Hastings Point, New South Wales

28°21′41″S 153°34′33″E / 28.36139°S 153.57583°E / -28.36139; 153.57583Population582 (2011 census)^[1]Postcode(s)2489Time zoneAEST (UTC+10) • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)Location

• 124 km (77 mi) from Brisbane
• 819 km (509 mi) from Sydney
• 45 km (28 mi) from Byron Bay

LGA(s)Tweed ShireRegionNorthern RiversCountyRousState electorate(s)TweedFederal division(s)Richmond

Localities around Hastings Point:
Round Mountain	Bongangar	South Pacific Ocean
Dum Dum	Hastings Point
Cudgera Creek	Pottsville	South Pacific Ocean

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.^[2]

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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