A tiny, extremely secluded rural riverside locality of roughly 6 km² on the Hawkesbury River near Laughtondale, close to Layburys Creek, in the far north of Hornsby Shire at the edge of the Wisemans Ferry district. The official gazetted name is 'Singletons Mill' (no apostrophe) — the area is named after Singleton's water mill, built in the 1820s by brothers Benjamin and James Singleton on a land grant obtained in 1821, a tidal mill whose five-metre water wheel and one-ton grinding stones ground grain for the district. At the 2021 census just three residents lived in the suburb — among the smallest populations of any NSW locality — making it a semi-wilderness retreat of bushland and river-edge terrain prized for kayaking, bushwalking and escape from urban life, with no amenities of its own (InTheSuburbs).
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Region | Upper North Shore |
| Council (LGA) | Hornsby Shire |
| Postcode | 2775 |
| Distance to Sydney CBD | Singletons Mill is roughly 55–58 km north-west of the Sydney CBD by road… |
| Median house price | No meaningful median — tracker estimates diverge wildly on 1 sale in 12 months: Cotality/OnTheHouse median house value $1,657,471 (30 Jun 2026) vs micromarkets $874K and localknowledge ~$1,150K; the only recorded recent sale was $875,000 (1494 Singleton Rd, Feb 2026) (mid-2026) |
| Typical rent | ≈$742/week (median house rent estimate, andreamonti suburb data… |
| Price growth | Houses −4.24% in median value over 5 years vs +12.1% over 12 months (andreamonti) — both figures are noise on a 1-sale-per-year market |
Transport
There is no railway station and no bus service into Singletons Mill — the locality is reached only by road (Singleton Road off Old Northern Road) and a private vehicle is essential for every journey, with no local amenities, shops or footpaths (InTheSuburbs). The nearest railway stations are Clarendon or Windsor on the T1 Richmond line, roughly 20–25 km away by car, from where trains run to the Sydney CBD (InTheSuburbs). The very infrequent Busways route 672 along Old Northern Road (about ten services a week between Windsor and Wisemans Ferry) serves the district corridor but not the riverside locality itself.
Schools
No school operates in Singletons Mill itself — the suburb has no education facilities. None of the immediately surrounding localities (Laughtondale, Canoelands, Gunderman, Spencer) has its own school campus either — Canoelands, for example, has no school and its children travel to Glenorie Public School. Primary students of the district attend NSW government schools a short drive away, such as Wisemans Ferry Public School on Old Northern Road at Wisemans Ferry or Maroota Public School at 4540 Old Northern Road, with secondary students travelling to high schools in the Galston or Windsor areas.
Shopping & Amenities
Singletons Mill has no shops, cafes, commercial services, supermarket or village centre of any kind — InTheSuburbs lists no amenities at all for the locality and OnTheHouse shows no rental stock and no commercial listings. Residents rely on neighbouring communities such as the Wisemans Ferry township (general store, fuel, the Wisemans Inn riverbank pub) or drive to Windsor, roughly 25 km away, for supermarkets, schools and healthcare.
Parks & Outdoors
The Hawkesbury River defines the locality — Singletons Mill occupies river-edge terrain near Layburys Creek, and the surrounding bushland and water attract bushwalkers, kayakers and those seeking a peaceful escape, with the river popular for fishing and boating (The Dictionary of Sydney; InTheSuburbs). The suburb's ~6 km² of bushland and river frontage sits on Dharug country, close to the national-park wilderness and river scenery of the Wisemans Ferry district.
Property Market
The median house price in Singletons Mill was around No meaningful median — tracker estimates diverge wildly on 1 sale in 12 months: Cotality/OnTheHouse median house value $1,657,471 (30 Jun 2026) vs micromarkets $874K and localknowledge ~$1,150K; the only recorded recent sale was $875,000 (1494 Singleton Rd, Feb 2026) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Extremely thin, near-illiquid market: Singletons Mill has only about 13 properties and exactly 1 sale in the 12 months to Jun 2026, with nothing listed for sale or rent. The 'median' numbers from different trackers span $874K–$1.66M — none is statistically meaningful on this volume. The one verifiable data point is the $875,000 sale of 1494 Singleton Rd in Feb 2026. Realistic prices for the district's riverfront acreage and weekenders typically run well above that figure when they trade.
New Developments
None — Singletons Mill has no residential estates, subdivisions or commercial projects of any kind, no properties listed for sale, and no development or investor data published by trackers. Development is constrained by the locality's semi-wilderness character, rural zoning and flood-prone Hawkesbury River setting, with the site's colonial milling history its only notable feature.
Jobs & Local Economy
Local employment is essentially nil within the suburb — with a population of about 3 there is no local economy of its own; residents and weekender owners are tied to the surrounding rural and river-based district, with services and tourism jobs concentrated in the Wisemans Ferry precinct and retail/healthcare employment in Windsor roughly 25 km away.
Nearby Suburbs
Canoelands, Gunderman, Laughtondale, Spencer
Sources & method
Researched 5 September 2026 from named public sources — census and government records, transport authorities, council and planning documents — plus published sales data. Where sources disagree on a figure, the guide says so rather than picking one.
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