2.2% ▼ -66.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hay South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hay South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 70% of workers in Hay South drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where private vehicles are essential, and very few people have no way to drive. While there are a few public transport options, they are rarely used by those commuting to a job.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 41% having two vehicles and 14.4% owning four or more. Only 2.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hay South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here uses public transport to get to work, and only 16.1% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure. The vast majority rely on cars, with 70.6% driving as the sole occupant.
16.1% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are two public transport routes and one stop serving the area, which is more than most similar places. However, the 39.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.80
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
39.2
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hay South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11882/hay-south/topic/transport