Hastings Point, New South Wales

Hastings Point
Town
Hastings Point
Coordinates: 28°21′41″S 153°34′33″E / 28.36139°S 153.57583°E / -28.36139; 153.57583
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Northern Rivers
LGA	Tweed Shire
Location	124 km (77 mi) from Brisbane 819 km (509 mi) from Sydney 45 km (28 mi) from Byron Bay
Government
• State electorate	Tweed
• Federal division	Richmond
Population
• Total	582 (2011 census)[1]
Time zone	UTC+10 (AEST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+11 (AEDT)
Postcode	2489
County	Rous
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Hastings Point is a town 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.^[2]

The Ngandowal and Minyungbal speaking people of the Bundjalung people are the traditional owners of the Tweed region, including Hasting Point, and the surrounding areas.^[3][4]

Demographics

In the 2011 census, 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.

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