Singleton
25,841 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 4,893 km², 70 suburbs. Council website: singleton.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
25,841
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.6% in a year
Density
5.3/km²
4,893 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$666k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$198
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
4.6 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
7 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
70
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 37
- Median household income
- $2,016/week
- Median rent
- $338/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,917/month
- Households renting
- 24.8%
- Average household
- 2.7 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 7 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 7 of 10
Suburbs
70 suburbs where Singleton holds most residents, plus 3 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singleton (NSW) | 5,185 | All | $679kDec 2025 | – / 9% | 2 |
| Singleton Heights | 4,896 | All | $690kDec 2025 | – / 46% | 2 |
| Hunterview | 3,113 | All | $738kDec 2025 | – / 69% | 6 |
| Branxton | 2,255 | 56% | $820kDec 2025 | – / 91% | 7 |
| Wattle Ponds | 1,193 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 98% | 8 |
| Pokolbin | 1,049 | 12% | $738kDec 2025 | – / 86% | 10 |
| Singleton Military Area | 581 | All | – / 99% | 8 | |
| Broke (NSW) | 557 | All | $900kDec 2025 | – / 95% | 4 |
| Jerrys Plains | 447 | 66% | $680kDec 2025 | – / 94% | 5 |
| Whittingham | 421 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 69% | 8 |
| Bulga (NSW) | 418 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 92% | 4 |
| Lower Belford | 407 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 79% | 8 |
| Darlington (Singleton - NSW) | 378 | All | – / 39% | 2 | |
| Glendon Brook | 368 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Lambs Valley (Singleton - NSW) | 347 | 67% | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Gowrie (Singleton - NSW) | 338 | All | $930kDec 2025 | – / 69% | 7 |
| Glenridding | 259 | All | $525kDec 2024 | – / 47% | 1 |
| Sedgefield | 254 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Redbournberry | 247 | All | $810kDec 2025 | – / 8% | 5 |
| Bridgman | 242 | All | – / 97% | 6 | |
| Mitchells Flat | 242 | All | – / 97% | 8 | |
| Belford | 176 | All | – / 98% | 10 | |
| Maison Dieu | 175 | All | – / 91% | 4 | |
| Stanhope (NSW) | 162 | All | – / 99% | 8 | |
| Reedy Creek (NSW) | 159 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Westbrook (NSW) | 151 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Milbrodale | 149 | All | – / 99% | 3 | |
| Leconfield | 145 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 91% | 7 |
| Dunolly (NSW) | 136 | All | – / 10% | 2 | |
| Mount Olive (Singleton - NSW) | 135 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Elderslie (Singleton - NSW) | 131 | All | – / 96% | 8 | |
| McDougalls Hill | 131 | All | – / 80% | 7 | |
| Putty | 126 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Clydesdale (NSW) | 114 | All | – / 83% | 7 | |
| Glendon | 114 | All | – / 94% | 8 | |
| Dalwood (Singleton - NSW) | 111 | All | – / 92% | 7 | |
| Roughit | 111 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 82% | 7 |
| Camberwell (NSW) | 102 | All | – / 95% | 1 | |
| Dyrring | 102 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Greenlands (Singleton - NSW) | 102 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Fordwich | 90 | All | – / 70% | 7 | |
| Mount Thorley | 86 | All | – / 63% | 3 | |
| Howes Valley | 80 | All | $645kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Middle Falbrook | 73 | All | – / 91% | 6 | |
| Hebden | 67 | 30% | – / 97% | 5 | |
| Long Point (Singleton - NSW) | 64 | All | – / 24% | 3 | |
| Mirannie | 55 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Goorangoola | 52 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Paynes Crossing | 50 | 6% | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Wylies Flat | 50 | All | – / 45% | 7 | |
| Fern Gully | 47 | All | – / 99% | 6 | |
| Scotts Flat | 43 | All | – / 15% | 7 | |
| Warkworth | 42 | All | – / 69% | 3 | |
| Doyles Creek | 39 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Carrowbrook | 37 | All | – / 99% | 4 | |
| Glennies Creek | 33 | All | – / 77% | 1 | |
| Falbrook | 29 | All | – / 87% | 6 | |
| Obanvale | 27 | All | – / 99% | 7 | |
| Mount Royal | 25 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Gouldsville | 24 | All | – / 92% | 3 | |
| Garland Valley | 22 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Rixs Creek | 18 | All | – / 75% | 7 | |
| Bowmans Creek | 17 | 71% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| St Clair (Singleton - NSW) | 17 | All | – / 76% | 4 | |
| Appletree Flat | 16 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Big Ridge | 16 | All | – / 74% | 7 | |
| Hambledon Hill | 14 | All | – / 49% | 7 | |
| Lemington | 12 | All | – / 88% | 1 | |
| Ravensworth (NSW) | 5 | All | – / 71% | 1 | |
| Dural (Singleton - NSW) | All | – / 100% | |||
| Howick (NSW) | All | – / 78% | |||
| Liddell | All | – / 56% | |||
| Wollemi | 77% | – / 100% |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 21 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $525k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.1M
- Highest suburb median
- $1.5M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 4 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 1,001
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 270
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,143
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 3,520
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Hunter · Dan REPACHOLI (ALP)100%
- New England · Barnaby JOYCE (NP)1%
State districts
- Upper Hunter · Dave Layzell (NAT)100%
- Cessnock · Clayton Barr (ALP)1%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.