[4] The area grew with the construction of a coach road between Melbourne and the Gippsland region, and the Post Office opening on 18 September 1858.

[citation needed] Poplar trees lining the High Street and on into Beaconsfield were planted as an Avenue of Honour to commemorate the fallen in the First World War.

The surrounding rural land was subdivided becoming a popular destination for first home buyers with the population exploding with new housing developments from the 1990s to the 2000s.

Subsequently, the Peel Street site was redeveloped as Pioneer Park, a community open space.

Brentwood Park Primary school is located on Bermersyde Drive, adjacent to Kambrya College.

[11] Chisholm Institute provides TAFE courses and degrees for domestic and international students, with a Technical Education Centre opening in 2009.

[14] The main areas of study at the Berwick campus are nursing and allied health, IT, education and business.

A FoodWorks supermarket was previously present in the precinct, but has since been replaced by a locally owned store known as FoodMart.

Berwick has a railway station and bus terminus situated immediately to the east of Clyde Road.

[20] Berwick railway station is a zone 2 station, that receives regular electrified metro services connecting the suburb to the Pakenham line's terminus — East Pakenham, and the greater metro network via Caulfield, South Yarra, Richmond, and the City Loop.

There is one up (set down only) and one down (pick up only) service provided by V/Line directly connecting the suburb to the inner Gippsland terminus of Traralgon.

Due to a restricted bus infrastructure, Berwick is a fairly car-dependant suburb, with 77.7% of people using a car to travel to work, compared to the Victorian average of 68.3%.

There is the Montuna Golf Club at Guys Hill approximately 5 km from Berwick Village.

The Hallam Cobras Softball Club Inc have club rooms at Sweeney Reserve, Melzak Way, Berwick Berwick is in the coverage range of all the commercial radio stations in Melbourne, yet is also locally serviced by 94.3 Star FM, whose studios are situated in Warragul.

The Berwick Mechanics' Institute and Free Library was built in 1862 at the corner of Peel and Edward Streets.

Scott McDonald, Australian International football (soccer) player, striker for Celtic FC in Scotland and top scorer in the Scottish Premier League in the 2007–08 season grew up in Berwick.

[24] Former[25] AFL games record holder Michael Tuck and former Hawthorn defender Mark Graham hail from Berwick as does 2009 number one draft pick Tom Scully and Brisbane Lions ruckman Stefan Martin and Defender and Coach, Justin Leppitsch (2014-2016), Assistant Coach to Richmond (2016-Present).