Manildra NSW 2865
Manildra sits 314 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 4 hours 25 minutes by car. Census data records 822 residents with a median age of 43 and a median household income of $75,348 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The locality grew 8.2% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $220 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. All 2 schools within the locality boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Manildra a good place to live?
Manildra scores a D (26/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on transit.
Mixed results
2 schools · 2 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 314.5 km · 264 min drive to Sydney
More affordable than most
Median $470K · More affordable than 87% of NSW
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 45/100 · Crime 52/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 43 · 822 residents
Liveability Rating
26 / 100 · Ranked #1358 in NSWEach bar is Manildra's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
How do you rate the liveability in Manildra?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
26 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataManildra's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $470,000, roughly 13% above where it sat a year earlier. That said, only nine sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.
Houses
$470,000
Based on only 9 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 48 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
Land
$430,000
Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Manildra are currently listed at around $480,000 on average. Based on 3 houses listed in the past six months.
$480K
3 houses listed in the last 6 months.
3 of the suburb's 305 dwellings (1.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Is Manildra safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Manildra sits in the moderate band, with 28 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 12% on the prior year.
28 offences
12.0% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20256 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Council Flood Studies
Cabonne Shire Council has published 8 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
Schools
Two schools serve Manildra, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Manildra Public School and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Manildra lead the pack.
- • 72 students across 2 schools (avg 36)
- • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 947-1000, median 974 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Manildra Public School (39 students)
Primary
Walkability
Manildra is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Manildra.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 14.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 3.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 9.2 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Manildra.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 354
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Cabonne: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
Manildra is home to 822 residents, with a median age of 43, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $75,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
822
Median Age
43
Median Household Income
$75,348/yr
Census Median Rent
$220/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$38,636/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
15.4%
Total Dwellings
305
Owner-Occupier Rate
85.3%
Houses
96.7%
Rental Stress
15.2%
Mortgage Stress
20.7%
Work From Home
12.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 86.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.8%
- Employment Rate
- 57.7%
- Completed Year 12
- 24.7%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
4.8% of residents (38) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (25).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 786 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
2% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (7 of 378).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this locality against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 453 people work here; 378 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.2 per resident). At least 7% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $750 a year through Cabonne based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 94%
- Environmental 4%
- Zones under 1% 1%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Cabonne
In the year to August 2026, 29 new dwellings were approved across Cabonne. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are down 42.9% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.
Climate & Setting
from Molong (Hill St), 23.9 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 448 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Annual rainfall
- 692 mm
- 72 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 4.9 kmOil and Fat ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Oxides of Nitrogen
EV adoption
In postcode 2865, 0 of 880 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.0% (18 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.0%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2865, 276 rooftop-solar systems totalling 1.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 413 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 14 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.
Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).
Mortgage repayments
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.
At $470,000 this is under the $600,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Revenue NSW.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Andrew Gee Independent
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Andrew Gee | 37.7% | 62.3% | +3.2 |
| 2022 | Andrew Gee | 34.5% | 65.5% | +2.2 |
| 2019 | Andrew Gee | 36.7% | 63.3% | +1.5 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Philip Donato Independent
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Philip Donato IND | 71.9% |
| 2019 | Philip Donato | 65.2% |
| 2015 | Andrew Gee NP | 71.7% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
Looking at a specific address in Manildra?
Every figure above is a locality average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 822 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Manildra
Is Manildra a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Manildra is moderate (52/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Manildra?
Manildra has a moderate recorded bushfire history (45/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Manildra a good place to live?
Manildra has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (26/100), ranked against other NSW suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Manildra?
Manildra, NSW had a population of 822 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Manildra, NSW?
The postcode for Manildra, NSW is 2865.
How far is Manildra from Sydney?
Manildra is 314 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 264 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Manildra?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Manildra was $75,348 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Manildra?
There are too few current rental listings in Manildra for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $220, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Manildra?
The median age of residents in Manildra was 43 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Manildra at risk of bushfire?
Manildra has a moderate recorded bushfire history (45/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Manildra?
There are 2 schools inside the Manildra boundary: 2 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Manildra?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Manildra, Molong (Hill St) (23.9 km away), 692 mm of rain a year over 72 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Manildra?
First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Manildra belong to?
Manildra sits within the Cabonne local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Manildra?
The average residential rates bill through Cabonne is $750 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Manildra?
Across Cabonne, 29 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 42.9% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Manildra in?
Manildra sits within the federal Division of Calare, currently held by Andrew Gee (Independent).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2023
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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