Berry Park (postcode 2321) is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Maitland local government area. The area has roughly 182 residents and a predominantly older resident base, with a median age of 61. Households earn a median income of $59K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.2% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, professionals, managers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median house price in Berry Park is $2.0 million, having surged by 63.3% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $635. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.7%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,210.
Public transport access includes 4 bus stops. The crime rate in the Maitland LGA is moderate at 4,266 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 1.7%, which reads as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($2.0M/$1.5M), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 34.2x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +63.3% year-on-year. Population growth of +2.2% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.