Hayes TAS 7140
60 addresses · 2 streets
Lyons Electorate › Derwent Valley LGA › Hayes · 31 km from Hobart
Living Here
Hayes is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 109 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $270 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Derwent Valley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hayes itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Hobart Airport, 42.7 km east.
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: 29.4% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 29.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 45.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.8% · Labour-force participation 56.5%
Population by age in Hayes
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 16 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Hayes
| House | 40 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Hayes
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Hayes
| English | 55 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 43 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Ancestry NS | 11 |
| Aboriginal | 9 |
| Italian | 7 |
Housing tenure in Hayes
| Owned | 21 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Hayes
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Hayes
| Car | 32 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Hayes
| England | 5 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Hayes
| Russian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
727 bird observations recorded near Hayes — most often seen:
- Forest Raven (65)
- Common Starling (59)
- House Sparrow (47)
- Eurasian Blackbird (40)
- European Goldfinch (40)
- Superb Fairy-wren (35)
- Welcome Swallow (29)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (26)
- Grey Fantail (25)
- Pacific Black Duck (24)
- Yellow Wattlebird (24)
- Brown Falcon (23)
- Green Rosella (23)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hayes
- Tasmanian Native-hen (22)
- Masked Lapwing (21)
- Tasmanian Australian Magpie (19)
- Laughing Kookaburra (18)
- Striated Pardalote (17)
- Swamp Harrier (17)
- White-faced Heron (17)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (16)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (16)
- Australian Magpie (15)
- Dusky Woodswallow (14)
- Australian Wood Duck (13)
- Grey Butcherbird (13)
- Noisy Miner (13)
- Southern Forest Raven (13)
- European Greenfinch (12)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (11)
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 Hayes:
- Plenty (2.1 km)
- Lawitta (4.1 km)
- Black Hills (5 km)
- Magra (5.2 km)
- Glenfern (5.4 km)
- New Norfolk (6.3 km)
- Rosegarland (6.3 km)
- Moogara (7.6 km)
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Streets
- Kilderry Road (16)
- Lyell Highway (44)
