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What the figures for Hay cover

Every figure on this site comes from official or open public data. This page shows, for each one, the area it covers, the period, the source and when we last updated it.

Local figures are for Hay community, home to 1,690 people at the 2021 census. Flood risk, planning, transport and weather are measured from the centre of Hay.

Figure by figure

FigureCoversPeriodSourceLast updated
PopulationUsual residents of HayCensus 2021ONS Census 202117 Oct 2026
PropertyResidential sales at postcodes in Hay12 months to Jun 2026HM Land Registry Price Paid Data6 Aug 2026
CrimeCrimes reported in the 2 neighbourhood areas (census LSOAs) covering Hay; the rate is per 1,000 residents of those areas12 months to Jun 2026police.uk6 Aug 2026
BroadbandPostcodes in HaySpeeds measured 2023, availability 2025Ofcom Connected Nations30 Sept 2026
SchoolsOpen schools in Hay, plus the nearest others within 5 km of HayPupils from the January school censusWelsh Government, via DataMapWales, My Local School and Estyn8 Oct 2026
Food hygieneFood businesses at postcodes in HayLatest inspection for each businessFood Standards Agency6 Aug 2026
BusinessesActive companies with their registered office in Hay. A registered office is not always where a company trades.Current registerCompanies House6 Aug 2026
Local tradesActive companies whose main activity is a trade, registered in the HR3 postcode district, those in Hay firstCurrent registerCompanies House6 Aug 2026
PlanningApplications within 5 km of the centre of HayLast 12 monthsPlanIt, from council planning registers22 Oct 2026
Flood riskThe kilometre square around the centre of Hay; nearest river measured from the centreFlood Risk Assessment Wales 2026Natural Resources Wales (FRAW), OS Open Rivers22 Oct 2026
TransportThe stations nearest to Hay, with walking routes from its centreDepartures liveNational Rail, NaPTAN, OpenStreetMapLive
WeatherThe location of HayLive forecastMET NorwayLive
National comparisonsEngland and Wales (broadband: the UK), worked out from the same datasets as the local figuresSame periods as aboveOur own calculation3 Oct 2026

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right (postcodes, from the ONS Postcode Directory). Map and route data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Weather from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Live departures from National Rail. Planning data from planit.org.uk.