Hastings Point NSW 2489
Hastings Point sits 790 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 8 hours 30 minutes by car. Census data records 661 residents with a median age of 67 and a median household income of $38,688 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 1.2% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $290 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $960. The area shows high coastal erosion risk and high crime risk. Walkability is low.
Is Hastings Point a good suburb?
Hastings Point scores a D (20/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on prices and community.
Some car dependence
Walkability 35/100 · 790.2 km · 508 min drive to Sydney
Above the state median
Median $1.38M · Less affordable than 99% of NSW
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 56/100 · Crime 67/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 67 · 661 residents
Liveability Rating
20 / 100 · Ranked #1460 in NSWEach bar is Hastings Point's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
How do you rate the liveability in Hastings Point?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
20 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median Unit Price
Public listings dataHastings Point's unit market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $955,000, roughly 63% above where it sat a year earlier.
Units
$955,000
Based on 10 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 6 sales $910K
Houses
$1,380,000
Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Rental Market
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $895/wk
- 17 bonds
- +33% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2489 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202571 Severely unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 42% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2489.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Short-Stay Rentals
34 active Airbnb listings: 34 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 8.2% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Hastings Point safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Hastings Point sits in the moderate band, with 31 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 22% on the prior year.
31 offences
22.5% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20252 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Council Flood Studies
Tweed Shire Council has published 8 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 428 m
- Rate
- -0.02 m/yr
- Net Movement
- —
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Walkability
Hastings Point is car-dependent on foot — at 35/100, most errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Hastings Point.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 15.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 6.9 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 6.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 16.7 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Hastings Point.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 620
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Tweed: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
Hastings Point is home to 661 residents, with a median age of 67 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $39,000 a year, with unemployment at 7.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
661
Median Age
67
Median Household Income
$38,688/yr
Census Median Rent
$290/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$960/mo
Avg Household Size
1.7
Median Personal Income
$27,040/yr
Unemployment Rate
7.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
24.2%
Total Dwellings
330
Owner-Occupier Rate
79.9%
Houses
53.3%
Rental Stress
39.0%
Mortgage Stress
29.8%
Work From Home
18.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 71.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 89.4%
- Employment Rate
- 25.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 27.4%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
0 residents (0.0%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,745 a year through Tweed based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Other and special use 43%
- Environmental 32%
- Residential 12%
- Parks and recreation 12%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Tweed
In the year to August 2026, 331 new dwellings were approved across Tweed. That mix is 187 houses and 144 units. Approvals are down 49.7% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.
Climate & Setting
from Murwillumbah (Bray Park), 18.9 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 2 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 425 m
- 1.6 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 1,569 mm
- 108 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 29.1°C
- 4 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 9.1°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
EV adoption
In postcode 2489, 62 of 5,044 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.0% (151 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2489, 2,452 rooftop-solar systems totalling 14.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,159 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 130 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.
Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).
Mortgage repayments
5 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2489.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.
At $955,000 this is $355,000 above the $600,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Revenue NSW.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Justine Elliot Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Justine Elliot | 60.0% | 40.0% | +1.8 |
| 2022 | Justine Elliot | 58.2% | 41.8% | -4.2 |
| 2019 | Justine Elliot | 54.1% | 45.9% | -0.1 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Geoff Provest The Nationals
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Geoff Provest NP | 53.6% |
| 2019 | Geoff Provest NP | 55.0% |
| 2015 | Geoff Provest NP | 53.2% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Hastings Point
Is Hastings Point a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Hastings Point is moderate (67/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Hastings Point?
Hastings Point has a moderate recorded bushfire history (56/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Hastings Point a good place to live?
Hastings Point has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (20/100), ranked against other NSW suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Hastings Point?
Hastings Point, NSW had a population of 661 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Hastings Point, NSW?
The postcode for Hastings Point, NSW is 2489.
How far is Hastings Point from Sydney?
Hastings Point is 790 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 508 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Hastings Point?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Hastings Point was $38,688 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Hastings Point?
There are too few current rental listings in Hastings Point for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $290, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Hastings Point?
The median age of residents in Hastings Point was 67 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Hastings Point at risk of bushfire?
Hastings Point has a moderate recorded bushfire history (56/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
Is Hastings Point walkable?
Hastings Point scores 35/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Hastings Point?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Hastings Point, Murwillumbah (Bray Park) (18.9 km away), summer days average 29.1°C, winter nights 9.1°C, 1,569 mm of rain a year over 108 rainy days, and 4 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Hastings Point?
First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Hastings Point belong to?
Hastings Point sits within the Tweed local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Hastings Point?
The average residential rates bill through Tweed is $1,745 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Hastings Point?
Across Tweed, 331 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 49.7% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Hastings Point in?
Hastings Point sits within the federal Division of Richmond, currently held by Justine Elliot (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2023
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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