Ryde - Your Council NSW

2023/24

Ryde

The City of Ryde is located in Sydney’s north western suburbs, 12km from the Sydney CBD. The area is set in scenic surrounds between the Parramatta and Lane Cove Rivers.

Macquarie Park is home to one of Australia’s leading research universities, Macquarie University, as well as global players across the pharmaceutical, technology, electronics and telecommunications industries.

Data for this website has been sourced from Council’s financial statements, Council’s annual report and Council’s data returns. The website also refers to data from a number of agencies and entities. Please refer to the data page of this website for links to definitions, information on performance measures, benchmarks, OLG Groups and the data sources that have been used.

Please contact Council if you would like any further details or explanations regarding individual results and any differences between your Council’s performance and that of another council.

Contacting Council

Address:
Binary Centre Building, Level 1, 3 Richardson Place
North Ryde NSW 2113

Postal Address:
Locked Bag 2069, North Ryde NSW 1670
Phone: 02 9952 8222
Fax: 02 9952 8070

Email:
cityofryde@ryde.nsw.gov.au

Web:
www.ryde.nsw.gov.au

Your Local Government Area	Result
Population (No.)	139,047
Area (Km²)	40.5
Council Classification	Metropolitan
OLG Group	3
State Planning Region	Metropolitan Sydney

Your Council	Result	Group Avg. *
Councillors (No.)	13	13
Population per Councillor (No.)	10696	14575
Equivalent Full Time Staff (EFT) (No.)	500	804
2023/24 Revenue ($'000)	215784	295442
2023/24 Expenses ($'000)	156391	247506
Residential Pensioner Rebates (%)	8.113920263	10.17760603
Population Density (residents per Km²)	3,433	3,440.93

* A NSW council group is determined firstly by whether they are Urban or Rural in nature, and then by population size and density. Please refer to OLG Groups in data tab on website for more information on how individual councils are classified. An OLG group average is then calculated by the average of the same group number eg. All Group 5 Regional Towns/City or all Group 8 Rural.

Your Public Facilities	Result	Group Avg.
Public Swimming Pool Complexes (inc rock pools) (No.)	1	5
Public Halls (No.)	15	23
Public Libraries (No.)	5	5.333333333
Open Public Space (ha)	770.4	1086.230667
Total Road Length (km)	323.86	562.38

Demographics of Population

under 20 years

20 - 59 years

60 years and older

Council population (%)

Group population (%)

3.4^%

population change last 5 years

Source: ABS, Estimated Resident Population (ERP)

Your Local Population	Latest Outcome	Group Avg.
Five Year Population Change (%)	3.386124887	0.073449879
Population aged under 20 years (%)	22.6	22.62152185
Population aged between 20 and 59 years (%)	57.2	57.17908386
Population aged 60 years and older (%)	20.2	20.19939429
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders (%)	0.5	1.070240399
Speaks language other than English at home (%)	49.5	41.46666667
Socio-Economic Index Rank (1 low, 128 high)	114	102.7222222

Council Population Gender

Aboriginal & Torres
Strait Islander

Language Diversity

Rest of population

Your local population (%)

Your Local Economy	Result	Group Avg.
Unemployment Rate (%)	3.7	3.861111111
Avg Taxable Income ($)	73671	84293.5
Avg Household Size (No.)	2.7	2.772222222
Value of DA's determined ($'000)	240315	511978
Active Businesses in LGA (No.)	14361	20876.66667

Largest Industry Employer

Professional, scientific and technical services