Manly West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,195 people in Manly West of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Manly West was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Manly West aged 15 years and over, 52.2% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Manly West was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Manly West, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Manly West was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Manly West 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.4% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 19.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Manly West were English 30.9%, Australian 29.1%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 8.2% and German 4.5%.

In Manly West, 78.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 4.8%, South Africa 0.9%, Scotland 0.7% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Manly West, 62.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Manly West were Catholic 26.2%, Anglican 21.6%, No Religion 20.4%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Manly West 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Tagalog 0.3%, Spanish 0.3%, Arabic 0.3% and Japanese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 5,782 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Manly West. Of these 62.7% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Manly West, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Manly West was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Manly West included Professionals 20.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Managers 12.5%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Labourers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Manly West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Hospitals 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, State Government Administration 3.1% and Building Installation Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Manly West was $646.

In Manly West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.8%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Train 5.2%, Bus 2.4% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 11.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Manly West, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.5% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% 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 West, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Manly West, 46.4% were couple families with children, 36.5% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Manly West 20.4% of single parents were male and 79.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Manly West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,473 and those without children was $2,214.

Employment status of couple families

In Manly West, of couple families with children, 25.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 23.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Manly West, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Manly West, 82.5% were separate houses, 13.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Manly West, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.8% had 2 bedrooms and 47.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Manly West, 32.4% were owned outright, 37.9% were owned with a mortgage and 24.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Manly West, of all households, 76.7% were family households, 20.6% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Manly West, 20.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.3% 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 West, 34.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Manly West, there were 237 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 116 (or 48.9%) were male and 121 (or 51.1%) were female. The median age was 21 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 West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,452.

In Manly West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.