Located in New South Wales, Berry sits 147 km from Sydney CBD, around 2 hours 5 minutes by car. The town has 3,098 residents, a median age of 57, and a median household income of $77,740 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The town grew 16.2% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $520 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. 1 school sits within the town boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Berry a good town?
Berry scores a C (46/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on transit and prices.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 19/100 · 147.3 km · 123 min drive to Sydney
Above the state median
Median $1.61M · Less affordable than 84% of NSW
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 53/100 · Crime 51/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 9/10 · median age 57 · 3,098 residents
Liveability Rating
46 / 100 · Ranked #858 in NSWEach bar is Berry's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
How do you rate the liveability in Berry?
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Our score
46 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataBerry's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $1.61 million, about 1% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,607,500
Based on 80 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 64 days — median across 53 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 25 sales $1.36M
- 4 bed 40 sales $1.75M
- 5 bed 8 sales $2.4M
Land
$887,500
Based on 14 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 76 days — median across 6 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Berry are currently listed at around $1.82 million on average. Based on 46 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.82M
46 houses listed in the last 6 months.
46 of the suburb's 1,232 dwellings (3.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Berry rent for around $855 a week on average, based on 12 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$855/wk
12 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
12 rentals advertised against an estimated 172 rented homes (7.0%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $735/wk
- 16 bonds
- +24% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2535 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202589 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 34% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2535.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$855/week ($44,000 a year) on a $1.82 million median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Berry safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Berry sits in the moderate band, with 100 incidents recorded in 2025.
100 offences
no change since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20258 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Council Flood Studies
Shoalhaven City Council has published 31 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1994–2022Data Quality
Schools
One school serve Berry, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 268 students in one school (avg 268)
Primary
Walkability
Berry is very car-dependent on foot — at 19/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the town there are 1 supermarket, 8 parks and 19 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Berry.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 22.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 7.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 1.7 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 22.8 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Berry.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 38%
- Premises covered
- 1,794
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Shoalhaven: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 7 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Berry is home to about 3,100 residents, with a median age of 57 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $78,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,098
Median Age
57
Median Household Income
$77,740/yr
Census Median Rent
$520/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,167/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$40,300/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
10.3%
Total Dwellings
1,232
Owner-Occupier Rate
86.0%
Houses
84.8%
Rental Stress
34.8%
Mortgage Stress
33.4%
Work From Home
33.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
3 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 7 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 152 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 78.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 92.9%
- Employment Rate
- 44.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 44.3%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
19 residents (0.6%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
13.5% of residents (402) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (372).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 2,982 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
4% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (46 of 1,181).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 1,356 people work here; 1,181 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.1 per resident).
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,501 a year through Shoalhaven based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 60%
- Environmental 30%
- Residential 5%
- Infrastructure and transport 3%
- Not zoned 1%
Planning zones cover 99% of the town's area. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the town around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Shoalhaven
In the year to August 2026, 854 new dwellings were approved across Shoalhaven. That mix is 513 houses and 341 units. Approvals are down 9.5% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Jerrinja Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 5.1 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 14.3 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.37 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Albion Park South monitoring station, 24.4 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Mittagong (Alfred Street), 45.7 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 50 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 4.2 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 5.6% of addresses
- 116 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 974 mm
- 97 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
Elevation is the ground at the town centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 2.5 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
EV adoption
In postcode 2535, 96 of 6,872 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.0% (205 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2535, 2,161 rooftop-solar systems totalling 15.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,869 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 175 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.
Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in this town.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.
At $1,607,500 this is $1,007,500 above the $600,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Revenue NSW.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Fiona Phillips Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fiona Phillips | 55.1% | 44.9% | +5.0 |
| 2022 | Fiona Phillips | 50.2% | 49.8% | +2.4 |
| 2019 | Fiona Phillips | 52.6% | 47.4% | -3.3 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Katelin McInerney Labor — elected at the Sep 2025 by-election, after the results below
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gareth Ward IND | 50.8% |
| 2019 | Gareth Ward LP | 62.0% |
| 2015 | Gareth Ward LP | 58.7% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
Looking at a specific address in Berry?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Nearby suburbs
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Common questions about Berry
Is Berry a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Berry is moderate (51/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Berry?
Berry has a moderate recorded bushfire history (53/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Berry a good place to live?
Berry has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (46/100), ranked against other NSW suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Berry?
Berry, NSW had a population of 3,098 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Berry, NSW?
The postcode for Berry, NSW is 2535.
How far is Berry from Sydney?
Berry is 147 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 123 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Berry?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Berry was $77,740 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Berry?
The median advertised rent in Berry is $855 a week for houses (12 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Berry?
The median age of residents in Berry was 57 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Berry at risk of bushfire?
Berry has a moderate recorded bushfire history (53/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Berry?
There is 1 school inside the Berry boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Berry walkable?
Berry scores 19/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Berry?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Berry (Albion Park South) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.1 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.3 µg/m³. That puts Berry below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Berry?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Berry, Mittagong (Alfred Street) (45.7 km away), 974 mm of rain a year over 97 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Berry?
First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Berry belong to?
Berry sits within the Shoalhaven local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Berry?
The average residential rates bill through Shoalhaven is $1,501 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Berry?
Across Shoalhaven, 854 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 9.5% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Berry in?
Berry sits within the federal Division of Gilmore, currently held by Fiona Phillips (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2023
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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