Hastings is a suburb in Mornington Peninsula, Victoria (postcode 3915), located in the Mornington Peninsula region. At the ABS Census 2021 it had a population of 10,369 people.

At a glance

Population (2021)

10,369

Median age

Household income

$1,197/wk

Weekly rent

$320

Unemployment

4.5%

SEIFA IRSD decile

2 / 10

Age distribution

0-4

5.8%

5-14

12.5%

15-19

5.5%

20-24

4.7%

25-34

13.0%

35-44

11.7%

45-54

11.4%

55-64

11.6%

65-74

12.3%

75-84

8.6%

85+

2.9%

Housing tenure

Owned

32.3%

Mortgage

32.6%

Rented

30.8%

Other

2.0%

Key statistics

Indicator	Value
Postcode	3915
Population (2021)	10,369
Males	4,947 (47.7%)
Females	5,422 (52.3%)
Median age	41 years
Average household size	2.3
Median weekly household income	$1,197
Median weekly family income	$1,523
Median weekly rent	$320
Median monthly mortgage	$1,687
Labour force	4,339
Unemployment rate	4.5%
Participation rate	55.4%
Born overseas	16.2%
Separate houses	68.6%
Worked at home	11.1%
SEIFA IRSD decile	2 of 10
Bachelor degree or higher	21.7%
Completed Year 12 or equivalent	43.4%
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander residents	2.5%
Residents needing assistance with core activities	8.9%
Households with 2+ vehicles	50.9%
Distance from Melbourne CBD	57.3 km (straight line)

Age profile

Median age: 41 years. Residents under 15: 18.3%. Residents aged 65 and over: 23.8%.

Age group	People	Share of population
0-4	601	5.8%
5-14	1,300	12.5%
15-19	567	5.5%
20-24	492	4.7%
25-34	1,351	13.0%
35-44	1,214	11.7%
45-54	1,177	11.4%
55-64	1,202	11.6%
65-74	1,276	12.3%
75-84	895	8.6%
85 and over	302	2.9%

Households and families

Household type	Count	Share of households
Total households	4,187
Average household size	2.3
One person	1,395	33.3%
Two persons	1,436	34.3%
Three persons	582	13.9%
Four persons	476	11.4%
Five persons	203	4.8%
Six or more persons	100	2.4%

Family type	Count	Share of families
Total families	2,732
Couples with children	83	3.0%
Couples without children	1,109	40.6%
One-parent families	642	23.5%
Other families	47	1.7%

Children ever born

Measure	Value
Average children per woman aged 15+	1.83
Women with no children	27.8%
Women with three or more children	31.4%

Of the 933 couple families with children in Hastings, 14.5% are step or blended families.

Marital status

Marital status of residents aged 15 and over in Hastings.

Status	Share of adults
Married (registered marriage)	38.2%
Married (de facto)	14.5%
Not married	47.4%

Housing

Dwellings	Count	Share of dwellings
Total dwellings	4,443
Occupied	4,187	94.2%
Unoccupied	257	5.8%

Dwelling structure	Count	Share of dwellings
Separate house	3,049	68.6%
Semi-detached or townhouse	1,035	23.3%
Flat or apartment	58	1.3%
Other dwelling	44	1.0%

Tenure	Count	Share of households
Owned outright	1,354	32.3%
Owned with a mortgage	1,365	32.6%
Rented	1,290	30.8%
Other tenure	82	2.0%

Weekly rent

Rent band	Share of renting households
Under $350 per week	61.7%
$350 to $549 per week	36.6%
$550 or more per week	1.6%

19.2% of renting households rent through a state or community housing provider.

Monthly mortgage repayments

Repayment band	Share of mortgaged households
Under $1,000	17.1%
$1,000 to $1,799	41.7%
$1,800 to $2,999	32.9%
$3,000 or more	8.3%

Bedrooms per dwelling

Bedrooms	Share of dwellings
None or one bedroom	3.5%
Two bedrooms	25.4%
Three bedrooms	48.4%
Four or more bedrooms	22.8%

Employment

Labour force status	Count	Share
Labour force	4,339
Employed	4,143	95.5%
Unemployed	197	4.5%
Not in the labour force	3,500
Unemployment rate	4.5%
Participation rate	55.4%

38.3% of employed residents work part time, fewer than 35 hours per week.

Household income

Household incomes in Hastings are distributed across the following weekly bands.

Weekly household income	Share of households
Under $650	25.6%
$650 to $1,499	35.5%
$1,500 to $2,999	28.2%
$3,000 or more	10.8%

For residents aged 15 and over, personal weekly income is distributed as follows.

Weekly personal income	Share of residents 15+
Under $500	39.0%
$500 to $999	30.3%
$1,000 to $1,999	24.9%
$2,000 or more	5.7%

Travel to work

Method	Count	Share of workers
Car driver	2,665	64.3%
Car passenger	185	4.5%
Train	4	0.1%
Bus	8	0.2%
Tram	0	0.0%
Bicycle	20	0.5%
Walked only	91	2.2%
Worked at home	459	11.1%

Religious affiliation

Religion	Count	Share of residents
Christianity	4,015	38.7%
No religion	5,171	49.9%
Islam	24	0.2%
Hinduism	23	0.2%
Buddhism	109	1.1%
Judaism	11	0.1%
Other or not stated	1,016	9.8%

Socio-economic profile (SEIFA 2021)

SEIFA deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged) nationally.

Index	Score	Decile	Percentile
IRSD (disadvantage)	939	2	17
IRSAD (advantage and disadvantage)	907	2
IER (economic resources)	952	2
IEO (education and occupation)	909	2

Where residents were born

82.5% of residents were born in Australia and 17.5% were born overseas. The most common overseas birthplaces in Hastings are listed below.

Country of birth	People	Share of residents
England	662	6.9%
New Zealand	174	1.8%
Philippines	109	1.1%
Scotland	94	1.0%
Netherlands	60	0.6%
Germany	58	0.6%

When overseas-born residents arrived

Year of arrival	Share of overseas-born residents
2016 to 2021	7.1%
2011 to 2015	10.8%
2001 to 2010	11.8%
Before 2001	70.3%

Languages spoken at home

94.7% of residents speak only English at home. The most common other languages in Hastings are listed below. Across all households, 0.5% of residents speak English not well or not at all.

Language	People	Share of residents
Southeast Asian Austronesian languages: Tagalog	48	0.5%
Thai	42	0.4%
German	32	0.3%
Southeast Asian Austronesian languages: Filipino	32	0.3%
Italian	31	0.3%
Chinese: Mandarin	25	0.3%

Ancestry

Residents of Hastings most commonly report the following ancestries.

Ancestry	Responses	Share of responses
English	4,602	33.5%
Australian	4,302	31.3%
Scottish	1,052	7.7%
Irish	1,045	7.6%
German	405	2.9%
Italian	288	2.1%

Work and industry

The largest employment sectors for Hastings residents are listed below.

Industry of employment	Workers	Share of workers
Construction	603	15.3%
Health Care and Social Assistance	562	14.2%
Retail Trade	481	12.2%
Manufacturing	383	9.7%
Public Administration and Safety	322	8.2%
Accommodation and Food Services	277	7.0%

The most common occupations among Hastings residents are listed below.

Occupation	Workers	Share of workers
Technicians and Trades Workers	874	21.5%
Community and Personal Service Workers	593	14.6%
Labourers	581	14.3%
Professionals	451	11.1%
Managers	449	11.0%
Clerical and Administrative Workers	425	10.4%

Education

Of residents attending an education institution in Hastings, 8.6% are at university or higher education, 10.1% are at TAFE or vocational education, and 77.5% are at school.

43.4% of residents aged 15 and over have completed Year 12 or equivalent.

The most common fields of study among Hastings residents with qualifications are listed below.

Field of study	People	Share
Engineering and Related Technologies	797	20.4%
Society and Culture	609	15.6%
Management and Commerce	594	15.2%
Health	473	12.1%
Education	370	9.5%
Food, Hospitality and Personal Services	346	8.9%

Long-term health conditions

39.7% of residents report no long-term health condition. The most commonly reported conditions in Hastings are listed below.

Health condition	People	Share of residents
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety)	1,463	11.6%
Arthritis	1,326	10.5%
Asthma	1,231	9.8%
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes)	716	5.7%
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina)	660	5.3%
Cancer (including remission)	409	3.3%
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema)	349	2.8%
Stroke	163	1.3%
Kidney disease	136	1.1%
Dementia (including Alzheimer's)	135	1.1%

25.3% of residents report one condition, 10.2% report two, and 6.9% report three or more.

Community and care

How residents of Hastings contribute to their community (share of residents aged 15 and over).

Community activity	Share
Volunteers for an organisation or group	10.7%
Provides unpaid assistance to a person with a disability or health condition	13.6%
Provides unpaid child care	50.6%
Does 15 or more hours of unpaid domestic work	20.1%
Has served or is serving in the Australian Defence Force	5.9%

Moving and stability

Mobility	Share of residents
Same address 1 year ago	87.0%
Moved within Victoria in the last year	6.8%
Moved interstate in the last year	1.2%
Moved from overseas in the last year	0.2%
Same address 5 years ago	57.1%
Moved within Victoria in the last 5 years	24.8%
Moved interstate in the last 5 years	3.8%
Moved from overseas in the last 5 years	1.2%

Photo: Hastings, Victoria. Credit: Mattinbgn / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Crime and safety

Victoria Police recorded 1,689 offences in Hastings in the 12 months to March 2026.

Offence division	Recorded offences
A Crimes against the person	268
B Property and deception offences	939
C Drug offences	93
D Public order and security offences	57
E Justice procedures offences	332
F Other offences	0

That is a calculated rate of 162.9 recorded offences per 1,000 residents, based on the ABS Census 2021 population. This rate was calculated by My Victoria AU and is not a Crime Statistics Agency figure.

For context, the Mornington Peninsula local government area recorded 6,718 offences per 100,000 residents in the same period. That figure is the official Crime Statistics Agency rate for the LGA.

Five-year trend

2022
1,288

2023
1,535

2024
1,236

2025
1,765

2026
1,689

Recorded offences count crimes reported to Victoria Police in this locality, not crimes committed by or against its residents. Areas with shopping centres, transport hubs, hospitals or entertainment precincts record more offences regardless of how safe they are for people who live there. Counts are revised as investigations progress.

Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, Data tables - Recorded offences, Year ending March 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Rates per 1,000 residents are calculations by My Victoria AU using ABS Census 2021 population and are not CSA figures. View the source dataset.

Location

Nearby suburbs

Tyabb (3.6 km)
Bittern (4.6 km)
Crib Point (6.6 km)
Somerville (7.5 km)
Moorooduc (8.7 km)

Browse more suburbs in Mornington Peninsula, or explore the wider Mornington Peninsula region of Victoria.

Data disclaimer: The statistics on this page are sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Census of Population and Housing 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (ASGS Edition 3), and are used under the ABS CC BY 4.0 licence. This directory is an independent community resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the ABS.

Hastings

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At a glance

Age distribution

Housing tenure

Key statistics

Age profile

Households and families

Children ever born

Marital status

Housing

Weekly rent

Monthly mortgage repayments

Bedrooms per dwelling

Employment

Household income

Travel to work

Religious affiliation

Socio-economic profile (SEIFA 2021)

Where residents were born

When overseas-born residents arrived

Languages spoken at home

Ancestry

Work and industry

Education

Long-term health conditions

Community and care

Moving and stability

Crime and safety

Five-year trend

Location

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