Hastings Point, New South Wales Explained

Type:town
Hastings Point
State:nsw
Pop:582
Coordinates:-28.3614°N 153.5758°W
Postcode:2489
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10
Timezone-Dst:AEDT
Utc-Dst:+11
Near-N:Bongangar
Near-Ne:South Pacific Ocean
Near-Nw:Round Mountain
Near-S:Pottsville
Near-Se:South Pacific Ocean
Near-Sw:Cudgera Creek
Near-W:Dum Dum
Location1:Brisbane
Dist1:124
Location2:Sydney
Dist2:819
Location3:Byron Bay
Dist3:45
Lga:Tweed Shire
Region:Northern Rivers
County:Rous
Stategov:Tweed
Fedgov:Richmond

Hastings Point is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire. From 1947 to 1962 aerial photography revealed foredunes up to 16 metres high in the area that had reduced to six to nine metres high by 1977.[1]

Demographics

In the, Hastings Point recorded a population of 582 people, 51.5% female and 48.5% male.

The median age of the Hastings Point population was 62 years, 25 years above the national median of 37.

77.8% of people living in Hastings Point were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 8.1%, New Zealand 3.6%, Scotland 2.1%, Finland 0.7%, Germany 0.7%.

92.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.5% Finnish, 0.5% German, 0.5% Balinese, 0.5% Italian.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Graham, Bruce . 2004 . The Green Coast: The Natural Environment of the Tweed-Moreton Bioregion . Tweed Heads, New South Wales . 105 . 0-9751817-0-X.