Berwick, VIC 3806

The berwick village is what used to be an old country town since the 1800's, and still maintains much of the history. There are big old buildings and trees down the main road.
The estates around the area are clean and modern and have lots of young people and families. There is an excellent choice of resaurants and take away in the area. Also very close to fountain gate. Lots of budget warehouse shopping, you can easily live on a budget. There are also lots of nice parks and nature reserves in the area.
the area is not as diverse or multicultural as it could be though. And seems a bit bland. As well as being really far out from the city, i think you could find better value somewhere closer in to the cbd.

Berwick is located approximately 41 kilometers southeast of Melbourne’s central business district. Commuting to the city is convenient, with access to the Monash Freeway and a well-connected train line. The travel time by car is around 40-50 minutes, depending on traffic, while the train journey takes roughly an hour.

Berwick is renowned for its excellent educational facilities. The suburb is home to several well-regarded primary and secondary schools, both public and private. Notable institutions include Berwick Primary School, Berwick Secondary College, and St. Margaret’s School.

Berwick offers an abundance of green spaces and parks, making it ideal for outdoor enthusiasts and families. Wilson Botanic Park is a local favorite, providing stunning gardens, walking trails, and picnic areas. Other parks, such as Pioneers Park and Berwick Springs, offer playgrounds, sports facilities, and scenic walking paths, ensuring residents have plenty of options for leisure and recreation.

The dining scene in Berwick is diverse and vibrant, with a range of restaurants, cafes, and eateries to suit various tastes. High Street in Berwick Village is a culinary hub, offering everything from cozy cafes to fine dining establishments. The area’s multicultural influences mean residents can enjoy a wide variety of cuisines, including Italian, Asian, and contemporary Australian dishes.

Berwick 3806 is a highly desirable suburb, offering a balanced lifestyle with convenient city access, top-notch schools, abundant parks, and a thriving dining scene.

Berwick is a suburb that is growing and growing. New estates have been built and will continue to be built in the coming years.

Haileybury College has a campus in Berwick which is an elite school.

Easy drive into the CBD via the Monash Freeway.

An amazing area with a large range of historic buildings and parks to explore. I highly recommend the Old cheese factory

Steve Mac | House Land Co | House & Land expert

Abundance of park land, shops, and amenities. North side is the older side and still retains a lot of its charm. South side is all estates but well laid out. Only downside is the hoons and Clyde Rd.

Olde Berwick is simply stunning! A very quiet, leafy and clean area with easy access to many nice cafe's, restaurants, shops, bars and parks in the Berwick Village. There are many beautiful homes from various periods throughout history located within the Berwick Hoddle Grid, there are also some extremely impressive newer homes located around the top of Berwick around Beaumont rd, Old Coach rd, Casey dr, Caserta dr and Buchanan rd (You can expect to pay around $2-5 million for homes in these areas). It is quite a hilly area, particularly the further north you are, but this makes for fantastic views which extend all the way to Port Phillip Bay. There are some top performing schools in Berwick including Haileybury College, St Margaret's and Nossal which are all in the top 25 schools in Melbourne. It is also worth mentioning that Berwick has a number of hospitals including the fantastic St John of God hospital which my family has personally had an amazing experience with. For residents who have to travel down Clyde road it is currently subject to quite horrendous traffic conditions with road works and a level crossing removal taking place. Hopefully some of this traffic will be alleviated once these works are complete. I would say that Berwick is probably not ideal for commuters travelling to the CBD in peak hour, but from my experience working in the city If I leave before the peak hour traffic then I can get to the city in 35 minutes. If you are considering moving to Berwick and want to get a feel for the area then here are my recommendations; go have dinner at Shanika's, have brunch at Primary at Pioneers, take a walk around Wilson botanic park and go to the Akoonah park market. I find that Berwick is often subject to a lot of prejudice from out of towner's who don't know the area and group it in with places like Narre Warren, Pakenham and Cranbourne, but once they actually get to know the area I find they change their mind. Go check out the “Berwick Prestige Homes” instagram page, it says it all!

Berwick residents enjoy a number of great shopping centres close by which include, Eden Rise Village Shopping Centre and Parkhill Plaza Shopping Centre and is only 10 minutes’ drive to the second largest and very reputable Westfield Fountain Gate Shopping Centre. There are a number of sporting grounds and parks. The most popular is Wilson Botanic Park which is home to many native wildlife and has a large collection of plants enjoyed for both education and recreational purposes as well as a Bird Hide. Surrounded by the Basalt Lake, you can enjoy the great walking tracks or just relax and enjoy the barbeque facilities and playground area for children. Berwick is 1 hour approx to the Melbourne CBD by train and has great private schools as well as many government primary schools and is therefore very attractive to young and growing families as well as retirees. Other attractions within close reach of Berwick are the Old Cheese Factory, Myuna Farm which has a large number of farm animals and provides the best entertainment for children.

For a standard 3 bedroom house, you can expect to pay approx $390 per week in rent with the median house price being $420 per week as at 27.10.20.
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I live in Berwick still and have my whole life it is a wonderful place to live with many homes for sale lots of friendly people and has everything you need to survive including lots of schools and shops and homes and parks and nature reserves it really is wonderful and in a small distance from a large shopping centre called fountain gate it’s a great place to live but if you are a person who goes to work in the city or something Berwick might not be the place for you because it is within a few hours drive away from the city but there are plenty of places in Berwick where you can find a good job and has everything in a great distance so to conclude Berwick is a great place to settle down and live with everything you need.

Writing this from my experience growing up in Berwick and now visiting mates that live in the suburb. Good primary schools. Close to fountain gate. There’s a station that’ll take around 50 mins to get into the city, don’t drive. Catching an Uber or taxi back to the suburb will cost you a bit. Berwicks a large suburb with residential development from late 80s up to early 2010s.

Berwick appears to have highly contrasting reviews from everyone on this site so I wanted to set the record strait through an in-depth review of many topics.

Berwick can be easily divided in to two highly constrastong halves, The North side and The South side. I would consider the dividing line for these two areas to be the railway line which crosses over Clyde road. The quality of housing and general aesthetics of the North side is significantly better than that of the south, and from what I believe there have been some crime issues from the south too. This leads me to believe that many of the negative reviews may be coming from the south side.

Crime:
Whilst I am not saying that it is an area free of crime, I have lived in North Berwick for nearly 20 years and have never had any issues with crime of any form, nor have any of my friends, family or neighbours who live here.

Demographics:
I believe that in recent years, North Berwick has undergone a demographic transformation. I can’t help but notice that the streets are now filled with luxury cars such as BMW’s, Mercedes and Porsche’s, and that the property prices have increased significantly in a lot of areas, indicating that there is a higher socioeconomic class. This is backed up by the recent business development that has taken place in the area such as the addition of luxury car dealerships for Land Rover Jaguar and Lexus, the addition of multiple plastic surgeon clinics, and the construction of a new private hospital.

Schooling:
As far as secondary schooling goes, Berwick High is known to be quite “ratty” for lack of a better word. However, people often forget that Berwick has many private schools including, Haileybury College, which is the number 1 ranked school in Australia, St. Margarets girls school and Beaconhills College, all of which provide state of the art facilities and are known to receive excellent VCE results.

Real Estate:
As previously mentioned, the housing on the North side is a lot bigger and nicer, also a lot more expensive. There are a number of elite streets which are known for their spectacular housing. Such streets include;

- Beaumont Road
- Glen Moidart Drive
- Brisbane Street
- Casey Drive
- Stylebawn Drive (in my opinion the best street in Berwick - worth a drive down there)
- Old coach road/ Panoramic Terrace ( which offers 1 acre blocks with views all the way to port Philip bay)

I highly recommend going on to Realestate.com.au “sold” section and setting the Berwick filter to $3 million plus. You’ll see some of the most amazing homes that you never knew were there.

Facilities:
Berwick offers a great deal of facilities and amenities which makes it easy to get anything you need without having to travel far. Some of the most noteable include:
- Multiple hospitals, Public and Private ( largest are Casey hospital and St. John of God).
- Numerous schools, Primary and secondary, public and Private.
- Tertiary education including Federation University (formerly Monash) and Chisholm Tafe.
- 4 major supermarkets.

Lifestyle:
Berwick offers countless nice cafe’s and restaurants, particularly along High street. (My personal favourite cafe is “Primary at Pioneers park”, which is the Orginal Berwick primary school which has been converted in to an indoor/ outdoor cafe which overlooks the beautiful Pioneers Park). There is also a number of bars/pubs such as Eighty One and the history rich Berwick Inn. Countless parks are scattered throughout the suburb, but nothing compares to the Wilson Botanic park which features lakes and walking tracks and is home to an abundance of wildelife including turtles and formerly peacocks.

Traffic:
The traffic in Berwick is known to be bad during peak hour, particularly on Clyde road which essentially comes to a stand still. The newly proposed upgrades to this road will hopefully eventually result in elevation of this traffic.

Many people writing reviews complain about the distance from the city. Im sure they were aware of Berwicks distance from the city when they bought there so I’m left wondering why they complain about it! (It’s 37km from CBD). Let’s get one thing strait, if you work in the city and aren’t prepared to allow at least an hour of travel each way (40 mins non peak) then Berwick is not for you. It frustrates me when people who work in the city move here and then complain about the distance and use it to drag the suburb as if it wasn’t their own fault.

Jobs:
Given that there are many facilities around Berwick, there are some jobs around, particularly those in the medical/ specialist industry. However, like any suburb which is primarily residential, you will likely have to travel out of the suburb for work.

Proximity:
Berwick is a 5-10 minute drive to Westfield fountain gate which is the second largest shopping centre in the country.

If you are thinking of moving to Berwick, the North side would be recommended as long as you are willing to pay more. Some estates such as Bellbird Park and Bryn Mawr May offer a more affordable housing range with double storey 4 bedroom houses priced at around $800,000 - $900,000.

After living here myself for so long I can happily say that I love it and have no intentions of moving. It is a beautiful suburb and has a lot to offer.

Now I’ve travelled around Melbourne, and have lived in areas like Brighton, doncaster, Ringwood etc, I have never made an account, but this time, I have made it my duty to warn families about how appalling Berwick’s safety is,.

you want the most honest review on this site? here it is

Imagine that, an area so bad i had to make an account for the sole purpose of warning people not to go near it!

Firstly, the amount of troubled youths and delinquents in this area is phenomenal, now that’s fine if you’ve got a secured home, but if you dare to run like a convenience store of some sort of retail food service in a lonely neighborhood, then you can pretty much kiss your sanity goodbye. You literally have teens stealing, robbing, pulling pranks, and oh, by the way, police does not give a single f**k

Now I admit, there are good areas and bad areas in Berwick, but if that’s your argument then it’s stupid, why should I risk my own safety, rolling the dice just to hope I don’t pick a bad area when I paid for a home, do I not have the privilege to choose ANY area in Berwick and deserve safety?

That’s not even taking into account of the poor traffic, overcrowded malls, useless council etc.

I hope this is clear enough for ANYONE not to live Berwick.

I grew up here and still visit family here regularly.

There are a number of good qualities to the town:

*Old Berwick is green and leafy and has a nice heritage feel to it, including the main street.

*Most of the newer areas are also quite decent aesthetically.

*Wilson Botanic Park is one of the best public parks in Melbourne, there are also other nice parks in Berwick and nearby.

*Berwick does well for primary schools.

*It also has a hospital, not sure how good it is.

*It has a good market.

*Quick access to fountain gate, one of the biggest shopping centres.

*I think it does pretty well for crime.

*There is a large tafe.

Now the draw backs:

*There aren't many local jobs, it's far from the city and traffic is bad going elsewhere, especially on the Monash in peak times. The traffic in areas will get much worse too due to the number of growth area estates approved but not yet fully developed near to Berwick, especially along Clyde road.

*Train station car park totally full from super early. It will take an hour at least to get to the city.

*Restaurants/cafes are generally not great quality and overpriced. Variety is modest. For instance although there are over 40k residents in Berwick there's no Vietnamese restaurant at time of writing.

*Lack of pubs/bars, and the few that are there aren't great. Most people travel to the city for that.

*There are much better areas for high schools. Berwick Secondary is (or was) a rough school. Not sure if the elite private high schools are good but not accessible to that many. The lower end private and Catholic schools - Beaconhills and St Francis, don't get very good results (look them up on myschool) and are not great value for money.

*One small university there that the locals mostly don't want to go, it was previously a Monash but it always had low demand and so was sold to Federation Uni. It also doesn't offer many courses. If you go to uni, you'll probably have to travel quite far.

Overall, I think it's a decent place to live if you have a secure local job that doesn't require access to the Monash freeway, you value it's good points, you are 30+, have a young family and have enough money to send your kid to a private school when they reach that age. Older teenagers/young adults and singles may find it a little boring.

We moved from Glen Waverley to Berwick 2 years ago. We were warned about the traffic but it's worse than anything we expected.
Berwick town itself is nice, lots of restaurants and places to eat. Parks in the area are lovely. The closest shopping centre is Fountain Gate which always seems to be crowded and hard to find a park. It also doesn't have shops like David Jones or Country Road, so you might have to travel elsewhere for these.
But the traffic around Berwick is shocking. If there's an accident it can be very hard to move around due to overcrowding or gridlock on poorly planned roads. Hopsitals are in the worst area to access so don't have an accident ! And school traffic times are out of control, the whole place goes into gridlock. Businesses in the area must suffer from people being unable to access them until after hours or weekends.
Contacting council is useless too as they're aware of problems but have no plans to fix them, and in fact are approving new estates where additional traffic will make traffic even worse - which makes no sense at all.
Although I've liked living in Berwick, we're now looking to move out purely due to traffic issues. What a shame.

Built our dream home, and then came the feral neighbours, 4 sons, girlfriends, parents ,total of 10 cars in and out of our court. Parking shocking, doof doof music day and night. Worst place to live ever. Council pathetic in shutting them up. Stopped enjoyment of all residents.
Sold up moved out, bigger property , no ferals

Berwick is a fantastic suburb to live in. With an array of cafes, shops, parks, schools and beautiful homes, you simply can't go past Berwick. Olde Berwick (on the Northside) is close to the heart of town with many of the larger family homes within walking distance - although it can be a little hilly! The newer estates down Clyde Road are also very popular however many people living there do complain about the traffic along Clyde Road.

Berwick has a strong reputation for well built homes, and has great schools to choose from. It is a bit further out, but the new freeway lane has improved the traffic, and good results gradually from the rail crossing removals. A mix of shopping, restaurants, and local shopping centres - check out Casey Central...

Furthest suburb from the city. Overcrowded. Very low socioeconomic population. Traffic is bad. Roadworks never end. Crime is high. The houses are slapped together in a couple of weeks and already getting infested by termites. I would avoid it.

Berwick has a mixture of established properties and new estates and shopping complexes. The older side of Berwick (located towards Main Street), features lovely streets lined with large established old oak trees and period homes. The main street has cafes, boutique shops and restaurants where you can sit and enjoy the surrounds.
The more newly developed side of Berwick (right side of the freeway exit), features new estates, modern homes on smaller blocks and larger commercial shopping centers.
Berwick is a beautiful suburb although t is approximately 45km away from the city and the main freeway used is the Monash. The time it takes to drive from Berwick to the city in peak hour traffic can be over 2 hours.

Inglis Road is a beautiful road which starts in Olde Berwick and leads to Upper Beaconsfield .. It's right in the heart of Olde Berwick yet away from all the traffic.. It's peaceful living here.. Scenic view park land and kangaroos in the park ... Famous Berwick Secondary College ..Clover cottage hotel near by..Beautiful views to the upper hills and valleys.. Satisfaction and peace of mind living here.. It's country style living in the heart of Olde Berwick with all amenities around...

Great schools, transport, childcare and parks, what more would you want to raise a family. Its quiet, safe and beautiful, move here if you want something for families

Beautiful peaceful place to live great shopping in Main Street, Berwick, minutes to Fountain Gate with new Myers under construction. Many different restaurants and eateries, train close by. Huge selection of Private and Public Schooling. New public hospital and also many local Dr's & Private Hospital. Beautifully green and lots of trees with fantastic views of the Beaconsfield foothills. Without living amongst the bush and the risk of fire danger you can sit back and take in the amazing scenic views from your lounge room. You can choose Woolworths or Coles both are local. Close to Freeway to get to the city. Lots of places to walk in Akoonah Park and also the beautiful Wilson Botanic Park. Having lived here since 82 and seen all the changes it is still a great place to raise a family, my grown up kids want to stay here and raise there own families.

We built our home in Berwick 4 years ago after living in various Melb suburbs. Berwick is by far the best place we have lived and we have made many good friends in the time we have lived here. I love the community spirit, the village atmosphere and shops and there are also plenty of parks for the kids to enjoy.
The schools are fantastic and there are so many private and public options.

Berwick is one of those area that people would love to move into, it has many facilities and no more than a few minutes away from Fountain Gate shopping centre. I work in High street, Berwick at Ray White and it is filled with commercials shops that you can almost call it a little village. Traffic can be a little frustrating at times and Berwick train tracks stop the traffic almost all the time which causes a big jam especially during peak hours.
People who are looking into moving in Berwick have to see the bigger picture and not just look at it as an expensive suburb. There are pockets in Berwick which are affordable for the first home buyer as well as investors. This area is great for young families as well as retired people. it is conveniently close to local shops, primary and secondary schools.

We lived in Glen Waverley and find that Berwick has everything that Glen Waverley has and more. We luv it here and sometimes wonder why we didn't buy in Berwick before. Great dining & shopping options.

Living in Berwick will have to be the nicest place there is. The people are so friendly, and kind. The schools are excellent. The standard of living is very high - shops are a little on the expensive side but it is all about quality not quantity .
Great choice of quality restaurants .
Public transport/ hospital/university/colleges are all high standard. Beautiful parks and lakes.
Highly recommended to families with kids, couples and retirees.

We moved to Berwick last year. Since then we are enjoying living here. Its a clean suburb with good neighbourhood, good schools, easy access to freeway, shopping, cafes and resturants. We are happy living here. :-)

With some of the best homes & streets, places to eat & wilson botanical gardens, Berwick represents great value. Lovely place to call home!

We moved to berwick (in the chase estate) after having lived in some of the nicer leafy suburbs of melbourne and surprised at all the infrastructure available from cafes, bars, boutique shops, take aways, fast food, access to freeway, medical facilities, top private schools and beautiful parks and sorroundings. I travel to the city for work everyday and it takes me less than 3 minutes to get to the station at 6.20am. I have travelled down Clyde road between 7 and 7.30am and find traffic to be a breeze so not sure what some people are complaining about. Our neighbours and great and we love the overall feel of the place.

Apart from a bit away from CBD it's a wonderful place to live.

we have been living in the chase estate now for 4 years and we are moving out to quiet beaconsfield . the traffic is terrible now with clyde freeway , trying to get out to get to high st can take at least 25 mins during end of school time . look it was pretty good when we first moved in but it has just got to big . it is really safe on the streets but the traffic has killed it for us . plus the overcrowding !!! you just want some space .

Moving to Berwick was such a good move. We were renting an apartment in St Kilda, and for work need to moved further out. Berwick was the suburb that fitted into exactly what we wanted. We haven't look back. It offer a lot for the money.

Berwick is such a booming Suburb. Offers a lot for the money. Nice place to bring up a family.

We've been living in Berwick for the past 12 months, and honestly we could not have picked a better place to live. It's so close to the shops, there are great restaurents as well as close medical options as well.

Fantastic established high street with all amenities. Excellent schools - both private & public with some ranked in the top 10 VCE schools for the state. Travel to CBD via Monash off-peak in roughly 35 minutes - better than some bayside commutes! Great executive lifestyle without the Toorak price tags.

I moved to Berwick, because it was the only suburb in the South East of Melbourne I though that offers a lot for what you pay. Definetly recommended for families and couples. Think about your future. Come and visit Berwick and you'll know what I mean.

Myself and my partner have recently moved to Berwick from the City. Initally we thought it would be far away from every where but Berwick offer so much within a short drive. Great food, recreation and Fountain Gate is only a 4 minute drive from home. Couldn't ask for more.

Berwick is a great place to start a family. Cost of living being very high these days Berwick offers a lot of value and facilities to what you pay. The only downside is the peak our traffic. The roads can't handle it.

I've lived in Berwick for four years and wouldn't want to move anywhere else. It's a quiet spot with access to Wilson Botanic Park, excellent local restaurants, shops, friendly neighbourhood, fitness centre ect. Berwick probably one of the best places on earth.

We bought a new house in 'Bernly Gardens', its a developing area but our neighbours are all great and multicultural. The traffic congestion is tough a times but it won't be long till they sought that out, there is quite a bit off road works about but needed for our growing area. Shops and Schools are in walking distance from surrounding estates and ours. We love the amount of activity in the area, from people walking there dogs and taking there kids to nearby parks, to seeing people working on there properties and stopping for a chat. Families care about the presentation of there houses which is great for everyone willing to sell up and move on.

Berwick used to be a wonderful place to live, but in the last five years it has become too populated and the people are not as friendly and neighbourly. It can take 30 minutes to get from one side to the other due to traffic lights and commercial estates. North side of the highway is a much better choice for anyone looking at buying in Berwick as it retains it's tree lined streets and friendly neighbours. Also beware on the southside off Clyde road in the newer estates (Chase, St Johns Wood and Berwick Springs) they have a major problem with wild cockatoos that wake us up at 2am every morning with their squawking

Berwick is a lovely town. Just don't try traveling around during peak times, the road infrastructure just can't handle it. Trying to get broadband is near impossible as the exchanges are very old and Telstra don't care about updating to service the increasing number of estates going up. Easy access to the freeway to get to the city.

Established in 1848, and now with a population of over 36,000, it is one of Melbourne's largest towns and has grown substantially over the last 15 years.

It has retained a lot of it's leafy english town/village feel with the quaint shopping strip that runs through the town. Many nice restaurants have popped up over the last few years.

Even with the bypass freeway built a few years back, it is still a very busy town.

Most sought after is the "Olde Berwick" area, north of the main highway - which is very leafy and established part of Berwick. The next established area is the Timbarra area and the Bomber's estate (yes! an estate named after Essendon players of the 80's - wouldn't you just love to live on Van Der Haar crescent?)

South of the highway past the township near Haileybury college is also a sought after area (now over 10 years+) and very well constructed estate. Edrington Park Drive used to be famous for Christmas Lights throughout street (not sure if it is still the case today)

The most growth is now far south around Grieves Road, Centre Road, Soldiers Road etc heading towards Narre Warren and Cranbourne - numerous estates and hundreds of houses constructed over the last 10 years, and the council have struggled to keep infrastructure up with the growth (hence the roadworks/duplications occuring all a little too late).

However everything is close by in Berwick. Many many sporting clubs all represented, many shopping centres, and close to the city via Monash or Eastlink.

We've lived in Berwick for the past 4 years after moving here from North Melbourne. There were a few personal reasons for choosing Berwick as listed below:

1.) Affordable in terms of land and house size (more bang for bucks).
2.) Good shopping areas around Fountain Gate and Old Berwick Village.
3.) Distance from CBD is irrelevant to us as we hardly go there anyway.
4.) Plenty of family oriented activities and attractions as such is the demographics here.
5.) A safe suburb and crime rate record is pretty low.

Having said all the above, we will move back closer towards the CBD in the future as the kids grow up. This is to gain better access the facilities in the city e.g. shopping, cultures etc. It's also because of the faster equity appreciation of real estate closer to the city. For now, we're happy where we are.

I used to live in the Timbarra Estate, which had really nice parks and a good shopping centre (Parkhill Plaza). I have since moved to the Olde Berwick area, and just loving it! It is honestly such a beautiful area, and reminds me of my husband's home town in New Zealand, with its rolling hills and mature trees. I have great neighbours too, who bring in my bins for me every week! We have an annual christmas picnic get-together in one of our many local parks ( overlooking the Harkaway Hills). You can walk to the local high street steeped in history, with its many cafes and restaurants, buy a book from the local Collins bookstore, sip lattes from Gloria Jeans, go to the quaint local library for a leisurely read....The train station is only minutes away, there are a number of good private schools, and a reputable public high school. Lastly, for retail therapy - there's a Westfield shopping centre - Fountain Gate where you can get everything you need.

High reliance on the motor vehicle would put some people off. At around the start and end of the school day it is a nightmare.