Hay Flat SA 5204

Living Here

Hay Flat is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 72 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,187 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 library

  • Yankalilla Library
• 1 golf club

  • Wirrina Golf Course
• 2 places to stay

  • The Links Lady Bay & Lady Bay Resort
  • Beachside Caravan Park

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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: 28.3% 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 5.3% · Labour-force participation 65.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,478 bird observations recorded near Hay Flat — most often seen:

• Western Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (158)
• South Australian Superb Fairy-wren (141)
• Little Raven (136)
• Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (116)
• South-eastern Grey Fantail (111)
• Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (101)
• Crimson Rosella (89)
• Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (89)
• Western Striated Pardalote (88)
• Eastern Galah (84)
• Eurasian Blackbird (84)
• Southern Red-browed Finch (84)
• Mount Lofty Ranges Yellow-faced Honeyeater (80)

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 Flat:

• Torrens Vale (5.2 km)
• Yankalilla (5.4 km)
• Normanville (6.1 km)
• Parawa (6.3 km)
• Bald Hills (6.4 km)
• Wirrina Cove (7.6 km)
• Carrickalinga (9 km)
• Wattle Flat (9.9 km)

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