0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hay Flat · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hay Flat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Hay Flat now has at least one motor vehicle, showing a total reliance on cars for travel. This is a sparsely populated area where 27.8% of workers operate from home, far exceeding the national figure of 21%. Local residents generally face long trips to the city and limited options for moving around without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with no homes lacking a vehicle compared to 7.4% nationwide. Most households are well-equipped, and 42.9% have two vehicles, while another 35.8% own three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hay Flat, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 3 vehicles (19%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common, with 27.8% of the workforce doing so, which is far above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. Half of all workers drive to their jobs, while no one uses public transport.
27.8% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero routes, stops, or weekly departures. This is far below the South Australian average of 4.96 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is quite isolated, with a typical 64-minute drive to the city. It is also one of the hardest places to reach a transit stop on foot, with a walking time of 87 minutes.
87
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
64
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hay Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40576/hay-flat/topic/transport