Middle Falbrook NSW 2330

Middle Falbrook sits 217 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 2 hours 35 minutes by car. Census data records 73 residents with a median age of 45 and a median household income of $84,500 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. The locality fell 20.7% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $450 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,408. Middle Falbrook is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.

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Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$630/wk
45 bonds
+47% since 2021
2-bed units
$462/wk
10 bonds
+43% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2330 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

100 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 30% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2330.

SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.

Is Middle Falbrook safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Middle Falbrook sits in the moderate band, with 3 incidents recorded in 2025.

3 offences

no change since 2024
Theft 3 (100.0%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Middle Falbrook killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Council Flood Studies

Singleton Council has published 4 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Middle Falbrook is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 9% in NSW
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Middle Falbrook.

30
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
32
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 100%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

No amenities mapped in this locality boundary.

Singleton: council population

The whole council area, not just Middle Falbrook · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
25,841
+0.6% in a year
Change
+163
people since 2024
Density
5.3
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+126
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
-58
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+95
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
6/10
6/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
9/10
9/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
3/10
3/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Middle Falbrook is home to 73 residents, with a median age of 45, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $84,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

73

20.7% since 2016

Median Age

45

25.0% since 2016

Median Household Income

$84,500/yr

13.3% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$450/wk

45.2% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,408/mo

37.5% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.6

3.7% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$37,700/yr

4.9% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

10.3%

56.2% since 2016

Total Dwellings

29

14.7% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

67.7%

8.3% since 2016

Houses

100.0%

no change since 2016

Rental Stress

27.7%

67.9% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

20.0%

27.8% since 2016

Work From Home

23.8%

30.8% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 29 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 12 (38.7%)
Renting 10 (32.3%)
Mortgage 9 (29.0%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
71.2%
English Spoken at Home
87.7%
Employment Rate
51.7%
24.1% since 2016
Completed Year 12
24.7%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 8 (26.7%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 6 (20.0%)
Professionals 5 (16.7%)
Labourers 5 (16.7%)
Clerical & Administrative 4 (13.3%)
Community & Personal Service 4 (13.3%)
Managers 3 (10.0%)

Religion

Christianity 46 (63.0%)
No Religion 23 (31.5%)

Age Distribution

5-14 5 (6.8%)
15-19 5 (6.8%)
20-24 3 (4.1%)
35-44 14 (19.2%)
45-54 17 (23.3%)
55-64 9 (12.3%)
65-74 13 (17.8%)
75-84 8 (11.0%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 14 (82.4%)
One Parent Families 3 (17.6%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 16 (76.2%)
Worked from Home 5 (23.8%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 14 (19.2%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6 (8.2%)
Bachelor Degree 3 (4.1%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 6 (20.7%)
2 cars 18 (62.1%)
3 cars 5 (17.2%)
4+ cars 6 (20.7%)

Council Rates

Singleton
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,287 a year through Singleton based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,287/yr
5% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Middle Falbrook's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 100%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Singleton

The whole council area, not just Middle Falbrook · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 121 new dwellings were approved across Singleton. That mix is 100 houses and 21 units. Approvals are up 46.2% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
121dwellings
+46.2% YoY
Houses
100
detached dwellings
Units
21
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Wanaruah Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

Air Quality

MODERATE

PM2.5 averaged 5.5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

PM10 averaged 20.9 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 8.

From the Camberwell monitoring station, 6.3 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Lostock Dam, 31.6 km

High rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.

Elevation
90 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Annual rainfall
1,026 mm
87 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
29.9°C
15 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
6.8°C
0 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

Industrial Emissions Nearby

2 facilities within 5 km

EV adoption

0.2%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.02% in 2021
+0.1 points this year

In postcode 2330, 52 of 21,102 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.0% (428 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.3%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.02%
2022
0.04%
2023
0.07%
2024
0.18%
2025
0.25%

Rooftop solar

54
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 8.4 kW each

In postcode 2330, 4,465 rooftop-solar systems totalling 37.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 8,318 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 305 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
289
2020
449
2021
402
2022
295
2023
421
2024
366
2025
252
2026
208

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Federal Electorate

Division of Hunter

Currently held by Dan Repacholi Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Dan Repacholi 59.5% 40.5% +4.7
2022 Dan Repacholi 54.0% 46.0% -1.1
2019 Joel Fitzgibbon 53.0% 47.0% +9.5

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Upper Hunter District

Currently held by Dave Layzell The Nationals

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Dave Layzell NP 53.8%
2019 Michael Johnsen NP 52.6%
2015 Michael Johnsen NP 52.2%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.

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Common questions about Middle Falbrook

Is Middle Falbrook a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Middle Falbrook is moderate (60/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Middle Falbrook?

Middle Falbrook has no recorded bushfire history. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Middle Falbrook?

Middle Falbrook, NSW had a population of 73 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Middle Falbrook, NSW?

The postcode for Middle Falbrook, NSW is 2330.

How far is Middle Falbrook from Sydney?

Middle Falbrook is 217 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 155 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Middle Falbrook?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Middle Falbrook was $84,500 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Middle Falbrook?

There are too few current rental listings in Middle Falbrook for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $450, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Middle Falbrook?

The median age of residents in Middle Falbrook was 45 at the 2021 ABS Census.

What is the air quality in Middle Falbrook?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Middle Falbrook (Camberwell) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.5 µg/m³ and PM10 of 20.9 µg/m³. That puts Middle Falbrook below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

What is the weather like in Middle Falbrook?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Middle Falbrook, Lostock Dam (31.6 km away), summer days average 29.9°C, winter nights 6.8°C, 1,026 mm of rain a year over 87 rainy days, and 15 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Middle Falbrook?

First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Middle Falbrook belong to?

Middle Falbrook sits within the Singleton local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Middle Falbrook?

The average residential rates bill through Singleton is $1,287 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Middle Falbrook?

Across Singleton, 121 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 46.2% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Middle Falbrook in?

Middle Falbrook sits within the federal Division of Hunter, currently held by Dan Repacholi (Australian Labor Party).

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