Harris Park is a tiny, dense suburb of just 0.64 km² squeezed between Parramatta's CBD and Granville, 19 km west of the Sydney CBD, in the City of Parramatta LGA. At the 2021 census it had 5,043 residents, with a sizeable Indian and Hindu diaspora that forms the suburb's largest ethnic and religious grouping — the reason the local commercial precinct is widely known as 'Little India'. The suburb's other defining feature is heritage: it contains Experiment Farm Cottage, built c1795 on the site of Australia's first private farm (James Ruse's 1791 grant), plus the heritage-listed Hambledon Cottage and the Victorian mansion Kenilworth, now Holy Spirit Seminary. Buyers and diners know Harris Park as an authentic Indian dining destination a short walk from Parramatta's CBD (At Parramatta; Sydney.com).
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Sydney |
| Council (LGA) | City of Parramatta |
| Postcode | 2150 |
| Distance to Sydney CBD | Around 30–35 minutes by T1/T2 train from Harris Park station to Central in the Sydney CBD.… |
| Median house price | ~$1.7M (median house price to Q2 2025, QuickProperty, up ~23% YoY) (mid-2026) |
| Median unit price | $500,000 (median unit price, Q2 2026, QuickProperty) |
| Typical rent | ~$715/week (median weekly rent, NSW Fair Trading bond data via QuickProperty for postcode 2150, June 2026, up 7.5% YoY) |
| Price growth | 5-yr compound price growth +8.8%/yr; 10-yr +9.6%/yr (QuickProperty) |
Transport
Harris Park railway station sits on the Main Western line and opened around 1885; it has four platforms and recorded about 4,134 daily entries/exits in 2025, ranked 93rd among Sydney stations. Services: T1 Western line trains (weekday-limited plus weekends), T2 Leppington & Inner West line trains (weekdays only) and T5 Cumberland line trains, connecting Harris Park one stop to Parramatta and through Granville toward the city. There is no other rail, light rail or ferry in the suburb; buses and the station shuttle serve the strip, and the suburb is ringed by arterial roads into the Parramatta CBD.
Schools
No school is physically located within Harris Park — the suburb's 0.64 km² is almost entirely residential and commercial. The suburb's local government primary-school catchment is Parramatta Public School, about 0.7 km away in the immediately adjacent suburb of Parramatta. Nearby government secondary schools are likewise in adjacent Parramatta — Arthur Phillip High School and Macarthur Girls High School — and Catholic schooling is available at Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta.
Universities
Western Sydney University's Parramatta campus sits in the immediately adjacent suburb of Parramatta, roughly 1 km north of Harris Park at the Parramatta River bend: the Parramatta South campus and the newer Parramatta City campus at 1 Parramatta Square in the Parramatta CBD.
Shopping & Amenities
The suburb's commercial heart is the 'Little India' dining precinct around Wigram and Marion Streets — more than 20 eateries (Sydney.com counts over 50 eateries and shops along Wigram Street alone) serving South Asian food, sweets and groceries; the precinct was formally renamed 'Little India' in May 2023 by Prime Minister Albanese during the Indian PM's state visit, following community lobbying. A small local shopping strip lines Marion Street, Harris Park railway station is in the suburb, and the heritage Experiment Farm Cottage museum sits at 9 Ruse Street. Westfield Parramatta, Parramatta Square and the Parramatta CBD's shops and services are an approximate 1 km walk away in the adjacent suburb of Parramatta (At Parramatta; royalestone.com.au).
Parks & Outdoors
The suburb's main open space is Robin Thomas Reserve, which is also the heritage-listed Parramatta Sand Body Conservation Area and Military Barracks archaeological site. Heritage garden grounds around Experiment Farm Cottage and Hambledon Cottage add greenery, and Harris Park residents walk to Parramatta Park — Sydney's oldest public park, with its river frontage and Old Government House — in the immediately adjacent suburb of Parramatta.
Property Market
The median house price in Harris Park was around ~$1.7M (median house price to Q2 2025, QuickProperty, up ~23% YoY) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Harris Park is a dense, apartment-dominated suburb of older low-rise walk-ups around Wigram, Marion and Station Streets mixed with Victorian-era cottages near the station. Tracker medians diverge because house sales are thin: QuickProperty's sales-based median was ~$1.7M (Q2 2025, +23% YoY) while OnTheHouse's AVM put the house median at ~$1.48M; unit medians cluster tightly around $500K. Market turnover is about 123 sales/yr (6.1% of homes) and gross rental yield is low (~2.2%), typical of a premium location adjacent to Parramatta's CBD (QuickProperty). Note: earlier estimates of $1.8–2.3M for houses were not supported by these trackers.
New Developments
Charlie Parker — Coronation Property's build-to-rent tower at 12A Parkes Street (corner of Charles and Parkes Streets) in Harris Park's north-eastern pocket, delivering about 123 professionally managed rental apartments (studio to 3-bed) and described as one of the first build-to-rent towers in Parramatta/NSW; it opened in 2024 and is operated by Nation, with 3-bed apartments listing around $1,190/week. 124 Wigram Street — a City of Parramatta site-specific planning proposal (lodged September 2019 via Think Planners) to raise height limits at the Harris Park/Parramatta edge to allow a landmark tower or an alternative mixed-use scheme of about 163 apartments (City of Parramatta; Propertied). More broadly, Harris Park is absorbing apartment infill as spillover from the Parramatta CBD's boom, with new unit stock and the first BTR project rising within a 10-minute walk of Parramatta station (Coronation; FJ Studio).
Jobs & Local Economy
Local employment is anchored by the Little India retail and hospitality strip — dozens of restaurants, sweet shops, grocers and services along Wigram and Marion Streets. Because Harris Park sits against Parramatta's CBD, many residents work in the adjacent suburb of Parramatta, Sydney's second CBD, with its large office, government, health and Westfield-anchored retail workforce.
Nearby Suburbs
Parramatta, Westmead, Camellia, Rosehill, Clyde, Granville, Holroyd
Sources & method
Researched 4 September 2026 from named public sources — census and government records, transport authorities, council and planning documents — plus published sales data. Where sources disagree on a figure, the guide says so rather than picking one.
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