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What it costs to live in Upper Hunter, NSW
Upper Hunter council area, New South Wales. About 14,425 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, fuel, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of New South Wales.
Rent
$500
A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.
Pokies losses
$730
Lost for every resident in a year. That's 65% of the NSW average.
See pokies losses in Upper HunterElectricity
$1,899
A year on the default offer in the Ausgrid network area, which covers most of Upper Hunter, for 3,900 kWh. That's the most a standing offer can cost. A typical plan here costs $1,709.
See electricity pricesUnleaded petrol
188c
A litre, on average, at 8 stations here over the year to September 2026. That's 3c less than the NSW average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Violent crime, 2025–26
Police recorded 172 of these in Upper Hunter. That's 1,194 for every 100,000 people, or about the NSW average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 1,045, so it has gone up 14%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | NSW per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 172 | 1,194 | 1,183 |
| 2024–25 | 156 | 1,083 | 1,171 |
| 2023–24 | 192 | 1,333 | 1,156 |
| 2022–23 | 140 | 977 | 1,084 |
| 2021–22 | 175 | 1,225 | 981 |
| 2020–21 | 149 | 1,045 | 1,055 |
| 2019–20 | 152 | 1,065 | 1,009 |
| 2018–19 | 123 | 868 | 1,008 |
| 2017–18 | 96 | 676 | 999 |
| 2016–17 | 98 | 687 | 1,000 |
Property crime, 2025–26
Police recorded 227 of these in Upper Hunter. That's 1,576 for every 100,000 people, or about the NSW average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 1,354, so it has gone up 16%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | NSW per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 227 | 1,576 | 1,622 |
| 2024–25 | 199 | 1,381 | 1,589 |
| 2023–24 | 216 | 1,499 | 1,651 |
| 2022–23 | 168 | 1,172 | 1,572 |
| 2021–22 | 183 | 1,281 | 1,381 |
| 2020–21 | 193 | 1,354 | 1,544 |
| 2019–20 | 215 | 1,507 | 1,826 |
| 2018–19 | 263 | 1,855 | 2,022 |
| 2017–18 | 280 | 1,971 | 2,066 |
| 2016–17 | 266 | 1,864 | 2,184 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state.
Suburbs in Upper Hunter
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Aberdeen
- Barry (Tamworth Regional - NSW) (part)
- Belltrees
- Blandford
- Brawboy
- Bunnan
- Cassilis
- Crawney (part)
- Dartbrook
- Davis Creek
- Dry Creek
- Ellerston
- Glenbawn
- Glenrock
- Green Creek
- Gundy
- Gungal (part)
- Kars Springs
- Manobalai (part)
- Merriwa
- Middle Brook
- Moobi
- Moonan Brook
- Moonan Flat
- Murrurundi
- Murulla
- Omadale
- Owens Gap
- Pages Creek
- Pages River
- Parkville
- Rossgole
- Rouchel
- Rouchel Brook
- Sandy Creek (Upper Hunter Shire - NSW)
- Scone
- Scotts Creek
- Segenhoe
- Stewarts Brook
- Timor
- Tomalla
- Turill (part)
- Upper Dartbrook
- Upper Rouchel
- Waverly
- Wingen
- Woolooma
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare Upper Hunter with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Pokies losses: the state's gambling regulator (see the pokies page for its credit). Rent: state rental bond data (see the rent pages). Electricity: Default Market Offer 2026–27: © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Energy Regulator), CC BY 4.0; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right. Fuel: NSW Government FuelCheck, CC BY-SA, so the fuel figure can be reused under the same licence.