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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Manly is an outer-metropolitan suburb of Brisbane, Australia, with a population of approximately 4,273, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 16 km from the Brisbane CBD, Manly is a outer metro area in Queensland. The median household income is $108,108 per year.
Manly benefits from a high-income resident base, supporting premium property pricing.
Official Australia Post postcode for Manly. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Manly on My School →Estimated 2 parks and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Manly is a smaller community of 4,273 — about 78% of the Queensland suburb median (5,474) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Median household income of $108,108/year runs 20% above the Queensland suburb median of $90,298, indicating strong purchasing power and the type of demographic profile that tends to sustain premium property prices through market cycles. Rent of $403/week (79% coverage of the $2,200/month median mortgage) leaves a gap of roughly $454/month that a typical investor bridges with negative gearing, depreciation and capital growth. 16 km from Brisbane places Manly in the middle commuter belt, close enough for daily trips by car or rail but at a materially lower price point than inner suburbs.
Outer-metro suburbs reward careful property selection — aim for homes near infrastructure rather than generic house-and-land packages. Local rents consume roughly 19% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Manly stacks up against the median of all Queensland suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Manly sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Manly | QLD median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 4,273 | 5,474 | -22% |
| Median household income | $108,108/yr | $90,298/yr | +20% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $403 | $385 | +5% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,200 | $1,733 | +27% |
| Distance to CBD | 16 km | 62 km | -74% |
| Separate houses | 66% | 77% | -11pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Manly — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Strong buy-and-hold fundamentals: household incomes run 20% above the Queensland suburb median ($108,108 vs $90,298), and the 16 km CBD distance keeps this suburb in the primary demand zone. In Queensland, suburbs with this profile have historically clustered in the upper tercile of 10-year capital growth.
Moderate rental coverage: rent of $403/week covers 79% of a $2,200/month mortgage, leaving a $454/month gap that an investor bridges with equity, depreciation and tax benefits.
Only 66% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 77% QLD median) — this is a unit and townhouse market, where cosmetic flips struggle against body-corporate restrictions, thinner after-reno uplift and competing new supply.
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Create free account →Manly enters 2026 with a demographic tailwind — household incomes 20% above the Queensland suburb median of $90,298 and a population of 4,273 give it the depth and purchasing power to outperform the wider QLD market over the next 12–18 months. Rental coverage runs at ~79% of the typical mortgage ($1,746/month rent vs $2,200/month repayment), leaving a manageable top-up for most investors. The EquitySight investment score of 68/100 places Manly in the upper-middle tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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Manly scores 68/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a good rating. That score is driven by a population of 4,273, median household income of $108,108/year and median weekly rent of $403. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Manly are proximity to Brisbane (16 km), an above-state-median household income of $108,108/year, a dwelling mix that is 66% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 2 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Manly has a usual resident population of approximately 4,273, compared with a Queensland suburb median of 5,474 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Manly sits 16 km straight-line from the Brisbane CBD. This is comfortable commuter territory, with reasonable rail and road access to the city.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $403 in Manly, equating to approximately $20,956/year in gross rental income (state median $385/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Manly is $2,200, or approximately $26,400/year (vs $1,733/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
A median weekly rent of $403 works out to $1,746/month, covering 79% of the median mortgage repayment of $2,200/month. That leaves a $454/month shortfall (around $5,448/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (4,273 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,200 median mortgage, the broader Queensland market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.