Singleton Shire Council

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Singleton Shire


caption = Location in NSW
state = New South Wales
region = Hunter
area = 4896
est =
seat = Singleton (Queen Street)cite web
title=Singleton Shire Council
publisher = Department of Local Government
url = http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_CouncilContactDetails.asp?slacode=7000
accessdate = 2006-12-02 ]
pop = 21,937Census 2006 AUS | id = LGA17000
name = Singleton (A) (Local Government Area)
quick = on
accessdate = 2007-09-17]

url = http://www.singleton.nsw.gov.au
mayor = Fred Harvison
fedgov = Hunter
stategov = Upper Hunter, Cessnock
near-nw = Muswellbrook
near-w = Muswellbrook
near-sw = Mid-Western
near-s = Hawkesbury
near-se = Cessnock
near-e = Maitland
near-ne = Dungog
near-n = Upper Hunter

Singleton Shire is a local government area in New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway and CityRail's Hunter line.

Incomes

According to the [http://www.abs.gov.au Australian Bureau Statistics] [cite web
publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics
title=Regional Wage and Salary Earner Statistics, Australia (catalogue no.: 5673.055.003)
url = http://abs.gov.au
accessdate = 2007-03-11 ] during 2003-04, there:

- were 8,754 wage and salary earners (ranked 71st in New South Wales and 193rd in Australia, 0.3% of New South Wales's 2,558,415 and 0.1% of Australia's 7,831,856)

- was a total income of $405,564,521 (around $406 million) (ranked 65th in New South Wales and 176th in Australia, 0.4% of New South Wales's $107,179,688,262 (around $107 billion) and 0.1% of Australia's $304,034,755,876 (around $304 billion))

- was an estimated average income per wage and salary earner of $46,329 (ranked 16th in New South Wales and 44th in Australia, 112% of New South Wales's $41,407 and 119% of Australia's $38,820)

- was an estimated median income per wage and salary earner of $38,327 (ranked 21st in New South Wales and 59th in Australia, 108% of New South Wales's $35,479 and 112% of Australia's $34,149).

Main towns/villages

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

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