Manly West

20.4% of Manly West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

3,593 family households lived in Manly West; 47.4% were couple families and 16.7% were one-parent families.

40.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Manly West had 12,436 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 78.0% of occupied private dwellings in Manly West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

32.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

43.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.6% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Manly West had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 32.6%, while 27.9% had four or more usual residents.

19.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

57.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

3.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

5.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

One-car households formed 32.6% of the total.

62.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.1% reported a different address.

21.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

88.2% of residents used only English at home.

8.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

21.1% of Manly West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.9% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.7% of ancestry responses in Manly West.

Australian ancestry made up 35.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

23.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 15.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.8%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

38.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

60.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.8%.

Median household income was $2,039 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,053.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $430 per week.

Working from home was 19.9% in Manly West, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 32.8% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 23.6% in Manly West, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.