Manilla · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Manilla

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

More households in Manilla live without a car than in most similar areas. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the area relies almost entirely on private transport for getting around. This dependence is reflected in the commute, where virtually no one uses public transport.

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📍 Manilla, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Seven per cent of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas though it has fallen since 2011. Most households own one or two cars, with 44.3% having one and 32.9% having two.

7.0% ▼ -33.7%

Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 10.5%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 7.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Manilla, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Zero per cent of the workforce uses public transport, which is well below the national figure. Reliance on cars is high, with 65.9% of people driving to work and only 5.6% working from home, a rate far below the New South Wales average.

5.6% ▲ +38.2%

Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 5.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 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 Manilla, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Car (passenger) is next at 7%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Manilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115102/manilla/topic/transport