Other villages in the municipality include Hustad, Bud, Tornes, Sylte, Malme, Aureosen, Eide, Lyngstad, Vevang, and Visnes.

The last element of the farm name is the plural form of stadðr which means "place" or "village".

The second part of the municipal name is vika (Old Norse: vík) which means "bay" or "cove".

This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is an artistic design reminiscent of an interlocking fish and plow.

The charge has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used.

Kvitholmen Lighthouse lies just off the northern coast of the municipality, in an area with hundreds of small islands and skerries.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Hustadvika is made up of 33 representatives that are elected to four year terms.