Berowra NSW 2081
1,935 addresses · 69 streets
Berowra Electorate › Hornsby LGA › Berowra · 28 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Berowra is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 4,762 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,781 a week, with median rent near $580 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Berowra - Brooklyn - Cowan statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Berowra itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
2 Catholic churches
2 pharmacies
2 doctors & medical clinics
1 dentist
1 optometrist
4 childcare & kindergartens
1 library
4 service stations
2 golf clubs
1 playground
1 bakery
1 butcher
1 hairdresser
1 mechanic
1 plumber
3 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Berowra, 600 m east · Ferry wharf: Berowra Waters Ferry Berowra Ramp, 3.3 km north-west · Airport: Palm Beach Water Airport, 16.9 km east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 70.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 70.7% |
|---|---|
| Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 2019 | 72.7% |
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 92.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 69.8%
Population by age in Berowra
| 0-4 | 259 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 739 |
| 15-19 | 367 |
| 20-24 | 273 |
| 25-34 | 343 |
| 35-44 | 621 |
| 45-54 | 781 |
| 55-64 | 671 |
| 65-74 | 395 |
| 75-84 | 251 |
| 85+ | 55 |
Dwelling types in Berowra
| House | 1,467 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 80 |
| Apartment | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Berowra
| <$650 | 126 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 266 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 409 |
| $3,000+ | 691 |
Top ancestries in Berowra
| English | 2,049 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,753 |
| Other | 582 |
| Scottish | 554 |
| Irish | 509 |
| German | 198 |
Housing tenure in Berowra
| Owned | 597 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 760 |
| Rented | 191 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Berowra
| 0 | 31 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 486 |
| 2 | 653 |
| 3 | 249 |
| 4+ | 138 |
Commute to work in Berowra
| Car | 896 |
|---|---|
| Train | 55 |
| Bus | 4 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 31 |
| Bicycle | 3 |
| Home | 1,161 |
Top countries of birth in Berowra
| England | 339 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 87 |
| India | 86 |
| Philippines | 68 |
| South Africa | 56 |
| China | 52 |
Languages used at home in Berowra
| Mandarin | 76 |
|---|---|
| Persian | 40 |
| Hindi | 38 |
| Nepali | 35 |
| German | 30 |
| Korean | 30 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
23,694 bird observations recorded near Berowra — most often seen:
- Australian Brush-turkey (3,124)
- Noisy Miner (1,344)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1,119)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,054)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,052)
- Australian Magpie (1,030)
- Pied Currawong (916)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (823)
- Masked Lapwing (781)
- Australian Wood Duck (759)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (758)
- Welcome Swallow (755)
- Brown Thornbill (741)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Berowra
- White-faced Heron (732)
- Australian Raven (731)
- Eastern Spinebill (654)
- Eastern Whipbird (647)
- Little Wattlebird (636)
- Spotted Pardalote (625)
- Grey Butcherbird (624)
- Superb Lyrebird (590)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (581)
- Grey Fantail (561)
- Australian King-parrot (471)
- White-browed Scrubwren (453)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (449)
- Little Pied Cormorant (448)
- Pacific Black Duck (446)
- White-eared Honeyeater (396)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (394)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Berowra:
- Berowra Heights (1.6 km)
- Mount Kuring-gai (3.3 km)
- Berrilee (4.6 km)
- Cowan (4.6 km)
- Cottage Point (5.3 km)
- Mount Colah (5.7 km)
- Hornsby Heights (6.3 km)
- Berowra Creek (6.6 km)
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Streets
- Acacia Road (20)
- Adam Close (7)
- Anembo Road (69)
- Arcadia Crescent (25)
- Aubrey Place (9)
- Balaclava Road (31)
- Bali Place (7)
- Bambil Road (96)
- Berowra Waters Road (178)
- Bilston Street (13)
- Boundary Street (10)
- Bracken Close (10)
- Carramar Street (2)
- Collingridge Way (27)
- Creole Street (7)
- Crowley Road (41)
- Cullenya Close (11)
- Cumbora Circuit (20)
- Dowrena Place (8)
- Emma Place (14)
- Evanda Street (5)
- Foster Way (1)
- Geneva Street (8)
- Glencoe Close (23)
- Goodwyn Road (53)
- Greenview Parade (38)
- Gwandalan Crescent (41)
- Helvetia Avenue (65)
- High Street (17)
- Hill Street (1)
- Hillcrest Road (61)
- Huett Place (9)
- Huntingdon Place (31)
- Jaranda Street (46)
- Kauri Avenue (5)
- King Street (15)
- Koloona Street (31)
- Kona Close (11)
- Koorong Street (18)
- Kristy Place (7)
- Kywong Road (39)
- Lachlan Place (9)
- Mary Wall Crescent (7)
- Mccready Place (17)
- Melville Close (6)
- Mountain View Road (17)
- Neerim Close (11)
- Overton Close (8)
- Pacific Highway (127)
- Preston Way (4)
- Proctor Place (10)
- Rawson Road (27)
- Redwood Avenue (23)
- Richards Close (48)
- Rickard Road (42)
- Rosslyn Street (24)
- Summerhill Way (18)
- Talbot Way (6)
- The Gully Road (79)
- Ti Tree Crescent (20)
- Tower Place (4)
- Wanill Place (9)
- Waratah Road (57)
- Warrina Street (1)
- Willunga Road (48)
- Windybank Way (6)
- Yallambee Road (125)
- Yarrabin Crescent (18)
- Yeramba Crescent (34)
