Hastings Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 582 people in Hastings Point of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Hastings Point was 62 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 42.5% of the population.

Of people in Hastings Point aged 15 years and over, 47.0% were married and 17.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hastings Point was 68 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Hastings Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hastings Point was 68 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Hastings Point 19.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.9% were in primary school, 18.1% in secondary school and 23.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hastings Point were English 36.2%, Australian 26.4%, Scottish 11.8%, Irish 10.0% and German 3.1%.

In Hastings Point, 77.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.1%, New Zealand 3.6%, Scotland 2.1%, Finland 0.7% and Germany 0.7%.

In Hastings Point, 68.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hastings Point were Anglican 31.8%, No Religion 19.8%, Catholic 18.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.0% and Uniting Church 5.7%.

In Hastings Point 92.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.5%, Finnish 0.5%, Italian 0.5% and Balinese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 181 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hastings Point. Of these 38.1% were employed full time, 43.1% were employed part-time and 13.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hastings Point, 20.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hastings Point was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Hastings Point included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Labourers 17.1%, Professionals 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Managers 7.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Hastings Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 7.7%, School Education 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Residential Care Services 4.5% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hastings Point was $360.

In Hastings Point, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 57.4%, Walked only 11.6%, Car, as passenger 5.2% and Bus 2.6%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hastings Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.0% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.5% 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 Point, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hastings Point, 13.4% were couple families with children, 68.6% were couple families without children and 18.0% were one parent families.

In Hastings Point 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hastings Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,604.

Employment status of couple families

In Hastings Point, of couple families with children, 2.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 10.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hastings Point, 66.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hastings Point, 63.0% were separate houses, 6.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.8% were flats, units or apartments and 13.5% were other dwellings.

In Hastings Point, of occupied private dwellings 12.8% had 1 bedroom, 56.8% had 2 bedrooms and 22.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.2. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hastings Point, 62.3% were owned outright, 6.7% were owned with a mortgage and 28.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Hastings Point, of all households, 57.8% were family households, 37.2% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

In Hastings Point, 52.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.1% 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 Point, 61.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hastings Point, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 61.1%) were male and 7 (or 38.9%) 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 Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Hastings Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $238 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.