Ryde

17.0% of Ryde's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

8,732 family households lived in Ryde; 47.4% were couple families and 12.9% were one-parent families.

38.7% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Ryde had 31,907 residents at the 2021 Census.

37.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 35.4% of occupied private dwellings in Ryde.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 55.7% of occupied private dwellings.

22.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

30.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

46.5% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Ryde had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 27.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 32.5%, while 22.4% had four or more usual residents.

43.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

31.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

4.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

10.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

One-car households formed 51.0% of the total.

38.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.6% reported a different address.

48.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

45.4% of residents used only English at home.

50.2% used a language other than English at home.

11.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 6.0% spoke Cantonese and 1.5% spoke Hindi.

48.9% of Ryde's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 51.1% was born in Australia.

11.0% of residents were born in China.

3.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 74.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 15.6% of ancestry responses in Ryde.

Australian ancestry made up 15.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 22.2% of responses.

34.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 15.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.7%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

37.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

69.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.5% reported asthma, 5.2% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

38.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 18.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 16.5%.

Median household income was $2,024 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $465 per week.

Working from home was 43.4% in Ryde, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 22.8% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 46.5% in Ryde, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.