City profile
Manningham is a municipality in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, running along the Yarra River from Bulleen in the west to Wonga Park in the east. The council describes it as a balance of city and country, from the Doncaster Hill activity centre along a green wedge to Warrandyte. The City of Manningham was created on 15 December 1994 from the former Doncaster and Templestowe council area and small parts of the Shire of Lilydale. Its main office is the Manningham Civic Centre in Doncaster.
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- Local Government Area (LGA)
- The official area a council governs.
- Estimated Resident Population (ERP)
- The official population count for an area.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- The national statistics agency behind population figures.
The area at a glance
- Population (ERP, 30 June 2025)
- 132,912ABS Estimated Resident Population (preliminary). The council's 2026–27 budget gives 129,514 residents, an earlier figure.
- Area
- 113.3 km²ABS. The council's budget gives 114 km².
- Population density
- About 1,170 people per km²Worked out from the ABS population and area above.
- Wards
- 9, with one councillor each
- Council group (LGPRF)
- Metropolitan
- Traditional Owners
- The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peopleAs acknowledged by the council.
Suburbs & postcodes
- Bulleen3105
- Doncaster3108
- Doncaster East3109
- Donvale3111
- Park Orchards3114
- Ringwood North (part)3134
- Templestowe3106
- Templestowe Lower3107
- Warrandyte3113
- Warrandyte South3134
- Wonga Park (part)3115
On the map
The shaded area is the official Local Government Area boundary.
These 11 suburbs are the ones the council's budget lists and the CSA lists for Manningham. We checked each against the official Vicmap locality and council boundaries. Two are marked '(part)': Wonga Park (about 92% in Manningham) and Ringwood North (about 11%; the rest in Maroondah). The council also lists part of Nunawading; only about 2.5% of that suburb is inside Manningham, so it isn't listed here. Postcodes come from the CSA's suburb and postcode table. The map shows the ABS boundary (ASGS 2025).
Sources — check it yourself
- ABS — Regional population 2024–25, data cube 32180DS0002 Table 2 (Victoria) · ERP 30 Jun 2025
- ABS — Regional population, latest release · Released Mar 2026
- Manningham Council — Discover our area: history (created 15 December 1994) · Jan 2026
- Manningham Council — Our First Nations history (Traditional Owners) · Jan 2026
- Manningham Council — Budget 2026-27, 'About Manningham' (suburbs, area, population) (PDF) · 2026–27
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Manningham City Council (9 single-councillor wards) · Sep 2026
- Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) — LGA Recorded Offences, Table 03 (suburb and postcode by LGA) · Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
- DataVic — Vicmap Admin locality polygons · Sep 2026
- DataVic — Vicmap Admin LGA polygons · Sep 2026
- Local Government Victoria — LGPRF 2020–2025 Full Council Data Set (council group: Metro) · 2024–25
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.