When the area of Singleton was being settled, the
government originally attempted to create a town
at Whittingham in a flood-free area, but the town
grew by the river nonetheless.
Whittingham (Singleton) is located in the Hunter
Region region, New South Wales (NSW) in
Australia. The satellite coordinates of Whittingham
are: latitude 32°36'15"S and longitude 151°12'4"E.
Whittingham is a suburb of Hunter Valley, New
South Wales and is about 140 kms north of NSW's
capital city of Sydney. In the 2011 Australian census
the population of Whittingham was 576 when
there were 183 Females and 393 Males living
there.