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Hunter

Singleton Council

8,066 rural lots across 74 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.

8,066
Rural lots
362,936 ha
Rural land
Limited ag use
Typical capability (LSC class 5)
45 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Singleton Council — rural suburbs

© NSW Government · DEA · CSIRO TERN

Council boundary outlined; each circle is one rural suburb sized by rural-lot count. Click a circle to open the suburb page. Toggle the Capability / Bushfire / Flood overlays in the top-left.

Suburb circles · sized by rural lots
10 500 5,000+
Overlays © NSW Government
Capability

Land & soil capability mix

Distribution of NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability classes across the 8,066 rural lots in Singleton Council.

Class 5 Limited ag use
Class 1–20%
Class 3–420%
Class 5–657%
Class 7–815%
NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 — Class 1 is prime cropping land, Class 8 is conservation only. Polygon-intersect with each rural lot.
Climate

Rainfall, temperature, growing window

30-year climate normals from BOM weather stations, averaged across rural lots in this council.

Annual rainfall
764 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean max temp
24.1 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
19 / year
Warm summers
Frost days
18 / year
Light frost
Aridity index
0.54 P/PET
Sub-humid

Climate values are the average across rural lots in this suburb, drawn from BOM 30-year normals (~1,820 weather stations, KNN to lot centroids).

Carbon

Carbon profile

Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.

45 tCO₂e/ha
mean across rural lots
25.10 M tCO₂e
total estimated
ESA CCI Biomass 2023, ~100m raster.
Vegetation

Cover profile

DEA Fractional Cover from Sentinel-2 (25m).

Green cover49%
Forest cover25%
Water

Surface water rights and groundwater

Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.

Water access

Surface and groundwater

Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.

100%
in a water sharing plan
0%
with groundwater access
Nearest registered bore
1.5
km away
A bore is close — within walking distance for most lots.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Hunter Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2022

Source: NSW DCCEEW Water Sharing Plans · NSW DCCEEW Groundwater Bores Register.

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

Share of rural lots in Singleton Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.

Bushfire-prone 93%
Mine subsidence 25%
Threatened ecological 21%
Flood-prone 4%
Heritage-listed 2%
No exposure
Groundwater vulnerable · Salinity-prone · Landslide-prone · Acid-sulfate soils · Contamination history · Coastal environment · In mining title
Infrastructure

Access and grid connection

Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across Singleton Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 4.7 km
Nearest school 9.8 km
Rail station 18.8 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 11.9 km · 500 kV
Transmission line 8.4 km · 500 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 20.1 km
Water treatment 17.5 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

Registered RU-zoned sales across Singleton Council, last 5 years.

$348k
per hectare (median)
224
sales (last 5 yrs)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.

Grazing native vegetation

The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Singleton Council.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader market across Singleton Council; the rural-only $/ha rate above is the rural benchmark.

Price change · 12 mo
+37.4%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+40.2%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+237.8%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$525
+13.1% y/y
Gross rental yield
3.16%
Days on market
40 days
3 active listings

Trend indicators reflect the broader suburb market (rural + residential). $/ha rural rate above is the rural-only benchmark.

Rural suburbs in Singleton Council (68)

Click any column header to sort. Capability is the median LSC class across rural lots; carbon is mean tCO₂e/ha; $/ha is the median 5-year rural sale rate (H/M/L pill = data confidence).

Suburb Rural lots
Pokolbin 2320 713
Warkworth 2330 497
Jerrys Plains 2330 430
Broke 2330 411
Glendon Brook 2330 374
Howes Valley 2330 335
Putty 2330 296
Mount Thorley 2330 246
Bridgman 2330 229
Goorangoola 2330 227
Bowmans Creek 2330 213
Whittingham 2330 211
Bulga 2330 199
Westbrook 2330 190
Glenridding 2330 189
Belford 2335 183
Branxton 2335 183
Lower Belford 2335 175
Paynes Crossing 2325 174
Reedy Creek 2330 159
Mirannie 2330 155
Hebden 2330 153
Ravensworth 2330 149
Carrowbrook 2330 149
Mount Olive 2330 135
Greenlands 2330 127
Doyles Creek 2330 126
Maison Dieu 2330 123
Mitchells Flat 2330 118
Milbrodale 2330 114
Sedgefield 2330 97
Stanhope 2335 96
Glennies Creek 2330 93
Camberwell 2330 88
Elderslie 2570 86
Garland Valley 2330 85
Liddell 2333 83
Fordwich 2330 80
Dyrring 2330 76
Dunolly 2330 70
Rixs Creek 2330 69
Glendon 2330 65
Clydesdale 2330 57
Appletree Flat 2330 54
Lemington 2330 54
Leconfield 2335 52
Roughit 2330 50
Middle Falbrook 2330 48
Redbournberry 2330 48
Mount Royal 2330 46
Falbrook 2330 43
Wattle Ponds 2330 38
St Clair 2759 36
Scotts Flat 2330 35
Gouldsville 2330 31
Fern Gully 2330 31
Obanvale 2330 26
Singleton 2330 23
Long Point 2564 23
Wylies Flat 2330 21
McDougalls Hill 2330 20
Big Ridge 2330 15
Combo 2330 12
Singleton Heights 2330 11
Hambledon Hill 2330 10
Darlington 2008 3
Hunterview 2330 2
Singleton Military Area 2331 1
Mining & resources

Subsurface activity nearby

Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across Singleton Council.

In mining title
0%
of rural lots
Nearest mine
12.4 km
mean across lots
Coal < 10 km
60%
of rural lots
Nearest critical mineral
204.8 km
Au, (W, WO3, Sb)
Land character
Geology New England Orogen Wine GI Hunter

About Singleton Council

What's the dominant rural land use in Singleton Council?

Across 8,066 rural lots in Singleton Council, the dominant land use is Grazing native vegetation. The typical land-capability class is Limited ag use — from the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer.

What's the climate of Singleton Council's rural land?

Rural lots in Singleton Council average 764 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 24.1°C, and 18 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.54 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.

What's the rural land market like in Singleton Council?

Median rural rate across Singleton Council is $348k/ha based on 224 registered RU-zoned sales in the last 5 years (high confidence).

What data sources are used?

Land capability is the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer. Carbon stock is the ESA CCI Biomass 2023 satellite product (~100m). Vegetation cover (green / forest) is DEA Fractional Cover (Sentinel-2). Climate is BOM 30-year normals from ~1,820 weather stations. Rural market is from registered NSW property sales filtered to RU-zoned lots.