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Manly

New South Wales · Manly, Sydney - Northern Beaches

Live · ABS ERP June 2025

Children under 15 are 14.4% of residents, against 17.9% in the middle New South Wales area (Census 2021).

Manly has 5 schools (2 government, 3 non-government; ACARA School Profile 2025) and 12 NQS-rated childcare services (ACECQA register). Population is 24,569 (ABS ERP June 2025).

Manly at a glance

Median house price
Not published
No free price series for this area
Family-Fit score
81/100
Very strong for families
How it is calculated
Schools
5
Area centre zoned to Manly Village Public School
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Childcare services
12
12 rated Meeting NQS or above
Population
24,569
+1.0% in a year
Median age
38
14.4% are children under 15
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How the Family-Fit score is built81/100

Family-Fit score

Method published in full
81 /100
Very strong for families

Very strong for families - strongest on schools in the area, weakest on families already here.

Schools in the area · 20% of the score
100/100

NSW median 70/100

5 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 1151

Childcare & early years · 15% of the score
100/100

NSW median 90/100

12 NQS-rated services nearby

Everyday amenities · 15% of the score
81/100

NSW median 78/100

17 parks · 1 GP · 3 supermarkets · 8 playgrounds

Housing affordability · 15% of the score
47/100

NSW median 38/100

Paying over 30% of income on housing: 16.0% of mortgage-holding households, 28.7% of renting households

Families already here · 10% of the score
46/100

NSW median 67/100

14.4% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 38.7% of families are couples with children

Socio-economic profile · 10% of the score
100/100

NSW median 56/100

SEIFA IRSAD decile 10 of 10 nationally

The grey marker on each bar is the median across the 612 New South Wales areas we publish a score for (state median overall: 64/100). It is context, not a pass mark.

Not scored here (no published data for this area, so it is left out rather than counted as zero): Getting around. The remaining inputs were rescaled to 100.

How this score is calculated

Each published figure for the Manly SA2 is mapped onto 0–100 by fixed thresholds, then weighted. Inputs with no data here are dropped and the rest rescaled - never scored as zero. Every threshold and weight →

Schools in the area 100/100 × 20% → 23.5 points
5 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 1151
Childcare & early years 100/100 × 15% → 17.6 points
12 NQS-rated services nearby
Everyday amenities 81/100 × 15% → 14.3 points
17 parks · 1 GP · 3 supermarkets · 8 playgrounds
Getting around no data here - not counted
No train-time data for NSW yet, and no station mapped inside this SA2 - not counted either way
Housing affordability 47/100 × 15% → 8.3 points
Paying over 30% of income on housing: 16.0% of mortgage-holding households, 28.7% of renting households
Families already here 46/100 × 10% → 5.4 points
14.4% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 38.7% of families are couples with children
Socio-economic profile 100/100 × 10% → 11.8 points
SEIFA IRSAD decile 10 of 10 nationally

School results, crime and flood or bushfire overlays are not graded into this score. Limits of the score →

What families notice
In their own terms

What families notice

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Families often notice
  • This address is zoned to Manly Village Public School (government, no fees).
  • Recorded incidents are down 13% on the year before.
  • Ranks in the top 10% for socio-economic advantage in NSW (ABS SEIFA - not a safety or school-quality measure).
Good to know
  • We don't yet have property or rent figures for this area - check a real-estate portal directly for current prices.
Source: Templated from the live data on this page - ABS, ACARA, ACECQA, BOCSAR/CSA Victoria, SEIFA 2021.
Living in Manly: family snapshot
Family snapshot

Living in Manly

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A large suburb. Strong United Kingdom communities here (2021 Census). Many childcare options nearby - 12 NQS-rated services. Mostly apartments and units.

Source: ABS population estimates · ABS Census 2021 · ACARA · ACECQA
Manly compared with New South Wales10 measures
Manly compared with the NSW average
Measure Manly NSW average Against NSW
Children aged 0 to 4 5.6% 5.8% About the same
Children aged 5 to 14 8.8% 12.4% Lower
Couple families with children 38.7% 44.5% Lower
One-parent families 9.5% 15.9% Lower
Homes owned outright 29.6% 31.9% Lower
Homes owned with a mortgage 21.3% 33.7% Lower
Homes rented 47.6% 32.5% Higher
Separate houses 15.2% 67.4% Lower
Flats and apartments 70.2% 20.3% Higher
Born overseas 38.6% 29.3% Higher

Source: ABS Census 2021. The NSW figure is the population-weighted average of the 641 NSW areas with a published value. "Higher" and "Lower" describe the number only.

About this area and its boundary

Beachside Sydney suburb with strong family appeal, several schools, and a ferry line straight to the CBD.

24,569 residents - 14.4% are children under 15, median age 38, the largest overseas-born community is United Kingdom (13.3%).

Why “Manly - Fairlight”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Manly into several statistical areas (SA2s); this profile covers one part of it. Other parts are listed further down. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries. It covers the gazetted suburbs of Manly and Fairlight, drawn separately on the map above.

Property market

No free house sale price or 3-bedroom house rent is published for this area. 47.6% of homes are rented, against 32.5% across New South Wales.

Homes and households

Who owns the homes
30% Owned outright 21% Mortgage 48% Rented
Families
39% Couple with children 51% Couple, no children 10% One parent
Types of home
15% House 14% Townhouse 70% Apartment

Source: ABS Census 2021. Where the shares do not add to 100%, the rest is "other" or "not stated".

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Housing cost pressuremortgage and rent against income
What households here actually pay

Housing cost pressure

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In Manly, 28.7% of renting households spend more than 30% of their income on rent, and 16% of households with a mortgage spend more than 30% on repayments - the ABS's stretched-household threshold (Census 2021).

ABS published figures, not our calculation.

Mortgage over 30% of income
16%

NSW avg 17.3%

Share of households WITH a mortgage whose repayments take more than 30% of income. That's 316 of 1,752 households with a stated repayment.

Rent over 30% of income
28.7%

NSW avg 35.5%

Share of RENTING households whose rent takes more than 30% of income. That's 1,270 of 4,100 households with a stated rent.

The two figures cover different households (mortgage-holding vs renting), so never add them. How the ABS counts these → Grey marker: NSW average (622 for mortgage and 622 for rent). Census 2021 - housing costs have moved since. Not financial advice.

Source: ABS Census 2021 - Mortgage & Rent Affordability Indicator Datasets (via ABS Data by Region, SA2)
What's being built herenew homes approved, year by year
Manly - Fairlight · new dwellings approved

What's being built here

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29 new homes were approved in Manly - Fairlight in the year to June 2025. Councils approved 259 new dwellings here across the 6 years to June 2025 - an approval is permission to build, not a home that exists yet.

29

Approved in the year to June 2025

Middle NSW area: 37

51

Separate houses

Private sector, over these 6 years

208

Townhouses & apartments

Private sector, over these 6 years

Counts are for the whole Manly - Fairlight statistical area. What these counts include → Dashed line: the median of 599New South Wales areas.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by region, 2011-2025 (cat. 1410.0), sourced from ABS Building Approvals, Australia (cat. 8731.0) (source, CC BY 4.0). Each year is a year ended 30 June, published for the SA2, not the suburb.

Schools and childcare

5 schools are located in the area, and the centre of the area is zoned to Manly Village Public School. 12 childcare services are on the national register, 12 rated Meeting the National Quality Standard or above.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Manly Village Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Manly.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 532
ICSEA 1151
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Manly (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Zoned secondary schools
The Forest High School Government · 7-12 · 769 students · just outside the suburb boundary
ICSEA 1062 intake context
Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus Government · Boys school · 7-12 · 1,100 students · just outside the suburb boundary
ICSEA 1115 intake context
Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus Government · Girls school · 7-12 · 1,023 students · just outside the suburb boundary
ICSEA 1115 intake context
Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus Government · 11-12 · 647 students · just outside the suburb boundary
ICSEA 1098 intake context

More than one Year 7 zone covers the centre of Manly (NSW catchment data) - which one applies depends on the address and, for single-sex schools, the student.

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Stella Maris College
Independent 1,006 students
ICSEA 1135 intake context
St Paul's Catholic College
Catholic 468 students
ICSEA 1091 intake context
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 330 students
ICSEA 1159 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

All school zones in the Northern Beaches council area →

To look beyond Manly, every New South Wales school is on the Australian schools and catchment zones map.

Find the school zone for an address in Manly

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Schools in Manly - Fairlight

ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). Source: ACARA School Profile 2025. All NSW schools →

Childcare: 12 services

Exceeding NQS: 4Meeting NQS: 8

National Quality Standard ratings from the ACECQA register, refreshed Oct 2026. Services are matched by suburb name.

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Childcare services, ratings and fees12 services
  • Little Lane ELC Manly
    Centre-Based Care · 186 places · Manly
    Rated Jul 2024
    Exceeding NQS
  • Manly Community Pre-School
    Centre-Based Care · 60 places · Manly
    Rated Aug 2021 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Exceeding NQS
  • Kid City Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 30 places · Manly
    Rated Oct 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Exceeding NQS
  • Pine Street Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 24 places · Manly
    Rated Dec 2023
    Exceeding NQS
  • Camp Blue
    Centre-Based Care · 120 places · Manly
    Rated Aug 2022 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • Manly OOSH Inc
    Centre-Based Care · 120 places · Manly
    Rated Sep 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • St Mary's Outside School Hours Care
    Centre-Based Care · 100 places · Manly
    Rated Jun 2022 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • Only About Children Fairlight 1
    Centre-Based Care · 92 places · Fairlight
    Rated Jul 2021 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • The Roundhouse Children's Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 90 places · Fairlight
    Rated Dec 2023
    Meeting NQS
  • Guardian Childcare and Education Manly
    Centre-Based Care · 90 places · Manly
    Rated Nov 2022 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • Only About Children Fairlight 2
    Centre-Based Care · 72 places · Fairlight
    Rated Feb 2026
    Meeting NQS
  • Leaps & Bounds Preschool Manly
    Centre-Based Care · 40 places · Manly
    Rated Oct 2024
    Meeting NQS
Average subsidised fee - Manly area
Centre-based day care
$17.25/hr
Outside school hours care
$11.02/hr

Mean hourly fee across CCS-approved services, December quarter 2025 - Dept of Education, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Published at SA3 level (a wider area than this suburb's SA2), so it's an average across Manly and surrounds, not this specific service list.

Verify locations before visiting. A rating over 3 years old is flagged. What the NQS ratings mean → Childcare places per child, by suburb →

Who lives here

More rented homes than New South Wales overall: 47.6% of homes, against 32.5% statewide.

Median age
38
ABS Census 2021
Children under 15
14.4%
Below the NSW average
Born overseas
38.6%
Above the NSW average
Density
3,648
people per km²

Ages of people here

Manly - Fairlight NSW average

Share of residents in each age band, in years. Source: ABS Census 2021.

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How the area is changingCensus 2011 to 2021
People counted at the Census, 2011 to 2021
+1,872 people
2011: 20,566 2021: 22,438
Median age, 2011 to 2021
+2 years
2011: 36 2021: 38
Children aged 0 to 14, 2011 to 2021
+0.3 points
2011: 14.1% 2021: 14.4%
Born overseas, 2011 to 2021
+1.7 points
2011: 36.9% 2021: 38.6%
Speak another language at home, 2011 to 2021
+1.2 points
2011: 13.8% 2021: 15.0%
Northern Beaches council area, official forecast
+11,280 people
2021: 264,570 2041: 275,850

Each line is drawn on its own scale, so compare the numbers, not the heights. Source: ABS Census 2011, 2016 and 2021; Travel Zone Projections 2024 (TZP24), Transport for NSW forecast, published for the council area, not the suburb.

Census trends against the middle NSW areafull charts
Three censuses, same boundaries

Which way this area is moving

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The 2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses for Manly - Fairlight, counted on today's boundaries.

Since 2011, Manly - Fairlight has grown older.

People counted
+1,872 people since 2011

Usual residents counted on Census night.

Median age
+2 years since 2011

Half the residents are older than this, half younger.

Children aged 0–14
+0.3 pts since 2011

Share of all residents. The clearest signal of families arriving or moving on.

Born overseas
+1.7 pts since 2011

Share of all residents born outside Australia.

Speak another language at home
+1.2 pts since 2011

Share of residents who stated a language, speaking one other than English at home.

The dashed line is the median across the New South Wales areas we profile. How the three Censuses line up →

Source: ABS Census Time Series Profile 2021 (2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses, SA2)
How many people will live around hereofficial forecast
Northern Beaches council area · official projection

How many people will live around here

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The rest of this page looks backwards. This is the one number that looks forward - and it is the state government's own, not ours. Travel Zone Projections 2024 (Transport for NSW) projects the Northern Beaches council area, which contains Manly - Fairlight along with its neighbouring suburbs, to grow to 275,850 people by 2041: 11,280 more people than the 264,570 counted in 2021.

This is the council area, not Manly - Fairlight. Northern Beaches is a whole local government area covering many suburbs, and neither state publishes a projection for a single suburb. Growth is never spread evenly across a council - a greenfield estate and an established street inside the same council will move very differently - so read this as the direction of the wider area a suburb sits in, not as a forecast for its own streets. Only the years the publisher itself lists are plotted: nothing is filled in between them, and nothing is carried past 2041. A projection is an assumption about the future, not a measurement of it, and it will be revised - this one was released 2024. These figures sit on the projection's own series, so they are not directly comparable with the ABS resident-population and Census counts elsewhere on this page, which use different geographies and different years.

Source: Travel Zone Projections 2024 (TZP24), Transport for NSW, released 2024 (source, CC BY 4.0). Published for the council area, not the suburb; figures rounded to the nearest 10.
Where this year's population change came from+1.00% in a year
Population
24,569
ABS estimate, June 2025
Growth in one year
+1.00%
2024 to 2025
Net change
+250
people in a year

Where did the gain come from?

+250
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+182
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
-440
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+508

Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force - more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.

Growth vs benchmarks
Manly
+1.00%
NSW median
+0.60%
National median
+0.80%
Ages against the state average, band by band
The neighbourhood, in people

Ages of people here

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8.8% of people here are school-age children (5–14) - fewer than the New South Wales average of 12.4%, and 5.6% are under 5. The median age is 38.

0–4 years · before school
5.6%

NSW avg 5.8%

5–14 years · school age
8.8%

NSW avg 12.4%

15–19 years · teens
3.9%

NSW avg 5.7%

20–34 years
24.6%

NSW avg 20.3%

35–54 years
29.8%

NSW avg 26.3%

55–64 years
11.8%

NSW avg 11.9%

65 years and over
15.5%

NSW avg 17.6%

Share of all residents of Manly - Fairlight (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census; the grey marker is the New South Wales average. How the bands and averages work →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Households and families
The neighbourhood, in people

Households and families

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48% of families here have children living at home - fewer than the New South Wales average of 60%. The largest overseas-born communities are United Kingdom (13.3%), New Zealand (3%) and South Africa (1.8%). 48% of homes are rented.

Family make-up

Share of all families in the area. A small "other family" group the ABS also counts is not shown.

Couple with children
38.7%

NSW avg 44.5%

One-parent family
9.5%

NSW avg 15.9%

Couple, no children
50.8%

NSW avg 37.9%

What people live in

Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated structures are not shown.

Separate house
15.2%

NSW avg 67.4%

Semi-detached / townhouse
14.3%

NSW avg 11.6%

Flat or apartment
70.2%

NSW avg 20.3%

Owned or rented

Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated tenures are not shown.

Owned outright
29.6%

NSW avg 31.9%

Owned with a mortgage
21.3%

NSW avg 33.7%

Rented
47.6%

NSW avg 32.5%

Figures describe Manly - Fairlight (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census; the grey marker is the New South Wales average. How these are counted →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Birthplaces, languages and communities
The neighbourhood, in people

Who lives in Manly - Fairlight

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Top 5 overseas birthplaces shown · 79.7% born in Australia or a country not in the top five.

United Kingdom · established by 2016
13.3%

NSW avg 3.2%

New Zealand · established by 2016
3%

NSW avg 1.1%

South Africa · established by 2016
1.8%

NSW avg 0.3%

Germany · established by 2016
1.2%

NSW avg 0.1%

Ireland · established by 2016
1%

NSW avg 0.1%

Co-located communities
Manly - Fairlight is home to established United Kingdom and New Zealand communities - each is 2% or more of residents born overseas here, not a ranking of one against another.
Nearby
Balgowlah - Clontarf - Seaforth, Freshwater - Brookvale and Manly Vale - Allambie Heights also have an established United Kingdom community.
Settlement pattern
Of overseas-born residents who stated when they arrived, 31.6% arrived in the last 5 years (2016–2021) (NSW avg 16.2%) and 31.1% arrived before 2001 (NSW avg 52%).
English at home
Of residents who speak a language other than English at home and stated their English proficiency, 5.8% report speaking English “not well” or “not at all” (NSW avg 13.5%) - a self-reported ABS figure across all languages combined, not a judgement of any one community.

Figures describe Manly - Fairlight (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census. The ABS publishes only the five largest communities per area, so a missing name did not rank in the top five. How these are counted →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Socio-economic index (SEIFA)decile 10 of 10
Decile (1 lowest, 10 highest)
Decile 10 of 10
Where this sits in NSW
top 10% of New South Wales areas

A relative comparison of the whole area against all of Australia - not a safety, liveability, or school-quality measure. What IRSAD measures → Source: ABS SEIFA 2021, IRSAD index (SA2).

Getting around and lifestyle

3 supermarkets, 1 GP and 17 parks are mapped in the area, and the nearest emergency department is Northern Beaches Hospital, 7.7 km away in a straight line.

3
Supermarkets
Middle NSW area: 2
1
GPs
Middle NSW area: 0
17
Parks
Middle NSW area: 17
8
Playgrounds
Middle NSW area: 8
None mapped
Train stations
Middle NSW area: 0
1
Libraries
Middle NSW area: 1

Mapped inside the Manly - Fairlight boundary. A zero can mean "not mapped" rather than "not there". Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Train to the city and nearest emergency department

Train to the city

Not published

New South Wales publishes its timetable data behind a free developer account we have not yet set up, so we show no travel time here. This is a gap on our side, not a statement about the transport in this area.

Nearest emergency department

Mapped

Northern Beaches Hospital · 7.7 km

Straight-line distance from the middle of this area - not a drive time. In an emergency call 000; do not plan around this figure.

Community and recreation
None mapped
Places of worship
Middle NSW area: 1
None mapped
Community centres
Middle NSW area: 0
None mapped
Swimming pools
Middle NSW area: 0
4
Sport and fitness venues
Middle NSW area: 1
Out with a baby
10
Baby-change tables
None mapped
Baby-care rooms

Public-toilet facilities recorded on the National Public Toilet Map - not every place in the area that will let you change a baby.

About this data

Counts of features tagged in OpenStreetMap inside the Manly - Fairlight boundary. “Middle NSW area”: the median of 634 New South Wales areas. How these counts and times are made →

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors · baby-facility counts from the National Public Toilet Map (Continence Foundation of Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, CC BY 3.0 AU)

Crime & safety in Manly

Police recorded 1,365 incidents in Manly in Jan-Dec 2025, down 13% on the year before. This is a raw count, not a rate or a rating.

Recorded incidents, 2025
1,365
Change on the year before
-13%
1,562 in 2024
Recorded incidents, 2021
1,913

Largest offence categories

Theft 469
Assault 188
Drug offences 145
Against justice procedures 133
Malicious damage to property 77
LGA rate, as published: Northern Beaches council areaJuly 2025 - June 2026

These rows cover the whole Northern Beaches council area, which is larger than Manly. The agency publishes a rate for each major offence, not one total, so there is no total row. We do not calculate rates.

OffenceRecorded incidentsPer 100,000 people
Domestic violence related assault419154.7
Non-domestic violence related assault551203.5
Sexual assault20575.7
Sexual touching, sexual act and other sexual offences13048.0
Robbery3011.1
Break and enter dwelling16862.0
Break and enter non-dwelling9234.0
Motor vehicle theft19572.0
Steal from motor vehicle347128.2
Steal from retail store479176.9
Other stealing offences708261.5
Malicious damage to property683252.2

Source: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, July 2025 - June 2026, accessed 11 October 2026.

Is Manly safe? Here's what police recorded

Police recorded 1,365 criminal incidents in Manly in Jan-Dec 2025 (NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), released 2026 Q3). NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research publishes rates per 100,000 people for Northern Beaches council area one offence at a time, not as a single total (July 2025 - June 2026); they are listed on this page. Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe.

How much crime is recorded in Manly?

1,365 incidents in Jan-Dec 2025, against 1,562 the year before. The largest offence categories were Theft (469), Assault (188), Drug offences (145). These are raw counts as published, not adjusted for population. Source: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), released 2026 Q3. Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe.

Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). Raw counts, not a rate, and not a judgement about the suburb. Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe. Source: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), released 2026 Q3. More on crime & safety →

© State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (copyright notice). Suburb totals are added up from published figures.

Risks

4 of the 4 planning and hazard records we hold show something in this area: bushfire, heritage controls, traffic noise and acid sulfate soils. 3 more are not published for NSW - treat them as not checked.

Bushfire

Designated Bush Fire Prone Land

Present in this area

Heritage controls

In an official overlay

Present in this area

Traffic noise

Main roads only

Pittwater Road · Belgrave Street · North Steyne · +11 more

Acid sulfate soils

Classified in the local plan

Present in this area

Each line is the extent of an official record across the whole Manly - Fairlight area - not a risk rating, and a specific address may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice.

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All 9 checks and what each one means

Flooding

Not published

New South Wales publishes flood planning maps council by council, with no free statewide layer we can republish - check the local council's flood planning map for this area.

Bushfire

Designated Bush Fire Prone Land

Present in this area

Part of this area is mapped as Bush Fire Prone Land by the NSW Rural Fire Service. This designation is drawn broadly around vegetation across most of NSW, so read it as "check the property", not as a measure of how exposed the area is.

Heritage controls

In an official overlay

Present in this area

Part of this area sits inside the heritage layer in the local environmental plan, so changes to buildings there - extensions, demolition, sometimes even paint colours - need planning approval. It applies property by property: most homes in an area with an overlay are not in it, and being in one is a protection as much as a restriction. Almost every NSW area contains some heritage-listed land, so read this as "check the address", not as something that sets this area apart.

Traffic noise

Main roads only

Pittwater Road · Belgrave Street · North Steyne · +11 more

No freeway or highway is mapped inside this area. 14 named main roads (arterial or connector) run through it. Roads are counted by name, not by mapped segment.

Aircraft noise

Not mapped

New South Wales maps aircraft-noise contours only where a council or precinct plan writes them in - four councils and the Western Sydney Airport precinct do. Sydney Airport's contours are published federally in its master plan and are not in the state layer, so read this as "nothing mapped here", not as a quiet area.

Land contamination checks

Not mapped

New South Wales records contaminated land in the EPA's searchable register of notified sites rather than in a planning-scheme map layer, so we have no overlay to show for this area. Search the NSW EPA contaminated land record for a specific address - nothing mapped here means we have not checked it, not that the land is clear.

Acid sulfate soils

Classified in the local plan

Present in this area

Part of this area is classified for acid sulfate soils in the local environmental plan, which means work disturbing the soil below a set depth needs council consent. Acid sulfate soils are harmless while they stay wet and buried; digging into them - for a pool, footings, a basement or drainage - exposes them to air and produces acid that eats concrete and steel and can kill fish downstream, so excavation may need a management plan. The class describes how close the soils are likely to sit to the surface, not how bad they are. Much of the low-lying land around the coast and its rivers is classified, so read this as "check before you dig", not as something that sets this area apart.

Recorded crime

Official counts published

1,365 incidents

Police-recorded criminal incidents in Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025, down 13% on the prior year. A count, not a rate - busier areas with more shops, stations and visitors record more incidents than quiet ones of the same size. Full breakdown ↑

Social housing

Census figure

1.4% rented from a state or territory housing authority · 0.7% from a community housing provider

Share of occupied private dwellings here with a stated tenure (Census 2021). The middle NSW area is 1.6% public and 0.7% community, across 624 areas. Listed because families ask; it is a fact about who owns the homes, not a judgement about the people in them.

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Every line is an official published record for the Manly - Fairlight area - we don't rate, score or rank any of them. Where a line is missing, treat it as not checked rather than clear. What each line covers and does not →

Source: NSW Rural Fire Service Bush Fire Prone Land, © State Government of NSW and NSW Rural Fire Service · NSW Planning EPI Heritage, Airport Noise + Acid Sulfate Soils, © State of New South Wales, Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure - CC BY 4.0 · NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), released 2026 Q3 · ABS Census 2021 (G37 tenure and landlord type) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) - road classification

Nearby suburbs

The six closest profiled areas in New South Wales, by distance between area centres.

Manly - Fairlight · 2 gazetted suburbs

The suburbs in this area

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Everything else on this page is published for Manly - Fairlight as a whole - one ABS statistical area covering 2 separate gazetted suburbs. These are the figures published for each of those suburbs on its own.

Gazetted suburbs inside Manly - Fairlight, with each suburb's own published figures.
Suburb Residents
Census 2021
Schools
Manly 16,296 5
Fairlight 6,141 0

Each row is that suburb's own published figure - nothing here is the wider area's number divided up. Resident counts are the Census 2021 usual-resident count for the gazetted suburb, so they will not add up to the population at the top of this page, which is the ABS's later June 2025 estimate for the whole statistical area: a different measure on a different date. Schools are ACARA-registered schools whose published address falls inside the suburb boundary, which is not the same as the school your address is zoned to. No free source publishes suburb-level house medians in New South Wales, so no price column is shown - that is our coverage gap, not a statement about the market here. Every other figure on this page - crime & safety, overlays, commute, amenities, projections, the Family-Fit score - is published for the whole statistical area and cannot be separated by suburb.

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, General Community Profile for Suburbs and Localities; ABS ASGS Edition 3 suburb boundaries; ACARA School Location 2025.

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