Upper Hunter
14,425 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 8,096 km², 43 suburbs. Council website: upperhunter.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
14,425
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.0% in a year
Density
1.8/km²
8,096 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$480k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$499
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
2.6 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
5 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
43
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
- 42
- Median household income
- $1,429/week
- Median rent
- $270/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,560/month
- Households renting
- 24.2%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 5 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 5 of 10
Suburbs
43 suburbs where Upper Hunter holds most residents, plus 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scone | 5,824 | All | $610kDec 2025 | – / 91% | 3 |
| Aberdeen (NSW) | 2,051 | 99% | $588kDec 2025 | – / 95% | 2 |
| Merriwa (NSW) | 1,825 | All | $403kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Murrurundi | 945 | All | $413kDec 2025 | – / 98% | 2 |
| Cassilis (NSW) | 278 | 99% | $188kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 6 |
| Wingen | 277 | All | $525kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Parkville (NSW) | 275 | All | $416kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Middle Brook | 260 | All | $925kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Segenhoe | 219 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Blandford | 205 | All | $447kDec 2023 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Gungal | 186 | 93% | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Moobi | 168 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Gundy | 165 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Upper Dartbrook | 152 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Rouchel | 137 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Moonan Flat | 131 | All | $480kDec 2024 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Ellerston | 123 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Dartbrook | 110 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Turill | 100 | 31% | 0% / 100% | 3 | |
| Bunnan | 94 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Glenbawn | 89 | All | – / 79% | 8 | |
| Owens Gap | 80 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Waverly | 77 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Manobalai | 76 | 11% | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Upper Rouchel | 73 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Timor (NSW) | 55 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Dry Creek (NSW) | 50 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Crawney | 48 | 18% | 0% / 100% | 3 | |
| Sandy Creek (Upper Hunter Shire - NSW) | 42 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Belltrees | 37 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Kars Springs | 37 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Woolooma | 35 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Davis Creek | 34 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Scotts Creek (NSW) | 25 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Stewarts Brook | 24 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Murulla | 23 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Rouchel Brook | 22 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Green Creek | 19 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Moonan Brook | 19 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Brawboy | 18 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Pages Creek | 13 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Glenrock (NSW) | 10 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Tomalla | 6 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Pages River | 5 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Rossgole | 5 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Barry (Tamworth Regional - NSW) | 46% | 0% / 100% | |||
| Omadale | All | – / 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.
Flood planning land
0%
Over 3 of 47 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 10 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2023 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $188k
- Median of suburb medians
- $463k
- Highest suburb median
- $925k
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 2 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 468
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 177
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,463
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 2,483
- 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
- New England · Barnaby JOYCE (NP)100%
- Calare · Andrew GEE (IND)1%
State districts
- Upper Hunter · Dave Layzell (NAT)100%
- Dubbo · Dugald Saunders (NAT)1%
- Tamworth · Kevin Anderson (NAT)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.