Hay South

10.6% of Hay South's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

97 family households lived in Hay South; 26.8% were couple families and 3.1% were one-parent families.

19.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Hay South had 357 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 87.5% of occupied private dwellings in Hay South.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.9% of occupied private dwellings.

51.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

17.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.2% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Hay South had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 25.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 52.6%, while 5.8% had four or more usual residents.

16.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

70.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.6% walked or cycled.

2.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 28.8% of the total.

70.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.3% reported a different address.

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

82.6% of residents used only English at home.

5.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

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

0.0% of residents were born in China.

2.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.5% of ancestry responses in Hay South.

Australian ancestry made up 41.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 28.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.9% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

36.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

51.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.2% reported asthma, 7.6% arthritis and 7.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.6%.

Median household income was $1,413 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,046.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $165 per week.

Working from home was 16.1% in Hay South, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 51.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 30.2% in Hay South, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.