Manton NSW 2582
215 addresses · 19 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Yass Valley LGA › Manton · 232 km from Sydney
Living Here
Manton is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 350 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $2,750 a week, with median rent near $620 a week. Most homes are houses. About 97% of households own their home and 3% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yass Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Manton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 Catholic churches
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Bus interchange: Yass Interchange, 7.7 km west · Airport: Canberra Airport, 52.2 km south.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 20.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 20.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 28.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 67.3%
Population by age in Manton
| 0-4 | 29 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 47 |
| 15-19 | 19 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 27 |
| 35-44 | 47 |
| 45-54 | 66 |
| 55-64 | 52 |
| 65-74 | 35 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Manton
| House | 114 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Manton
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 22 |
| $3,000+ | 49 |
Top ancestries in Manton
| English | 171 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 146 |
| Irish | 41 |
| Scottish | 39 |
| German | 26 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
Housing tenure in Manton
| Owned | 38 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 72 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Manton
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 52 |
| 3 | 31 |
| 4+ | 23 |
Commute to work in Manton
| Car | 118 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 4 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 32 |
Top countries of birth in Manton
| England | 20 |
|---|---|
| United States | 4 |
Languages used at home in Manton
| French | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
754 bird observations recorded near Manton — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (76)
- Common Starling (56)
- Black-shouldered Kite (53)
- Galah (41)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (36)
- Brown Falcon (29)
- Crimson Rosella (28)
- Laughing Kookaburra (28)
- Nankeen Kestrel (28)
- Superb Fairy-wren (27)
- Australian Raven (25)
- Welcome Swallow (24)
- Magpie-lark (22)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Manton
- House Sparrow (21)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (20)
- Superb Parrot (20)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (19)
- Grey Fantail (18)
- Red-rumped Parrot (18)
- Willie Wagtail (18)
- Australian Wood Duck (17)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (17)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (16)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (15)
- Eastern Rosella (14)
- Eurasian Blackbird (14)
- European Goldfinch (14)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (14)
- Pied Currawong (13)
- Striated Pardalote (13)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Manton:
- Marchmont (5.1 km)
- Yass (7.7 km)
- Jerrawa (12.1 km)
- Bango (12.3 km)
- Murrumbateman (12.9 km)
- Boambolo (13.7 km)
- Lade Vale (14.1 km)
- Yass River (14.2 km)
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Streets
- Acacia Drive (1)
- Banksia Drive (9)
- Coolalie Road (1)
- Eucalypt Drive (10)
- Hume Highway (3)
- Kurrajong Lane (7)
- Lucernvale Road (8)
- Manton Road (15)
- Old Gap Road (17)
- Reardons Road (7)
- Red Gum Drive (8)
- Scanes Road (16)
- Sheldricks Lane (1)
- Stringybark Place (6)
- Triggs Close (8)
- Walgrove Road (14)
- Yass River Road (38)
- Yass Valley Way (38)
- Yellow Box Place (8)
