Mandeville is entirely a farming district, which is traversed by the Waimea Plains railway. The local railway station is eleven miles from Gore, seven from Riversdale, and twenty-six from Lumsden, and stands 335 feet above the level of the sea. The population of the township, in 1901, was 129, and there were seventy-nine additional at Mandeville road. There is a a large flour and oatmeal mill in the settlement, which has also an hotel, two stores, a butchery, and a blacksmith's shop. The local school has an average attendance of twenty-eight. There is a small Anglican church, which is under the care of the clergyman residing at Gore. The Roman Catholics hold services in the schoolroom.

The Business Of The Mandeville Post Office And Telephone Bureau is conducted at Mr J. C. McKenzie's store adjoining the railway siding.