Manly

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 75,522 people in Manly of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Manly was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Manly aged 15 years and over, 48.3% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Manly was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Manly, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Manly was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Manly 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 22.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Manly were English 29.8%, Australian 22.9%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 7.7% and Italian 2.9%.

In Manly, 63.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.7%, New Zealand 3.1%, South Africa 1.4%, United States of America 1.2% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Manly, 44.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Manly were No Religion 27.3%, Catholic 26.5%, Anglican 22.0%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Manly 81.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.2%, Portuguese 1.0%, French 0.9%, German 0.9% and Mandarin 0.8%.

Employment

There were 41,969 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Manly. Of these 63.8% were employed full time, 27.7% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Manly, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Manly was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Manly included Professionals 33.2%, Managers 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Labourers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Manly, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 4.0%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.8%, School Education 3.6%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 3.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Manly was $920.

In Manly, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.6%, Bus 12.7%, Ferry 5.2%, Walked only 4.3% and Car, as passenger 3.8%. On the day, 24.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Manly, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.4% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Manly, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Manly, 47.3% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

In Manly 18.7% of single parents were male and 81.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Manly, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,152 and those without children was $2,729.

Employment status of couple families

In Manly, of couple families with children, 25.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Manly, 90.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Manly, 43.5% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 47.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Manly, of occupied private dwellings 10.9% had 1 bedroom, 36.0% had 2 bedrooms and 29.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Manly, 30.3% were owned outright, 32.6% were owned with a mortgage and 34.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Manly, of all households, 69.1% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 5.8% were group households.

In Manly, 13.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Manly, 44.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Manly, there were 251 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 128 (or 51.0%) were male and 123 (or 49.0%) were female. The median age was 25 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Manly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,618.

In Manly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $470 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,033.