Manly Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,702 people in Manly Vale of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Manly Vale was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Manly Vale aged 15 years and over, 46.1% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Manly Vale was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Manly Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Manly Vale was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Manly Vale 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.5% were in primary school, 18.0% in secondary school and 25.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Manly Vale were English 26.9%, Australian 23.1%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 6.4% and Chinese 3.3%.

In Manly Vale, 62.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.5%, New Zealand 3.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.0%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.4% and India 1.3%.

In Manly Vale, 41.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Manly Vale were No Religion 27.3%, Catholic 27.2%, Anglican 19.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1% and Uniting Church 3.1%.

In Manly Vale 76.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.2%, Italian 1.5%, Korean 1.4%, Portuguese 1.1% and Cantonese 1.1%.

Employment

There were 3,304 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Manly Vale. Of these 63.6% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Manly Vale, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Manly Vale was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Manly Vale included Professionals 28.3%, Managers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Labourers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Manly Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.9%, School Education 3.7%, Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 2.7% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Manly Vale was $777.

In Manly Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.8%, Bus 18.1%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Walked only 3.9% and Train, bus 2.2%. On the day, 23.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Manly Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.3% 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 Vale, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Manly Vale, 46.2% were couple families with children, 37.0% were couple families without children and 15.4% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Manly Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,719 and those without children was $2,259.

Employment status of couple families

In Manly Vale, of couple families with children, 27.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Manly Vale, 93.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Manly Vale, 36.7% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 60.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Manly Vale, of occupied private dwellings 13.3% had 1 bedroom, 47.7% had 2 bedrooms and 22.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Manly Vale, 25.6% were owned outright, 35.9% were owned with a mortgage and 35.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Manly Vale, of all households, 65.8% were family households, 28.6% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Manly Vale, 16.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.7% 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 Vale, 50.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Manly Vale, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 26.7%) were male and 11 (or 73.3%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Manly Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $440 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $5,000.