6.5% ▼ -31.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Manilla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Manilla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower number of people work from home in Manilla compared to the rest of the country. Most residents rely on private cars to get around, and almost no one uses public transport to commute to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The typical home here has one or two vehicles, though 6.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, although it remains a little below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Manilla, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the primary way to get to work, with 65.7% of people driving. This helps explain why 0.0% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure that is well below the national average.
7.6% ▲ +31.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Public transport is provided entirely by buses, with five stops and three routes serving the area. While this is more than 77% of similar areas, the 23.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.10
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
23.9
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop takes a typical resident 26 minutes on foot, which is higher than in most similar areas.
26
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality 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.
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 Manilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12484/manilla/topic/transport