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Harrisdale

Ranked #16 of 256 Perth suburbs for parks. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.

By Formada3D research · Updated October 2026 · Perth
Harrisdale suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Parks89#16 of 256
Active88#11 of 256
Green space87#8 of 256
Wealth84#41 of 256

Harrisdale suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
88
#11 of 256
Wealth
84
#41 of 256
Value
81
#48 of 256
Parks
89
#16 of 256
Cafés
72
#72 of 256
Transit
39
#135 of 256
Green space
87
#8 of 256
Active & healthy
72
#9 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
52
#129 of 256

Harrisdale rent, prices and other numbers

Population11,667
Area5.77 km²
Postcode6112
Median household income$2,412/wk
Median rent$420/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks34 (12.67 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score68/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park100.0% of the suburb
Cafés5
Gyms & sport venues51
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)4 schools in the suburb — nearest is North Harrisdale Primary School (0.68 km)

Median sale price: not available for Western Australia — Landgate sells suburb sales reports and REIWA's medians are commercial; there is no open-licence suburb-level sale price dataset for WA.

Who lives in Harrisdale

Population
11,667
Median age
33 years
Median household income
$2,412/wk
Median rent
$420/wk

Source: ABS Census 2021. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Harrisdale — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Harrisdale

What is the postcode for Harrisdale?

The postcode for Harrisdale, Perth is 6112.

Is Harrisdale a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Harrisdale is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #16 of 256 Perth suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Perth for 7 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Harrisdale expensive to live in?

Median rent is $420 a week, and household income ranks #41 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 81/100 for value.

Does Harrisdale have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #135 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Harrisdale?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 12.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 87/100 for green space.

Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Perth: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated October 2026 (last updated 2026-10-10). Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
About this data: every number on this page is computed from public sources — it is not an opinion or a sponsored placement. See how we rank suburbs for the full method.
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