Hastings Point NSW 2489
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Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Hastings Point · 653 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Hastings Point is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 661 people, with a median age of 67. The typical household earns around $744 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Pottsville statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hastings Point itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 supermarket
1 dentist
1 optometrist
1 hospital
1 vet
2 childcare & kindergartens
2 post offices
2 service stations
2 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
1 playground
1 dog park
2 butchers
1 hardware store
Getting around. Airport: Gold Coast Airport, 22.2 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 51.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 51.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 56.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.4% · Labour-force participation 27.1%
Population by age in Hastings Point
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 30 |
| 15-19 | 18 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 40 |
| 35-44 | 30 |
| 45-54 | 55 |
| 55-64 | 101 |
| 65-74 | 142 |
| 75-84 | 180 |
| 85+ | 47 |
Dwelling types in Hastings Point
| House | 176 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 23 |
| Apartment | 106 |
| Other | 23 |
Households by weekly income in Hastings Point
| <$650 | 123 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 136 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 47 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Hastings Point
| English | 340 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 205 |
| Scottish | 88 |
| Irish | 81 |
| Ancestry NS | 59 |
| German | 43 |
Housing tenure in Hastings Point
| Owned | 189 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 25 |
| Rented | 54 |
| Other | 53 |
Cars per household in Hastings Point
| 0 | 25 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 212 |
| 2 | 75 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Hastings Point
| Car | 98 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 14 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 26 |
Top countries of birth in Hastings Point
| England | 52 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 29 |
| Germany | 3 |
| Scotland | 3 |
| Wales | 3 |
Languages used at home in Hastings Point
| Spanish | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
35,009 bird observations recorded near Hastings Point — most often seen:
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (2,916)
- Welcome Swallow (1,686)
- Silver Gull (1,567)
- Crested Tern (1,493)
- Brown Honeyeater (1,407)
- Noisy Friarbird (1,400)
- Australian White Ibis (1,388)
- Masked Lapwing (1,361)
- Australian Brush-turkey (1,324)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (1,196)
- Willie Wagtail (1,168)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (1,157)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,156)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hastings Point
- Noisy Miner (1,149)
- Australian Magpie (1,112)
- Australasian Figbird (1,100)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (1,023)
- Eastern Spinebill (1,015)
- Bush Stone-curlew (941)
- Laughing Kookaburra (905)
- Little Black Cormorant (900)
- Torresian Crow (895)
- Australian Pelican (889)
- Little Wattlebird (884)
- Pied Currawong (867)
- Osprey (863)
- Crested Pigeon (826)
- Pacific Black Duck (810)
- Magpie-lark (808)
- Brahminy Kite (803)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Hastings Point:
- Bogangar (2.8 km)
- Round Mountain (3.2 km)
- Cabarita Beach (3.2 km)
- Pottsville (3.5 km)
- Tanglewood (4.2 km)
- Cudgera Creek (6.4 km)
- Casuarina (6.7 km)
- Kings Forest (7.6 km)
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Streets
- Begonia Boulevard (1)
- Creek Street (93)
- Peninsula Street (29)
- Tweed Coast Road (815)
- Young Street (9)
