Kangy Angy vs Berkeley Vale

Berkeley Vale is the younger of the two, with a median age of 36 against 50 in Kangy Angy. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Berkeley Vale, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Kangy Angy: a median of $3.15 million, against $985,000 in Berkeley Vale, though rent is higher in Berkeley Vale. On these figures, Kangy Angy tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Berkeley Vale suits families with children, couples, and buyers on a tighter budget.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Berkeley Vale

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (6 vs 0)
  • has more childcare (4 vs 1)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (2 vs 0)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Berkeley Vale

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($985,000 vs $3,150,000)
  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (25% vs 48%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Kangy Angy has cheaper rent ($360/wk vs $420/wk)
  • Berkeley Vale leaves renters under less rental stress (24% vs 30%)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Kangy Angy

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (71 min vs 77 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (86.1 km vs 90.4 km)
  • But Berkeley Vale is more walkable (72/100 vs 19/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Kangy Angy has more residents already 65 and over (28% vs 17%)
  • Berkeley Vale is more walkable (72/100 vs 19/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Kangy Angy and Berkeley Vale drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Walkability 19 / 72
Kangy Angy — Walkability: 19/100 Berkeley Vale — Walkability: 72/100
Safety 41 / 50
Kangy Angy — Safety: 41/100 Berkeley Vale — Safety: 50/100
Low fire risk 52 / 47
Kangy Angy — Low fire risk: 52/100 Berkeley Vale — Low fire risk: 47/100

Demographics

Berkeley Vale has more residents (8,951 vs 331); Berkeley Vale has higher household incomes ($93,132 vs $62,348).

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Population 331 8,951
+2604% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +8.2% +7.1%
Median age 50 36
Median household income $62,348/yr $93,132/yr
+49% vs other
Median weekly rent $360/wk $420/wk
+17% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
0-4 3.3% / 7.2%
Kangy Angy — 0-4: 3.3% Berkeley Vale — 0-4: 7.2%
5-14 11.2% / 14.0%
Kangy Angy — 5-14: 11.2% Berkeley Vale — 5-14: 14.0%
15-19 4.5% / 6.1%
Kangy Angy — 15-19: 4.5% Berkeley Vale — 15-19: 6.1%
20-24 6.0% / 6.1%
Kangy Angy — 20-24: 6.0% Berkeley Vale — 20-24: 6.1%
25-34 4.2% / 14.0%
Kangy Angy — 25-34: 4.2% Berkeley Vale — 25-34: 14.0%
35-44 11.8% / 13.0%
Kangy Angy — 35-44: 11.8% Berkeley Vale — 35-44: 13.0%
45-54 10.0% / 10.9%
Kangy Angy — 45-54: 10.0% Berkeley Vale — 45-54: 10.9%
55-64 16.9% / 12.2%
Kangy Angy — 55-64: 16.9% Berkeley Vale — 55-64: 12.2%
65-74 16.6% / 9.2%
Kangy Angy — 65-74: 16.6% Berkeley Vale — 65-74: 9.2%
75-84 9.1% / 5.1%
Kangy Angy — 75-84: 9.1% Berkeley Vale — 75-84: 5.1%
85+ 2.4% / 2.4%
Kangy Angy — 85+: 2.4% Berkeley Vale — 85+: 2.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Kangy Angy 36.0% couple families
Kangy Angy — Couple Families: 36.0% Kangy Angy — Lone Person: 41.6% Kangy Angy — One Parent Families: 22.5% Kangy Angy — Group Household: 0.0% Kangy Angy — Other Families: 0.0%
Berkeley Vale 47.2% couple families
Berkeley Vale — Couple Families: 47.2% Berkeley Vale — Lone Person: 27.8% Berkeley Vale — One Parent Families: 20.1% Berkeley Vale — Group Household: 3.5% Berkeley Vale — Other Families: 1.4%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Kangy Angy 19.3% renting
Kangy Angy — Owned Outright: 56.9% Kangy Angy — Mortgage: 23.9% Kangy Angy — Renting: 19.3%
Berkeley Vale 21.5% renting
Berkeley Vale — Owned Outright: 30.7% Berkeley Vale — Mortgage: 47.8% Berkeley Vale — Renting: 21.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Certificate III & IV 18.4% / 20.0%
Kangy Angy — Certificate III & IV: 18.4% Berkeley Vale — Certificate III & IV: 20.0%
Bachelor Degree 8.2% / 8.2%
Kangy Angy — Bachelor Degree: 8.2% Berkeley Vale — Bachelor Degree: 8.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.9% / 7.7%
Kangy Angy — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.9% Berkeley Vale — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.7%
Postgraduate Degree 1.2% / 1.8%
Kangy Angy — Postgraduate Degree: 1.2% Berkeley Vale — Postgraduate Degree: 1.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.2%
Kangy Angy — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Berkeley Vale — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.0%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
England 5.1% / 3.6%
Kangy Angy — England: 5.1% Berkeley Vale — England: 3.6%
New Zealand 2.1% / 1.7%
Kangy Angy — New Zealand: 2.1% Berkeley Vale — New Zealand: 1.7%
Scotland 0.9% / 0.4%
Kangy Angy — Scotland: 0.9% Berkeley Vale — Scotland: 0.4%
South Africa 1.2% / —
Kangy Angy — South Africa: 1.2% Berkeley Vale — South Africa: not among its largest
Philippines — / 0.4%
Kangy Angy — Philippines: not among its largest Berkeley Vale — Philippines: 0.4%
Germany — / 0.4%
Kangy Angy — Germany: not among its largest Berkeley Vale — Germany: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.1%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Kangy Angy 98.4% houses
Kangy Angy — Houses: 98.4% Kangy Angy — Flats / Apartments: 1.6% Kangy Angy — Townhouses: 0.0%
Berkeley Vale 89.8% houses
Berkeley Vale — Houses: 89.8% Berkeley Vale — Flats / Apartments: 6.9% Berkeley Vale — Townhouses: 3.3%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Median house price $3,150,000 $985,000
Median unit price — $440,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 84 days
from 3 sales
 28 days
from 110 sales

Zoning mix

Kangy Angy has more land zoned for conservation (67% vs 20%); Berkeley Vale has more industrially zoned land (21% vs 0%).

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Environmental 67% 20%
Residential 0% 48%
Industrial 0% 21%
Rural and farming 20% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 9% 4%
Parks and recreation 4% 7%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
New dwellings approved 1,441
across Central Coast (NSW)
same for both
Approvals change year on year +67%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Houses — 3.7%
$700/wk on $990K
Units — 5.2%
$570/wk on $568K

Ranking within NSW

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
House price Higher than 75% of NSW Higher than 48% of NSW
Income Higher than 25% of NSW Higher than 60% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 69% of NSW Higher than 89% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 9% of NSW Higher than 62% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 83% of NSW Higher than 64% of NSW
NBN connectivity Higher than 67% of NSW Higher than 99% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 55% of NSW
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 76% of NSW

Liveability

Berkeley Vale is more walkable (72 vs 19).

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Grade — C
Score — 46/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Bushfire Moderate
48/100
 Moderate
53/100
Crime Moderate
59/100
 Moderate
50/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 3
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Inside the suburb 0 2
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 1
The University of Newcastle (Central Coast), 5.8 km
 1
The University of Newcastle (Central Coast), 9.4 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 3.0% 1.1%

Schools in Kangy Angy

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Berkeley Vale

  • TLK Youth College Independent · Secondary · Special school above peers
  • Berkeley Vale Public School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Parks & reserves 0 6
Childcare 1 4
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 2
Hospitals 0 1
Fuel stations 0 2
Waterways 7
same for both

Mobility

Berkeley Vale sits further from the CBD (90.4 km vs 86.1 km).

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Walkability score 19/100 72/100
Distance to Sydney 86.1 km 90.4 km
+5% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 71 min 77 min
Public transport score 35/100
Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 4.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 244.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.1%
postcode 2258
 0.6%
postcode 2261
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 47
postcode 2258
 33
postcode 2261

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Car (driver) 65.7% / 68.8%
Kangy Angy — Car (driver): 65.7% Berkeley Vale — Car (driver): 68.8%
Worked from Home 31.5% / 24.8%
Kangy Angy — Worked from Home: 31.5% Berkeley Vale — Worked from Home: 24.8%
Car (passenger) — / 4.0%
Kangy Angy — Car (passenger): not among its largest Berkeley Vale — Car (passenger): 4.0%
Walked Only 2.8% / 0.9%
Kangy Angy — Walked Only: 2.8% Berkeley Vale — Walked Only: 0.9%
Train — / 0.8%
Kangy Angy — Train: not among its largest Berkeley Vale — Train: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (68.8%).

Setting

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Elevation 24 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 7 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 9.8 km 6.3 km

NBN connectivity

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Connectivity score 50/100 100/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 15%
192 premises
 100%
4,107 premises

Climate

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Annual rainfall 1,272 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 26.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 10.6°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
PM2.5 5.1 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 14.8 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.36 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Average residential rate $1,409/yr
same for both
Council Central Coast (NSW)
same for both

Federal electorate

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Division Dobell
same for both
Member Emma Mcbride
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Kangy Angy Berkeley Vale
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Kangy Angy

Acreage Retirees River

Berkeley Vale

Large Blocks Parks Regional Centre River

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