Berkeley

19.0% of Berkeley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

2,064 family households lived in Berkeley; 38.7% were couple families and 25.8% were one-parent families.

37.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Berkeley had 7,798 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 89.0% of occupied private dwellings in Berkeley.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.5% of occupied private dwellings.

32.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

28.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Berkeley had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 27.6% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Two-person households represented 32.2%, while 24.6% had four or more usual residents.

14.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

60.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

11.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 35.9% of the total.

52.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.0% reported a different address.

21.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

74.0% of residents used only English at home.

19.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

21.5% of Berkeley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.9% of ancestry responses in Berkeley.

Australian ancestry made up 32.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

13.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 7.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

24.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

51.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 11.7% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.1%.

Median household income was $1,217 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 14.4% in Berkeley, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 32.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 39.2% in Berkeley, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.