North Manly

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,776 people in North Manly of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in North Manly was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in North Manly aged 15 years and over, 58.3% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Manly was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In North Manly, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Manly was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In North Manly 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.8% were in primary school, 21.0% in secondary school and 15.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Manly were English 28.8%, Australian 23.4%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 6.7% and Italian 6.3%.

In North Manly, 67.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.5%, Italy 3.4%, New Zealand 3.1%, South Africa 1.4% and Scotland 1.0%.

In North Manly, 44.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Manly were Catholic 32.6%, No Religion 24.2%, Anglican 22.1%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.7%.

In North Manly 81.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.7%, German 1.0%, Spanish 1.0%, Mandarin 0.7% and Croatian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,398 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Manly. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 32.8% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Manly, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Manly was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in North Manly included Professionals 27.0%, Managers 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Labourers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in North Manly, the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 3.7%, School Education 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.8% and Adult, Community and Other Education 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Manly was $727.

In North Manly, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.9%, Bus 9.8%, Walked only 5.3%, Car, as passenger 4.8% and Bicycle 2.9%. On the day, 15.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Manly, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.6% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.4% 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 North Manly, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Manly, 60.2% were couple families with children, 27.5% were couple families without children and 11.2% were one parent families.

In North Manly 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Manly, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,045 and those without children was $2,366.

Employment status of couple families

In North Manly, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 30.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Manly, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Manly, 88.5% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Manly, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 43.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Manly, 39.4% were owned outright, 40.7% were owned with a mortgage and 17.2% were rented.

Household composition

In North Manly, of all households, 80.8% were family households, 16.7% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In North Manly, 17.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.2% 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 North Manly, 35.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Manly, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 28.6%) were male and 10 (or 71.4%) were female. The median age was 16 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 North Manly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In North Manly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.