5.3% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Manly West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Manly West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Better than most similar areas for connectivity, Manly West features a high number of public transport stops and routes. While most residents still rely on cars, nearly one in five people work from home, and the area has a higher rate of public transport use for commuting than most nearby places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 42% of homes in Manly West have two motor vehicles. Only 5.3% of households have no vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Manly West, 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.
Most people drive to work, but 19.9% work from home, which is well above the Queensland figure of 14.1%. Those who do travel, 3.5% use public transport, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
19.9% ▲ +381.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -54.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 3.5%
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.
The area is well-served with 50 public transport stops and 8 routes, mostly buses. This gives Manly West 4.02 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure of 2.99.
50
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.02
Higher than 73% 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).
655.8
Higher than 81% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,860
Higher than 62% 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).
28,631
Higher than 55% 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).
84
Higher than 94% 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 is quicker than for most similar areas, with a typical drive time of 19 minutes. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31749/manly-west/topic/transport