Harris Park Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Harris Park (2150) is a suburb of Sydney, Parramatta, New South Wales. It is about 19 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Harris Park is in the federal electorate of Parramatta.

In the 2011 census the population of Harris Park was 5,072 and is comprised of approximately 46.4% females and 53.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Harris Park is 30 years of age.

39.9% of people living in the suburb of Harris Park were born in India. The other top responses for country of birth were 21.7% Australia, 4.7% China , 3.3% Lebanon, 2.3% Afghanistan, 2.2% Philippines, 2.0% Bangladesh, 1.2% Iran, 1.1% New Zealand, 1.0% Sri Lanka, 0.9% Fiji, 0.8% Pakistan, 0.8% Nepal, 0.8% Greece, 0.7% Korea, Republic of .

22.0% of people living in Harris Park speak Other. The other top languages spoken are 18.8% English only, 8.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 8.3% Hindi, 6.5% Punjabi, 6.3% Arabic, 5.7% Other, 3.2% Mandarin, 2.8% Cantonese, 2.6% Bengali.

The religious makeup of Harris Park is 37.0% Hinduism, 15.2% Catholic, 10.0% Islam, 9.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 8.6% No religion, 6.6% Other Religious Groups, 3.0% Anglican, 2.6% Buddhism, 1.9% Eastern Orthodox, 0.9% Christian, nfd.

57.7% of people are married, 30.5% have never married and 6.2% are divorced and 2.4% are separated. There are 136 widowed people living in Harris Park.

59.0% of the people living in Harris Park over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.9% are working on a part time basis. Harris Park has an unemployment rate of 8.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Harris Park are 19.6% Professionals, 14.9% Labourers, 14.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.5% Technicians & trades workers, 10.3% Sales workers, 9.8% Community & personal service workers, 7.2% Managers, 2.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Harris Park work in are 11.8% Retail trade, 11.0% Accommodation and food services, 10.3% Health care and social assistance, 9.6% Manufacturing, 7.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.0% Administrative and support services, 6.3% Financial and insurance services, 5.8% Wholesale trade, 5.7% Transport, postal and warehousing.

10.4% of homes are fully owned, and 17.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 66.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $489 per week and the median household income is $1114 per week.

The median rent in Harris Park is $310 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1576 per month.

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