updated on site · Annual ACARA release
Planning & development
Development applications from ACT planning register (lodged 2020–2026).
20 planning-related records
2025· 5 proposals
November 2025
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
September 2025
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
May 2025
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
March 2025
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2023· 2 proposals
November 2023
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
March 2023
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2022· 3 proposals
August 2022
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
June 2022
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
May 2022
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2021· 3 proposals
July 2021
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
May 2021
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
2020· 7 proposals
November 2020
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
October 2020
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
April 2020
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
March 2020
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
February 2020
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
January 2020
- SUBCHARRISON · GUNGAHLINCompleted
Data sources & freshness
- Active & completed development applications — ACT Planning · Period: 2020; 2020–2026; 2021… · Updated on site
Amenities
70 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
- Bbq
- Bench (14)
- The ReCycleryBicycle
Otway Street
- Bus stop (3)
- Cultivation Street after Carpentaria StreetBus stop
- Cultivation Street after Encounter StreetBus stop
- Cultivation Street after Nullarbor AvenueBus stop
- Cultivation Street after Tanami StreetBus stop
- Cultivation Street before Carpentaria StreetBus stop
- Cultivation Street before Tanami StreetBus stop
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe).
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Parks & reserves
2 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Carrick ParkPark
- Kevin Godkin ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · Period: current · Updated on site
Socio-economic (SEIFA)
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 10/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 10/10
SEIFA indexes from ABS 2021. Decile 10 = most advantaged / least disadvantaged in Australia.
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 SEIFA release
Heritage
20 state heritage places
- Aboriginal RecordingsSCCA34 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsHarrison 2 (2)4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsHarrison 1 (1)4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsSCCA34 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsHarrison 2 (1)4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsHarrison 1 (3)4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsSCCA34 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsHARR34 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsHarrison 1 (2)4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsSCCA34 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
Data sources & freshness
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · Period: current · Updated on site
Childcare
1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap
- Pre-school unitkindergarten
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · Period: current · Updated on site
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via ACT Bushfire Prone Area (SBMP) mapping.
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · Period: current · Updated on site
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 25
- Parks (OSM)
- 24
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover features — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Desirability index
- Desirability score
- 92.5/100
- Cohort rank
- #9 among Metro Canberra suburbs
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived score) · Period: current · Updated on site · Derived from source metrics
Recent changes
- Pre-school unitchildcarekindergarten
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageSCCA34 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageHarrison 2 (2)4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageHarrison 1 (1)4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageSCCA34 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageHarrison 2 (1)4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageHarrison 1 (3)4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageSCCA34 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageHARR34 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
- Aboriginal RecordingsheritageHarrison 1 (2)4 - Aboriginal Place or Object (not registered but protected under Heritage Act 2004)
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · Updated on site
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · Updated on site
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