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Manns Beach
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- Green suburb
Suburb profile
Manns Beach is a residential smaller community in the local area with a familiar suburban feel. Life revolves around the local community, with the wider region offering trips and services when needed. A mature community gives the area a calm, settled social fabric.
Housing remains accessible compared with many parts of the state. Community life feels grounded and local, with residents who tend to know their neighbourhood well.
The streetscape feels settled and established, with older homes giving the area a familiar, lived-in look.
Amenities
No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived from OpenStreetMap & Census) · Period: current · Updated on site · Derived from source metrics
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Crime & safety
- Total offences (2026)
- 4
- Against the person
- 0
- Against property
- 4
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 137.9
- State safety percentile
- 83.8th (lower crime is better)
- Increase (daily rate)
- +300%
Reported offences increased compared with the previous period.
Reported offences by period
Most common offence types
- B21 Criminal Damage1
- B49 Other Theft2
- B53 Obtain Benefit By Deception1
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- Recorded offences by suburb/town — Crime Statistics Agency (Victoria) · Period: 2025 · Updated on site · Year ending March release
Population
- Population
- 29
- Median age
- 65
- Median household income / week
- $949
- Dwelling vacancy
- 79.7%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 63 of 79
- Median monthly mortgage
- $646
- Employment rate
- 31.3%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 0 / 0 / 0
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 Census release
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Socio-economic (SEIFA)
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 1/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 2/10
SEIFA indexes from ABS 2021. Decile 10 = most advantaged / least disadvantaged in Australia.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 SEIFA release
Planning & development
Development applications from PPARS statewide register (lodged 2020–2022). Free public PPARS MapServer — applications through ~2022 (service last updated Feb 2024).
1 planning-related records
2021· 1 proposal
August 2021
- Buildings & works associated with an outbuilding. Buildings & works associated with an outbuilding.6 FISHER STREET MANNS BEACH 3971Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
Contributes to desirability score · Future Growth (7%)
Development and planning activity
Data sources & freshness
- PPARS planning permit activity (statewide) — Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria) · Period: 2020–2022 · Updated on site · Public MapServer last updated Feb 2024 — applications through FY 2022–23 only; newer PPARS data requires council/API access
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Victorian Bushfire Management Overlay mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · Period: current · Updated on site
Recent changes
- B21 Criminal Damagecrime1
- B49 Other Theftcrime2
- B53 Obtain Benefit By Deceptioncrime1
- Buildings & works associated with an outbuilding. Buildings & works associated with an outbuilding.planning6 FISHER STREET MANNS BEACH 3971Lodged 25 Aug 2021 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
Data sources & freshness
- Recorded offences by suburb/town — Crime Statistics Agency (Victoria) · Updated on site · Year ending March release
- PPARS planning permit activity (statewide) — Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria) · Updated on site · Public MapServer last updated Feb 2024 — applications through FY 2022–23 only; newer PPARS data requires council/API access