6.1% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Manly · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Manly
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short three-minute walk to the nearest stop makes Manly a very accessible place for those without cars. While most residents rely on vehicles, the area has a high number of people working from home and a public transport network far more extensive than most similar spots.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is two vehicles per household, at 40.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Manly splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 24% of people doing so, which is well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. Public transport use for commuting is also among the highest for areas of this size, at 4.7%.
24.0% ▲ +270.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -60.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
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.
Manly has 24 public transport stops, which is more than 90% of similar areas, and 20 different routes. However, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
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.
5.62
Higher than 80% 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).
543.4
Higher than 79% 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).
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,890
Higher than 55% 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).
34,252
Higher than 58% 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).
66
Higher than 68% 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 to the city by car takes about 21 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy a very short walk to their nearest transit stop, typically taking only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Manly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31748/manly/topic/transport