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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Michael Parris

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Where do the hunter s highest earners live | History Defined

ON THE UP: A house for sale in Tighes Hill in 2020. The suburb's median income jumped 52 per cent in five years.

Singleton remains the highest-paid area in the Hunter and Newcastle has accelerated well ahead of Lake Macquarie when it comes to household income.

Census 2021 figures show the mining town of Singleton had a median weekly household income of $2016, well ahead of Maitland ($1766), Newcastle ($1760), Muswellbrook ($1628), Lake Macquarie ($1623), Cessnock ($1493), Dungog ($1485), Upper Hunter ($1429) and the retirement haven of Port Stephens ($1372).

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