The name Berala is derived from “Bareela”, which is an aboriginal work for a musk duck. Berala is a western suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales. It covers an area of 2.128 square kilometres and has a recorded population of 9049 residents. It is located 20 kilometres west of the central business district and falls within the local government area of Cumberland Council. 36.5% of people in Berala were born in Australia and it falls within the Australian Eastern Daylight Time zone Australia/Sydney.