8.5% ▼ -50.3%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Manly · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Manly
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of working residents in Manly now work from home, a massive jump from just 3.5% in 2011. This shift comes as the area maintains a very high level of public transport service and a typical car-owning household.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 8.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a big drop from 2011, when 17% of households had no car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Manly, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and No vehicle (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is incredibly common here, with 51.8% of residents doing so—far above the national figure of 21%. Meanwhile, those using public transport to get to work fell to 3% since 2011.
51.8% ▲ +1384.0%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -81.6%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Manly has a high level of service with 2,091 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure. The area is served by 29 different bus routes and 416 stops.
416
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.00
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,091.3
Higher than 86% of state electorate 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).
29
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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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/sed/SED10050/manly/topic/transport