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Harrison, Australian Capital Territory

Harrison, Australian Capital Territory
FieldValue
typesuburb
nameHarrison
cityCanberra
stateact
imageLight rail construction on Flemington Road, Harrison, Canberra.jpg
captionLight rail construction on Flemington Road, Harrison
alternative_location_mapAustralia ACT districted Canberra
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Canberra
lgaGungahlin
stategovYerrabi
fedgovFenner
gazetted18 October 1991
postcode2914
elevation612
area3.0
pop
dist110
dir1N
location1Canberra CBD
dist227
dir2NNW
location2Queanbeyan
dist383
dir3SW
location3Goulburn
dist4280
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location4Sydney
near-nwGungahlin
near-nGungahlin
near-neKenny
near-wFranklin
near-eKenny
near-swMitchell
coordinates

| near-nw = Gungahlin | near-n = Gungahlin | near-ne = Kenny | near-w = Franklin | near-e = Kenny | near-sw = Mitchell | near-s = | near-se =

Harrison is a suburb of the district of Gungahlin in Canberra, Australia. The suburb is named after the former city planner Peter Harrison, who was instrumental in reviving Walter Burley Griffin's plan for the National Capital. The suburb is adjacent to the suburbs of Franklin, Gungahlin, Throsby, Kenny and the industrial estate Mitchell. Harrison's place names reflects those of "natural features, waterfalls, plains, tablelands and plateaux". The suburb is located approximately 2 km east of the Gungahlin Town Centre and about 10 km from the centre of Canberra.

Following the launch of Light Rail on 20 April by the ACT government, Harrison residents now have access to Light Rail services from any of the stops along Flemington Road.

Notable places

The suburb of Harrison has two heritage-listed sites:

  • Gungaderra Homestead
  • Well Station Homestead Precinct

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the population of Harrison was 8,244, of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. The median age of Harrison residents was 31 years old.

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population which were lower than the national and territory averages.
  • The most common ancestries in Harrison were Australian (25.6%), English (23.5%), Chinese (12.6%), Indian (8.2%) and Scottish (6.5%).
  • The most common countries of birth in Harrison were Australia (55.8%), India (7.4%), China (7.3%), Nepal (2.8%), South Korea (2%) and England (1.9%).
  • The religious affiliation of most Harrison residents were No religion (39.5%), Catholic (16.2%), Hinduism (10.7%), Islam (5.8%) and Anglican (5.6%).

Schools

NameSuburbTypeDistrictOpenedWebsiteNotes
Harrison SchoolHarrisonPublicGungahlin2008[Website](http://www.harrison.act.edu.au/)K-10
Mother Teresa Primary SchoolHarrisonCatholicGungahlin2010[Website](http://www.motherteresa.act.edu.au/)K-6
Harrison Early Childhood CentreHarrisonPrivateGungahlin2010[Website](http://www.northside.asn.au/parents-and-families/harrison_early_childhood_centre)K-2

Parks

Harrison Green flats
Harrison and Franklin aerial view from north east
AddressPlayGym
Eric Mawson St, Harrison ACT 2914No
Turtle Rock St, Harrison ACT 2914No
Tanami St, Harrison ACT 2914Yes
Moonlight St, Harrison ACT 2914Yes

Geology

Harrison is underlaid mostly by the Canberra Formation mudstone or volcanics from the late middle Silurian age. Near the eastern corner is an outcrop of the Ainslie Volcanics dacite or andesite.

Footnotes

References

  1. (8 September 2009). "Suburbs & their names". Archives ACT.
  2. (August 2025). "Suburb Name search results". ACT Environment and Sustainable Development.
  3. "Light Rail Launch - Transport Canberra".
  4. "ACT Heritage Register". act.gov.au.
  5. ACT Heritage Council. "Heritage (Decision about Provisional Registration for the Gungaderra Homestead and Portion of Well Station Road, Harrison) Notice 2011". act.gov.au.
  6. ACT Heritage Council. "Well Station Homestead Precinct - Entry to the ACT Heritage Register". act.gov.au.
  7. "2021 Harrison, Census All Persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics.
  8. Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.
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