City of Ryde facts for kids

City of Ryde
Quick facts for kidsCity of Ryde; New South Wales
	Location in Metropolitan Sydney
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Population	117,171 (2015)
• Density	2,547/km2 (6,600/sq mi)
Area	40.651 km2 (15.7 sq mi)
Mayor	Jerome Laxale (Labor)
Council seat	Ryde
Region	Metropolitan Sydney
State electorate(s)	Ryde; Epping; Lane Cove;
Federal Division(s)	Bennelong
Website	City of Ryde
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This page is about the Australian city and local government area. For the suburb, see Ryde, New South Wales.

City of Ryde Coat of Arms

The City of Ryde is a local government area that services certain suburbs located within the Lower North Shore and Northern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The local government area extends from the Parramatta River to the Lane Cove River which encircles the area in the north, and is bounded in the east by the peninsula of Hunters Hill and the City of Parramatta in the west.

The Mayor of the City of Ryde since September 2016 is Cr. Bill Pickering, a member of the Liberal Party.

A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the City of Ryde merge with adjoining councils. The government proposed a merger of the Hunter's Hill, Lane Cove and Ryde Councils to form a new council with an area of 57 square kilometres (22 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 164,000. The outcome of an independent review is expected by mid-2017.^{[needs update]}

Suburbs and localities in the local government area

The following suburbs and localities are within the City of Ryde:

Chatswood West
Denistone
Denistone East
Denistone West
East Ryde
Eastwood (shared with City of Parramatta Council)
Gladesville (shared with Municipality of Hunter's Hill)
Macquarie Centre
Macquarie Park
Macquarie University campus
Marsfield
Meadowbank
Melrose Park (shared with City of Parramatta Council)
North Ryde
Putney
Ryde
Tennyson Point
Top Ryde
West Ryde

Demographics

At the 2011 Census, there were 103,038 people in the Ryde local government area, of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population. The median age of people in the City of Ryde was 36 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 50.5% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

Population growth in the City of Ryde between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 2.87% and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 6.28%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in the Ryde local government area was lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the City of Ryde was on with par with the national average. At the 2011 Census, the Ryde local government area was linguistically diverse, with a significantly higher than average proportion (45.4%) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4%); and a significantly lower proportion (53.7%) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%).

Selected historical census data for Ryde local government area
Census year		2001	2006	2011
Population	Estimated residents on Census night	94,244	96,948	103,038
	LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales
	% of New South Wales population			1.49%
	% of Australian population	0.50%	0.49%	0.48%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry, top responses	Australian			17.0%
	English			16.9%
	Chinese			15.7%
	Irish			6.3%
	Italian			5.4%
Language, top responses (other than English)	Mandarin	3.0%	5.9%	8.6%
	Cantonese	6.4%	7.0%	7.1%
	Korean	2.4%	3.0%	3.9%
	Italian	3.5%	3.1%	2.8%
	Armenian	2.1%	2.1%	1.9%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation, top responses	Catholic	32.1%	30.6%	29.4%
	No religion	13.7%	17.4%	22.4%
	Anglican	16.9%	14.2%	12.0%
	Buddhism	n/c	3.6%	4.4%
	Presbyterian and Reformed	3.9%	3.8%	3.8%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income	Median weekly personal income		A$528	A$635
Personal income	% of Australian median income		113.3%	110.1%
Family income	Median weekly family income		A$1,158	A$1,841
Family income	% of Australian median income		112.8%	124.3%
Household income	Median weekly household income		A$1,486	A$1,466
Household income	% of Australian median income		126.9%	118.8%