Most of Greenacre is in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, while a part in the east is in the Municipality of Strathfield.

Michael Ryan operated an inn called the Harp of Ould Erin on land he owned to the north of Liverpool Road.

[2] The eastern part of the suburb, east of Roberts Road and north of Juno Parade, was mostly part of the large logistical and industrial area surrounding Enfield Marshalling Yards, with a small residential area.

[citation needed] A separate part of the suburb, north of Liverpool Road (Hume Highway), is also railway and industrial land, and was added to Strathfield Council in 1892.

Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 38.7%, Urdu 3.6%, Vietnamese 2.8%, Greek 2.7% and Bengali 2.6%.