Hay NSW 2711

Living Here

Hay is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 2,300 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,152 a week, with median rent near $175 a week. Most homes are houses. About 68% of households own their home and 29% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Hay statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hay itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Hay War Memorial High School
  • Hay Public School
  • St Mary's Primary School
• 3 cafés & restaurants

  • Treloars Coffee Shop
  • Jolly Jumbuck Bistro
  • Havachat Coffee Shop
• 2 supermarkets

  • Harrison's IGA
  • Foodworks
• 6 parks

  • Apex Park
  • Hay Park
  • Dal Wright Park
  • Lions Park
  • Bushy Bend Reserve
  • Pocock Park
• 1 pharmacy

  • Japp's Pharmacy
• 1 medical clinic

  • Hay Aboriginal Medical Service
• 1 hospital

  • Hay Multi-Purpose Service
• 1 library

  • Hay Library
• 1 post office

  • Hay Post Office
• 4 service stations

  • Central Servo
  • Atlas Fuels
  • Shell
  • Ampol Hay South
• 1 golf club

  • Hay Golf Club
• 1 bakery

  • Robertson's Hot Bread Kitchen
• 1 butcher

  • Mackers Meats
• 2 hardware stores

  • DG Harrison & Sons
  • Antonakas Home Hardware
• 4 hairdressers

  • Tantrum Hair & Beauty
  • Jodie's Hairdressing Salon
  • Cuts Only
  • Jo's Hairdressing Salon
• 2 mechanics

  • Dean's Panel Works
  • Hay Tyre and Battery Service
• 10 places to stay

  • Highway Inn
  • Commercial Hotel
  • Saltbush Motor Inn
  • Nicholas Royal Motel
  • New Crown Hotel
  • The Bank B&B
  • Cobb Inlander Motel
  • Bidgee Motor Inn
  • BIG4 Hay Plains Holiday Park
  • Bishop's Lodge

Getting around. Airport: Hay Airport, 3.5 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 0.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 53.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

5,073 bird observations recorded near Hay — most often seen:

• Noisy Miner (269)
• Galah (265)
• Australian Wood Duck (254)
• Yellow Rosella (243)
• Magpie-lark (242)
• Pacific Black Duck (239)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (225)
• Red-rumped Parrot (218)
• Black Kite (212)
• Australian Magpie (208)
• Laughing Kookaburra (185)
• House Sparrow (179)
• Brown Treecreeper (171)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Hay:

• Hay South (4.2 km)
• One Tree (38.1 km)
• Booroorban (46.3 km)
• Maude (52.7 km)
• Corrong (60.1 km)
• Four Corners (63.5 km)
• Steam Plains (65.5 km)
• Gunbar (73.6 km)

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