Hastings

18.3% of Hastings's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Melbourne.

2,732 family households lived in Hastings; 34.2% were couple families and 23.5% were one-parent families.

36.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

Hastings had 10,369 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 72.8% of occupied private dwellings in Hastings.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 24.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

33.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

34.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.2% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Hastings had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 34.3%, while 18.6% had four or more usual residents.

11.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

64.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.7% walked or cycled.

6.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

One-car households formed 42.5% of the total.

50.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.5% reported a different address.

16.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

88.0% of residents used only English at home.

4.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

16.2% of Hastings's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.8% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.4% of ancestry responses in Hastings.

Australian ancestry made up 41.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

10.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Managers accounted for 10.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.2%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

27.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

48.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.9% reported asthma, 12.8% arthritis and 6.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.4%.

Median household income was $1,197 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,687.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 11.1% in Hastings, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 33.8% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 32.2% in Hastings, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.