6.4% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Manly · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Manly
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher proportion of people work from home in North Manly than in the rest of Australia. Nearly half of the workforce avoids a daily commute, while the area's excellent connectivity makes it much easier than most places to reach public transport on foot.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 40.3% owning two. About 6.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Manly, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 46.5% of people doing so—a figure far above the national average of 21.0%. For those who do travel, 29.1% drive as the sole occupant of a car.
46.5% ▲ +681.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -75.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 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.
Public transport is highly accessible with 24 stops and 9 routes, making the area's stop density well above the New South Wales figure. The 3,824 weekly departures per 1,000 people is among the highest at this level, though all services are buses.
24
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.07
Higher than 86% 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).
3,824.2
Higher than 99% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
39,644
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
142,266
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
59
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is efficient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is 16 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
16
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 North Manly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13007/north-manly/topic/transport