Singleton Council

The Council area includes Singleton, Broke, Bulga, Howes Valley, Putty, Warkworth, Jerrys Plains, Camberwell, Ravensworth, Mount Olive, Carrowbrook, Mirranie, Elderslie, Belford and Branxton.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, there were 22,694 people in the Singleton Council local government area, of these 51.3 per cent were male and 48.7 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7 per cent of the population, which was higher than the national and state averages of 2.5 per cent. The median age of people in the Singleton Council area was 35 years, which was slightly lower than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 22.2 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.4 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 51.5 per cent were married and 10.5 per cent were either divorced or separated.^[1]

Singleton Council boundary, at the western end of the Hunter Expressway near Black Creek

Population growth in the Singleton Council area between the 2001 census and the 2006 census was 8.12 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 3.45 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78 per cent and 8.32 per cent respectively, population growth in the Singleton Council local government area was slightly lower than the national average.^[8]^[9] The median weekly income for residents within the Singleton Council area was marginally higher than the national average.^[1]

At the 2011 census, the proportion of residents in the Singleton Council local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon exceeded 83 per cent of all residents (national average was 65.2 per cent). In excess of 69% of all residents in the Singleton Council area nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 census, which was significantly higher than the national average of 50.2 per cent. Meanwhile, as at the census date, compared to the national average, households in the Singleton Council local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (4.0 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4 per cent); and a significantly higher proportion (93.5 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8 per cent).^[1]

Selected historical census data for the Singleton Council local government area
Census year		2001^[8]	2006^[9]	2011^[1]
Population	Estimated residents on Census night	20,290	21,937	22,694
	LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales
	% of New South Wales population			0.33%
	% of Australian population	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses	Australian			36.8%
	English			31.5%
	Irish			7.8%
	Scottish			7.3%
	German			3.6%
Language, top responses (other than English)	Afrikaans	n/c	0.1%	0.4%
	German	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
	Italian	n/c	n/c	0.1%
	Filipino	0.1%	n/c	0.1%
	Cantonese	n/c	0.2%	0.1%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses	Anglican	38.6%	36.4%	34.6%
	Catholic	26.3%	26.2%	26.2%
	No Religion	9.2%	11.4%	15.5%
	Uniting Church	7.5%	7.0%	6.2%
	Presbyterian and Reformed	3.2%	2.9%	2.8%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income	Median weekly personal income		A$487	A$640
Personal income	% of Australian median income		104.5%	110.9%
Family income	Median weekly family income		A$1,458	A$1,927
Family income	% of Australian median income		124.5%	130.1%
Household income	Median weekly household income		A$1,258	A$1,692
Household income	% of Australian median income		122.5%	137.1%

Council

Current composition and election method

Singleton Council is composed of ten councillors, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is directly elected while the nine other councillors are elected proportionally as one entire ward. The most recent election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the Council, including the mayor, is as follows:^[2]^[10]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Unaligned	10
	Total	10

The current Council, elected in 2012, in order of election by ward, is:^[10]

	Party	Notes
John Martin	Independent	Mayor^[2]
Val Scott	Independent
Sue Moore	Independent
Tony McNamara	Independent
Danny Thompson (Elected 18 September 2013 after resignation of Gary Lowe).	Unaligned
Godfrey Adamthwaite	Independent
Bob Keown	Unaligned
Ruth Rogers	Independent
Hollee Jenkins	Independent
Tessa Capsanis	Unaligned

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Singleton (Local Government Area)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
1 2 3 4 "Singleton Council – Mayoral Election". Local Government Elections 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
↑ "Council Search – Singleton Council". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
↑ "Suburb Search – Local Council Boundaries – Hunter (HT) – Singleton Council". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
↑ "Upper Hunter". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
↑ "Cessnock". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
↑ "Hunter". Australian Electoral Commission. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "Singleton (A)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Singleton (A)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
1 2 "Singleton Council: Summary of First Preference Votes for each Candidate". Local Government Elections 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.

Towns, suburbs and localities of Singleton Council, Hunter Region, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs and localities	Abbey Green Appletree Clearing Appletree Flat Baxter Junction Belford Big Ridge Bowmans Creek Box Tree Clearing Branxton Bridgman Broke Bulga Camberwell Carrowbrook Caswell Clydesdale Combo Comleroi Dalwood Darlington Dawsons Hill Dellhurst Doyles Creek Dunolly Dural Dyrring Elderslie Falbrook Fern Gully Fern Hill Fordwich Garland Valley Glendon Glendon Brook Glendonbrook Glennies Creek Glenridding Goorangoola Gouldsville Gowrie Greenland Gum Tree Hole Hambledon Hill Hebden Howes Valley Howick Hunterview Ingar Jerrys Plains King Junction Kings Cross Lambs Creek Lambs Valley Leconfield Lemington Liddell Loders Creek Long Point Lower Belford Lucernia Maison Dieu Mcdougalls Hill Middle Falbrook Milbrodale Minimbah Mirannie Mitchells Flat Mount Olive Mount Pleasant Mount Royal Mount Thorley North Rothbury Nundah Obanvale Owendale Paynes Crossing Pokolbin Putty Radfordslea Raspberry Clear Ravensworth Redbournberry Redmanvale Reedy Creek Rixs Creek Rothbury Roughit Scotts Flat Sedgefield Singleton Singleton Heights Singleton Military Area Singleton South St Clair Stanhope Three Ways Wambo Wambo South Warkworth Wattle Ponds Westbrook Whittingham Wollemi Wylies Flat

Other places and points of interest	Hunter River Lone Pine Barracks Wollemi National Park

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