Singleton NSW 2330
Singleton sits 201 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 2 hours 20 minutes by car. Census data records 5,185 residents with a median age of 40 and a median household income of $78,884 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The suburb grew 3.7% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $300 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. Singleton is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 5 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Singleton a good suburb?
Singleton scores a C (34/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and prices, weaker on schools, safety, and community.
Below the state average
5 schools · Bottom 17% in NSW
Very walkable
Walkability 70/100 · 200.6 km · 139 min drive to Sydney
More affordable than most
Median $725K · More affordable than 75% of NSW
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 91/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 40 · 5,185 residents
Liveability Rating
34 / 100 · Ranked #1171 in NSWEach bar is Singleton's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
How do you rate the liveability in Singleton?
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Our score
34 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataSingleton's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $725,000, about 6% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$725,000
Based on 124 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 45 days — median across 36 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 10 sales $642K
- 3 bed 54 sales $690K
- 4 bed 38 sales $798K
- 5 bed 9 sales $800K
Units
$589,000
Based on 13 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 12 sales $594K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Singleton are currently listed at around $770,000 on average. Based on 58 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$770K
58 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$491K
4 units listed in the last 6 months.
62 of the suburb's 2,081 dwellings (3.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Singleton rent for around $600 a week on average, based on 35 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$600/wk
35 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$430/wk
9 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
44 rentals advertised against an estimated 708 rented homes (6.2%) in the last 6 months.
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 2025100 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.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$600/week ($31,000 a year) on a $770,000 median
$430/week ($22,000 a year) on a $491,000 median
Based on a small sample (4 listings) — indicative only.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Singleton safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Singleton sits in the high band, with 628 incidents recorded in 2025 — down about 2% on the prior year.
628 offences
2.0% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202514 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb 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
Five schools serve Singleton, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 3,062 students across 5 schools (avg 612)
- • Sectors: 3 Government, 1 Independent, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 900-1005, median 950 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: St Catherine's Catholic College (1,010 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Singleton is very walkable on foot — at 70/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 4 supermarkets, 18 parks and 5 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Singleton.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 63.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 37.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 13.7 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 22.4 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Singleton.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 33%
- Premises covered
- 3,140
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
Singleton: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 15 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Singleton is home to about 5,200 residents, with a median age of 40, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $79,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
5,185
Median Age
40
Median Household Income
$78,884/yr
Census Median Rent
$300/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,733/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$38,272/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
10.0%
Total Dwellings
2,081
Owner-Occupier Rate
66.0%
Houses
83.3%
Rental Stress
19.8%
Mortgage Stress
26.4%
Work From Home
11.9%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
147 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 36 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 692 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 85.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.5%
- Employment Rate
- 56.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 28.4%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
107 residents (2.1%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
3.6% of residents (178) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (95).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 4,893 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 5,778 people work here; 2,379 employed residents live here.
A jobs hub: 2.4 jobs for every working resident. At least 58% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,287 a year through Singleton based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 65%
- Parks and recreation 19%
- Infrastructure and transport 5%
- Industrial 4%
- Rural and farming 4%
- Commercial 2%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Singleton
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.
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
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6.7 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 19.2 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.64 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 4 · NO₂ 0.
From the Singleton monitoring station, 1.4 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Cessnock Airport AWS, 28.8 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 42 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Annual rainfall
- 804 mm
- 80 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 30.0°C
- 20 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 5.1°C
- 11 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb 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- 2.1 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 3.4 kmSolid Waste Collection ServicesTop reported: Zinc and compounds · Lead & compounds
EV adoption
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%.
Rooftop solar
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.
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).
Mortgage repayments
4 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.
At $725,000 this is $125,000 above the $600,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Revenue NSW.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
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 suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
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 suburb's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
Looking at a specific address in Singleton?
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- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 5,185 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Singleton
Is Singleton a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Singleton is high (91/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Singleton?
Singleton has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Singleton a good place to live?
Singleton has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (34/100), ranked against other NSW suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Singleton?
Singleton, NSW had a population of 5,185 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Singleton, NSW?
The postcode for Singleton, NSW is 2330.
How far is Singleton from Sydney?
Singleton is 201 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 139 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Singleton?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Singleton was $78,884 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 Singleton?
The median advertised rent in Singleton is $600 a week for houses (35 listings) and $430 a week for units (9 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Singleton?
The median age of residents in Singleton was 40 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Singleton?
There are 5 schools inside the Singleton boundary: 5 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Singleton walkable?
Singleton scores 70/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Singleton?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Singleton (Singleton) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.7 µg/m³ and PM10 of 19.2 µg/m³. That puts Singleton 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 Singleton?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Singleton, Cessnock Airport AWS (28.8 km away), summer days average 30°C, winter nights 5.1°C, 804 mm of rain a year over 80 rainy days, and 20 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Singleton?
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 Singleton belong to?
Singleton sits within the Singleton local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Singleton?
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 Singleton?
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 Singleton in?
Singleton sits within the federal Division of Hunter, currently held by Dan Repacholi (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2023
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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