Berkeley Vale is a
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
of the
Central Coast region of
New South Wales
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, Australia. Berkeley Vale is commuting distance from Sydney. It is part of the
local government area
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and part of the federal division of
Dobell Dobell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include
* Bertram Dobell (1842–1914), English bookseller, literary scholar, editor and author
* Charles Macpherson Dobell (1869–1954), Canadian soldier
*Clifford Dobell (1886–1949), British ...
.
Wyong Road is the main road that runs through Berkeley Vale. Berkeley Vale contains two public schools – Berkeley Vale Campus, which is a part of
Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College
Tuggerah () is a developing suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Main North Line railway and Sydney-Newcastle Freeway approximately 90 km north of Sydney. It is the Business Hub, Major Shopp ...
, and Berkeley Vale Public School.
There is a private hospital and a retirement village on the lake side of Wyong Road. Youth activities available include
1st Berkeley Vale Scout Group.
Berkeley Vale is home to the Berkeley Vale "Panthers" Rugby League Football Club and the Berkeley Vale "Wombats" Soccer Club.
Population
According to the
2016 census of Population, there were 8,355 people in Berkeley Vale.
* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.
* 84.9% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 3.8% and New Zealand 1.8%.
* 92.8% of people only spoke English at home.
* The most common responses for religion were No Religion 28.9%, Catholic 25.6%, Anglican 24.2%, Not stated 6.8% and Uniting Church 2.6%.
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References
External links
Berkeleyvale Soccer Club
Suburbs of the Central Coast (New South Wales)
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