Berkeley Vale

21.1% of Berkeley Vale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

2,483 family households lived in Berkeley Vale; 45.6% were couple families and 19.4% were one-parent families.

42.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Berkeley Vale had 8,951 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 89.8% of occupied private dwellings in Berkeley Vale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.9% of occupied private dwellings.

30.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

47.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.5% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Berkeley Vale had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 21.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 31.9%, while 29.6% had four or more usual residents.

20.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

55.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

3.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 30.8% of the total.

65.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.7% reported a different address.

11.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

91.9% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.1% of Berkeley Vale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.9% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.8% of ancestry responses in Berkeley Vale.

Australian ancestry made up 45.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

16.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

32.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

56.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.5%.

Median household income was $1,791 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 20.0% in Berkeley Vale, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 30.7% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 21.5% in Berkeley Vale, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.