Pokolbin is a rural locality in the Hunter Region of
New South Wales Australia. It is part of the
Singleton Council local government area and the
city of Cessnock. The area is the centre of the
Lower Hunter Valley wine region. Pokolbin lies
within the Hunter Valley Important Bird Area.
Pokolbin is surrounded by the Pokolbin subregion
of the Hunter wine region, which includes
numerous wineries, ranging from large multi-
national to small family run operations, many of
which are popular tourist destinations.
Pokolbin is about 122 kms north of NSW's capital
city of Sydney. In the 2011 Australian census the
population of Pokolbin was 694 when there were
331 Females and 363 Males living there. The
median age for people living in Pokolbin was 44.