Parramatta's homes, and the network behind them
Apartments
Flats or apartments were 85.6% of homes in 2021. Only 7.7% were separate houses.
Renters
Of occupied homes, 70.2% were rented, 18.0% owned with a mortgage and 9.6% owned outright.
Endeavour Energy
Ausgrid's checker lists Endeavour for 2150, so a block-wide outage goes to Endeavour on 131 003.
Conservation areas
North Parramatta, Sorrell Street and South Parramatta are heritage conservation areas. North Parramatta keeps small single-storey cottages from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century.
Panels and the street
In South Parramatta, the council's controls say solar panels shouldn't be visible from the street or a public place.
If you rent in Parramatta
Any electrical fault in a NSW rental is an urgent repair. Tell the agent in writing and keep a copy.
Smoke alarms are the landlord's job: they must be checked every year, and one that's not working fixed within two business days. Only a licensed electrician can repair or replace a hardwired alarm, and if the landlord doesn't act in time, a tenant may arrange it, but only through one.
Appliances that plug into a power point aren't part of the electrical installation, so a faulty toaster or heater you own is yours to replace. The power point it plugs into is the landlord's.
Owners in strata: chargers and shared boards
You need strata approval to put a wall charger in an apartment car space. On 16 October 2026 the NSW Government announced that Parliament had passed a bill giving owners the right to install EV charging on their own lot without unreasonable objection from the committee, though no start date was given.
In most blocks the meters and main switches sit in a shared room. A sparky who does apartment chargers checks the building's spare capacity first, because that decides how the cable gets from the meter room to your space.
Our take for Parramatta
Renters, report faults in writing and let the agent send the electrician. Owners after a charger, start the strata conversation now and have an electrician who does apartment installs look at the switchroom before the meeting, so the committee sees a real plan rather than a request.
Want a specialist to sort it?
Tell us the job and your postcode. We match the licence-checked local electrician who does this kind of work, and they call you. No ring-around, and your number goes to them alone.