Berrara NSW 2540
585 addresses · 19 streets
Gilmore Electorate › Shoalhaven LGA › Berrara · 161 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Berrara is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 333 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $1,269 a week, with median rent near $335 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Sussex Inlet - Berrara statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Berrara itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 service station
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: HMAS Albatross, 29.2 km north.
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: 43.7% 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 | 43.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 59.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 47.1%
Population by age in Berrara
| 0-4 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 25 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 43 |
| 55-64 | 81 |
| 65-74 | 69 |
| 75-84 | 35 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Berrara
| House | 128 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Berrara
| <$650 | 36 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 35 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 33 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Berrara
| English | 152 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 141 |
| Irish | 59 |
| Ancestry NS | 36 |
| Scottish | 35 |
| Other | 18 |
Housing tenure in Berrara
| Owned | 75 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 36 |
| Rented | 14 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Berrara
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 45 |
| 2 | 46 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Berrara
| Car | 89 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 5 |
| Home | 21 |
Top countries of birth in Berrara
| England | 7 |
|---|---|
| Japan | 5 |
Languages used at home in Berrara
| Japanese | 6 |
|---|---|
| French | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,398 bird observations recorded near Berrara — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (434)
- White-faced Heron (368)
- Masked Lapwing (310)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (298)
- Great Cormorant (297)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (296)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (293)
- Red Wattlebird (290)
- Little Wattlebird (285)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (270)
- Crimson Rosella (269)
- Silver Gull (260)
- Crested Tern (259)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Berrara
- Laughing Kookaburra (259)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (255)
- Little Pied Cormorant (253)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (234)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (226)
- Welcome Swallow (210)
- South-eastern Little Wattlebird (208)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (196)
- Australian Magpie (189)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (188)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (188)
- Australian Pelican (185)
- Grey Fantail (184)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (175)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (175)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (173)
- Chestnut Teal (171)
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 Berrara:
- Cudmirrah (1.2 km)
- Swanhaven (3.9 km)
- Bendalong (4.4 km)
- Sussex Inlet (6.2 km)
- Manyana (6.5 km)
- Mondayong (6.8 km)
- Berringer Lake (7 km)
- Cunjurong Point (7.3 km)
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Streets
- Beachview Avenue (17)
- Beachway Avenue (17)
- Berrara Crescent (5)
- Berrara Road (231)
- Collier Drive (16)
- Fifth Avenue (15)
- Kirpson Street (22)
- Lakeland Avenue (23)
- Lakeway Avenue (17)
- Meadowlake Avenue (21)
- Moolianga Road (24)
- Myrniong Grove (19)
- Pope Avenue (29)
- Silver Sands Drive (15)
- Sixth Avenue (20)
- Sundowner Avenue (26)
- Surfway Avenue (28)
- Waterhaven Avenue (23)
- Wirreecoo Road (17)
