0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Hay has a car, making it more vehicle-reliant than most similar areas. While the town lacks formal public transport services, a small number of residents still use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Hay is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households have two cars, though 30.6% own three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 15.2% of residents, a figure well above the state average. Most people drive themselves to work, while 2.2% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
15.2% ▲ +43.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▲ —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 no public transport routes or stops in Hay, leaving it far below the Western Australian average for service access.
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.
Getting around is challenging for those without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop can take up to 84 minutes.
84
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.
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).
More for Hay
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50618/hay/topic/transport