Free market report · Data to July 2026
Upper Hunter Shire property market
Upper Hunter Shire is one of the 453 council areas we track on the Australian property clock. This page is the plain-numbers read: where it sits in the cycle, who lives there, what's being built, and the suburbs inside it.
Houses · cycle position
Peak
The Upper Hunter Shire house market is growing at its fastest pace in the current cycle. That is a momentum reading, not a crash call: markets can sit at peak growth for a long time before easing.
-6% to +16%
Modelled 12-month price range
+2.7%
Modelled 12-month rent change
Units · cycle position
Not enough unit sales in Upper Hunter Shire for a reliable cycle reading. That's common outside the cities, and honest beats guessed.
The clock measures growth momentum, not price. Peak means growing fastest, not about to fall. See Upper Hunter Shire on the clock.
The people
Who lives in Upper Hunter Shire.
Population · ABS estimates
14,425
People (2025)
+0.2%
Growth per year, last 5 years
Population is close to flat. Demand here comes from turnover, not new arrivals.
Households · Census 2021
42
Median age
$1,429
Median household income per week
69% own or are paying off their home, 24% rent. An owner-occupier market at heart, which tends to steady prices through the cycle.
New supply
What's being approved to build.
Building approvals are tomorrow's supply. A market where approvals are falling while population grows is a market where pressure builds. The reverse deserves caution.
Dwellings approved · ABS
43 of the latest year's approvals were houses. Approvals are roughly steady year to year.
Jobs and investment
Who's working, and what's being spent.
Jobs pay mortgages and rents. Government and commercial building spend is where future jobs come from: schools, hospitals, shops and factories all get approved before they get built.
Jobs · SALM, March 2026
7,204
Employed residents
2.6%
Unemployment (national 4.2%)
325 more residents are in work than five years ago (+4.7%). Steady jobs growth, in line with a healthy regional economy.
Non-residential building approved · ABS
$11m
All sectors, FY26
$2m
Public sector (government projects)
| Year | Government | All non-residential |
|---|---|---|
| FY24 | $2m | $43m |
| FY25 | $0k | $9m |
| FY26 | $2m | $11m |
Public building spend has been steady rather than surging. For the named projects behind these numbers, ask for the full report below.
Inside the LGA
The suburbs of Upper Hunter Shire.
We hold live snapshot data for 2 suburbs in Upper Hunter Shire. Click through for the full numbers.
| Suburb | Typical price | Rent/wk | Gross yield | 1yr growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scone | $730,226 | $633 | 4.5% | +9% |
| Aberdeen | $616,569 | $576 | 4.9% | +10% |
All 44 suburbs and localities in Upper Hunter Shire
Aberdeen · Belltrees · Blandford · Brawboy · Bunnan · Cassilis · Dartbrook · Davis Creek · Dry Creek · Ellerston · Glenbawn · Glenrock · Green Creek · Gundy · Gungal · Kars Springs · Manobalai · Merriwa · Middle Brook · Moobi · Moonan Brook · Moonan Flat · Murrurundi · Murulla · Omadale · Owens Gap · Pages Creek · Pages River · Parkville · Rossgole · Rouchel · Rouchel Brook · Sandy Creek · Scone · Scotts Creek · Segenhoe · Stewarts Brook · Timor · Tomalla · Upper Dartbrook · Upper Rouchel · Waverly · Wingen · Woolooma
Free · Pulled together by hand
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This page is the public data. The full report is the licensed feed: 10 years of prices, rents and vacancy over time, days on market, demand, and the supply pipeline, for Upper Hunter Shire or any suburb in it. Same data we run for clients. I pull it and email it through, usually within a business day. No charge, and no 14-part email sequence after it.
General information only, not financial or investment advice. Cycle positions and projections are modelled LGA-level figures to July 2026 (licensed market analytics). Population and approvals are ABS estimates; employment is SALM smoothed data; income, age and tenure are Census 2021. None of it can see street quality, flood maps, zoning or the contract, which is where deals are actually won and lost. Get advice on your own situation before acting.
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