Manyana · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Manyana

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More than half of the workers in Manyana drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. Most households own at least one vehicle, and very few people here use public transport for their daily commute.

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📍 Manyana, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high in Manyana, with 39.3% of homes having two vehicles and 39% having one. Only 2.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales and national averages.

2.1% ▼ -36.7%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 2.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Manyana splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Getting to work is dominated by cars, as 0.0% of people use public transport. Working from home is more common here than in most similar areas, with 23% of the workforce doing so, which is a little above the Australian figure.

23.0% ▲ +333.7%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 5.7%
  • 2021: 23.0%

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: 2.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Manyana, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 27%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is limited to a single bus route and one stop. While this is more than some similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.

1.49

Higher than 63% 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).

6.0

Higher than 58% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes a typical 12-minute walk to reach the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this type.

12

Lower than 51% 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 Manyana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12492/manyana/topic/transport