Ranked #59 of 277 Brisbane suburbs for parks. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.
| Population | 12,436 |
| Area | 5.03 km² |
| Median household income | $2,039/wk |
| Median rent | $430/wk |
| Crime rate | 77.9 incidents per 1,000 people (Wynnum police division — not suburb-level) |
| Parks | 24 (3.02 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Within 400m of a park | 89.2% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 1 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 26 |
It is around the middle of the pack for Brisbane, scoring 67/100 for safety and ranking #93 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 78 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Wynnum police division, not for Manly West alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.
It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 67/100, parks 70/100 and green space 46/100. We do not hold school catchment data, so this does not account for schools — see our Brisbane families ranking for the full method.
Median rent is $430 a week, and household income ranks #142 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 42/100 for value.
It scores 33/100 for transit, #224 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
89% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 3.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 46/100 for green space.
Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Brisbane: 100 is the
best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated August 2026. Sources: open GPS activity traces,
official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
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