Hastings TAS 7109
58 addresses · 4 streets
Franklin Electorate › Huon Valley LGA › Hastings · 68 km from Hobart
Living Here
Hastings is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 54 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $833 a week, with median rent near $310 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Geeveston - Dover statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hastings itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 beach
1 hospital
1 service station
2 places to stay
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: 82.8% 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 | 82.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 95.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 51.1%
Population by age in Hastings
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 17 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Hastings
| House | 24 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Hastings
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Hastings
| English | 20 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 17 |
| Irish | 17 |
| Aboriginal | 10 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Other | 7 |
Housing tenure in Hastings
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Hastings
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Hastings
| Car | 9 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,711 bird observations recorded near Hastings — most often seen:
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (287)
- Green Rosella (260)
- Superb Fairy-wren (257)
- Black Currawong (227)
- Crescent Honeyeater (208)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (202)
- Grey Fantail (192)
- New Holland Honeyeater (185)
- Forest Raven (172)
- Dusky Woodswallow (166)
- Strong-billed Honeyeater (165)
- Black-headed Honeyeater (161)
- Dusky Robin (149)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hastings
- Tree Martin (148)
- Welcome Swallow (145)
- Tasmanian Scrubwren (144)
- Swift Parrot (133)
- Tasmanian Thornbill (132)
- Silvereye (130)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (126)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (125)
- Flame Robin (125)
- White-faced Heron (124)
- Eurasian Blackbird (115)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (112)
- Brown Thornbill (106)
- House Sparrow (106)
- Silver Gull (106)
- Striated Fieldwren (102)
- Southern Emu-wren (101)
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:
- Lune River (2.1 km)
- Ida Bay (3 km)
- Southport (4 km)
- Strathblane (9.8 km)
- Raminea (11.5 km)
- Dover (14.2 km)
- Recherche (15.5 km)
- Surveyors Bay (20.1 km)
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Streets
- Hastings Bay Esplanade (12)
- Hastings Caves Road (21)
- Lune River Road (4)
- Tongue Road (21)