4.4% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Manningham · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Manningham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 32% of working residents in Manningham now work from home, a figure far above the national average. This shift away from the daily commute is a major part of local life, though the area remains heavily reliant on cars for those who do travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are common here, with 41.6% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 4.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Manningham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged by 27 percentage points since 2011 to reach 32.4%. Meanwhile, use of public transport for commuting has fallen to 2.6%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
32.4% ▲ +536.9%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -63.9%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
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.
Manningham has strong public transport access, with 631 stops and 55 routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the Victorian average, though all services are provided by buses.
631
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.06
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,265.5
Higher than 93% of council (lga) 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).
55
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 23 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. Residents usually walk about 9 minutes to reach their nearest public transport stop.
9
Lower than 55% of council (lga) 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.
23
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Manningham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24210/manningham/topic/transport