Hay

16.5% of Hay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

590 family households lived in Hay; 34.1% were couple families and 19.8% were one-parent families.

31.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Hay had 2,300 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 91.9% of occupied private dwellings in Hay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

44.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

25.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.9% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Hay had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.5%, while 16.9% had four or more usual residents.

7.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

64.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.3% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 37.7% of the total.

55.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.9% reported a different address.

7.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

84.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.0% of Hay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.0% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.9% of ancestry responses in Hay.

Australian ancestry made up 41.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

9.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 15.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.3% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

30.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

49.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.7% reported asthma, 11.3% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.2%.

Median household income was $1,152 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $175 per week.

Working from home was 7.7% in Hay, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 44.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 29.9% in Hay, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.