Hastings Point, New South Wales
Town in New South Wales, Australia
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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]
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| Coordinates: 28°21′41″S 153°34′33″E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | Northern Rivers | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 582 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+11 (AEDT) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2489 | ||||||||||||
| County | Rous | ||||||||||||
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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.
