Is Harrington Park a nice place to live?

Harrington Park combines older homesteads and more recent housing along tree-lined avenues, with parks and playing fields shaping the local character. It also has a compact village shopping centre and bus services to the broader Macarthur centres and the regional rail hub. The community has incomes above the NSW median and many households buying their homes; couple families with children account for 64.6% of families. Everyday amenity includes open space, playing fields and local shops, and parts of the Harrington Park Public School upgrade were handed over, adding a new learning building and a new hall.

Is it expensive to live in Harrington Park?

A typical local household earned about $3,014 a week at the most recent Census. A median house price of $1,745,000 in Harrington Park works out to about 11.1 times a typical local annual household income, which places buying well above local incomes on these figures. Renting a house at about $850 a week would take roughly 28% of that weekly household income, a moderate share. That means, on the numbers given, renting looks noticeably less stretched against local incomes than buying, though whether that feels expensive will depend on your own circumstances. Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Is Harrington Park a good place to invest?

In Harrington Park, house values climbed 12.8% over the most recent 12 months, while house rents rose a solid 6.2%. For houses, that means capital growth outpaced rental income over that period. This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

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Harrington Park suburb profile

Harrington Park is a south-west Sydney suburb in the Macarthur region that grew from rural estates into planned residential neighbourhoods. Streets often show a mix of older homesteads and more recent houses, with tree-lined avenues, parks and playing fields shaping the local character.

A compact village shopping centre and community facilities meet everyday needs, and bus services connect to the broader Macarthur centres and regional rail hub. The suburb retains a sense of open space and easy road access to nearby centres, distinguishing it from more urban districts.

Harrington Park property market performance

Harrington Park's median house price is $1.745 million, up 12.8% over the last 12 months, a strong rise. There are too few recent unit sales for a median to be published. Thirty-six houses sold over the last 3 months and the median house was on the market for 29 days over the last 12 months.

In Harrington Park, house rents rose 6.2% over the last 12 months, a solid rise, but that lagged behind house values, which increased by a larger margin.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$1.75M	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	12.8%	N/A
Sold Past 3 months	36	N/A
Median days on market Past 12 months	29	N/A
Average rent Past 12 months	$850	N/A
Change in rent Past 12 months	6.3%	N/A

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Harrington Park demographics

Harrington Park is a community with incomes above the median for NSW, many households buying their homes and families with children.

Couple families with children account for 64.6% of families and 61.2% of homes are owned with a mortgage. At the 2021 Census 13,332 people lived in Harrington Park.

Harrington Park and NSW

	Suburb	NSW
Median age years	35	39
Median household income weekly	$3,014	$1,829
Couples with children share of families	64.6%	44.7%
Couples without children share of families	24.3%	37.9%
One-parent families share of families	10.1%	15.8%
Homes owned outright share of homes	25.7%	32.6%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	61.2%	33.6%
Homes rented share of homes	13.1%	33.7%

Source: ABS 2021 Census. Shares of homes exclude other and not-stated tenure.

Harrington Park infrastructure, key developments and investment opportunities

Harrington Park's Harrington Park Reserve Sportfield Redevelopment stage 1 was completed in 2025, delivering 28 additional car parking spaces as part of the works.

Parts of the Harrington Park Public School upgrade were handed over in 2022, including a new learning building and a new hall, with the project delivering 19 new permanent learning spaces. In 2026 Camden Council moved to deliver a new amenities building at Fairfax Reserve, with the proposal to include changerooms and additional storage.

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Common questions about Harrington Park

Is Harrington Park a nice place to live?
Harrington Park combines older homesteads and more recent housing along tree-lined avenues, with parks and playing fields shaping the local character. It also has a compact village shopping centre and bus services to the broader Macarthur centres and the regional rail hub.

The community has incomes above the NSW median and many households buying their homes; couple families with children account for 64.6% of families. Everyday amenity includes open space, playing fields and local shops, and parts of the Harrington Park Public School upgrade were handed over, adding a new learning building and a new hall.
Is it expensive to live in Harrington Park?
A typical local household earned about $3,014 a week at the most recent Census. A median house price of $1,745,000 in Harrington Park works out to about 11.1 times a typical local annual household income, which places buying well above local incomes on these figures.

Renting a house at about $850 a week would take roughly 28% of that weekly household income, a moderate share. That means, on the numbers given, renting looks noticeably less stretched against local incomes than buying, though whether that feels expensive will depend on your own circumstances.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.
Is Harrington Park a good place to invest?
In Harrington Park, house values climbed 12.8% over the most recent 12 months, while house rents rose a solid 6.2%. For houses, that means capital growth outpaced rental income over that period.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.