Harrison
Suburb
Light rail construction on Flemington Road, Harrison
Harrison Location inCanberra
Coordinates:35°11′51″S149°9′16″E / 35.19750°S 149.15444°E /-35.19750; 149.15444
Country	Australia
State	Australian Capital Territory
City	Canberra
District	Gungahlin
Location	10 km (6.2 mi) N ofCanberra CBD 27 km (17 mi) NNW ofQueanbeyan 83 km (52 mi) SW ofGoulburn 280 km (170 mi) SW ofSydney
Government
• Territory electorate	Yerrabi
• Federal division	Fenner
Area
• Total	3.0 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Elevation	612 m (2,008 ft)
Population
• Total	8,244 (SAL2021)[2]
Postcode	2914
Gazetted	18 October 1991[3]
Suburbs around Harrison Gungahlin Gungahlin Kenny Franklin Harrison Kenny Mitchell

Harrison is a suburb of thedistrict of Gungahlin in Canberra, Australia. The suburb is named after the former city plannerPeter Harrison, who was instrumental in revivingWalter Burley Griffin's plan for the National Capital. The suburb is adjacent to the suburbs ofFranklin,Gungahlin,Throsby,Kenny and the industrial estateMitchell. Harrison's place names reflects those of "natural features, waterfalls, plains, tablelands and plateaux".^[4] The suburb is located approximately 2 km east of theGungahlin Town Centre and about 10 km from the centre ofCanberra.

Following the launch ofLight Rail on 20 April by theACT government,^[5] Harrison residents now have access toLight Rail services from any of the stops along Flemington Road.

The suburb of Harrison has two heritage-listed sites:^[6]

• Gungaderra Homestead^[7]
• Well Station Homestead Precinct^[8]

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.^[9]

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population which were lower than the national and territory averages.^[9]
• The most common ancestries in Harrison wereAustralian (25.6%),English (23.5%),Chinese (12.6%),Indian (8.2%) andScottish (6.5%).^[9]
• The most common countries of birth in Harrison wereAustralia (55.8%),India (7.4%),China (7.3%),Nepal (2.8%),South Korea (2%) andEngland (1.9%).^[9]
• The religious affiliation of most Harrison residents wereNo religion (39.5%),Catholic (16.2%),Hinduism (10.7%),Islam (5.8%) andAnglican (5.6%).^[9]

Harrison is underlaid mostly by the Canberra Formationmudstone or volcanics from the late middleSilurian age.Near the eastern corner is an outcrop of the Ainslie Volcanicsdacite orandesite.^[10]

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