Hastings (Eastern Victoria)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 66,110 people in Hastings (Eastern Victoria) of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Hastings (Eastern Victoria) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Hastings (Eastern Victoria) aged 15 years and over, 49.3% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hastings (Eastern Victoria) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hastings (Eastern Victoria) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria) 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 25.8% in secondary school and 16.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hastings (Eastern Victoria) were English 33.0%, Australian 31.5%, Scottish 7.6%, Irish 7.3% and German 2.9%.

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), 80.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.8%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 1.0%, Netherlands 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), 62.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hastings (Eastern Victoria) were No Religion 31.4%, Catholic 21.6%, Anglican 20.6%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria) 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.6%, Greek 0.4%, German 0.4%, Dutch 0.3% and Arabic 0.2%.

Employment

There were 34,861 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hastings (Eastern Victoria). Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hastings (Eastern Victoria), 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hastings (Eastern Victoria) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Hastings (Eastern Victoria) included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Professionals 12.9%, Managers 11.2%, Labourers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Hastings (Eastern Victoria), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.2%, Defence 3.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hastings (Eastern Victoria) was $575.

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.4%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Walked only 3.6%, Truck 1.7% and Train 0.9%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.6% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Hastings (Eastern Victoria), 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hastings (Eastern Victoria), 47.0% were couple families with children, 35.6% were couple families without children and 16.3% were one parent families.

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria) 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,085 and those without children was $1,897.

Employment status of couple families

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), of couple families with children, 19.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), 89.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hastings (Eastern Victoria), 88.4% were separate houses, 6.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 12.8% had 2 bedrooms and 48.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hastings (Eastern Victoria), 30.7% were owned outright, 47.4% were owned with a mortgage and 18.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), of all households, 77.1% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), 21.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), 27.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), there were 527 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 284 (or 53.9%) were male and 243 (or 46.1%) were female. The median age was 19 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,193.

In Hastings (Eastern Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.