West Ryde

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,867 people in West Ryde of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in West Ryde was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in West Ryde aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Ryde was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In West Ryde, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Ryde was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In West Ryde 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.4% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 33.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Ryde were Chinese 15.3%, English 15.1%, Australian 14.5%, Indian 5.7% and Korean 5.7%.

In West Ryde, 47.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 8.8%, Korea, Republic of (South) 6.0%, India 5.4%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.4% and Philippines 2.4%.

In West Ryde, 26.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 64.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Ryde were Catholic 28.2%, No Religion 20.6%, Anglican 10.6%, Hinduism 6.5% and Buddhism 4.8%.

In West Ryde 46.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 7.8%, Cantonese 7.4%, Korean 6.8%, Arabic 3.5% and Hindi 2.1%.

Employment

There were 6,475 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Ryde. Of these 64.1% were employed full time, 24.6% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Ryde, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Ryde was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in West Ryde included Professionals 31.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Managers 11.6%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Labourers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in West Ryde, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.6%, School Education 3.5% and Depository Financial Intermediation 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Ryde was $654.

In West Ryde, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.1%, Train 20.6%, Bus 4.1%, Car, as passenger 3.9% and Train, bus 3.0%. On the day, 30.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Ryde, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in West Ryde, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Ryde, 47.0% were couple families with children, 35.9% were couple families without children and 14.2% were one parent families.

In West Ryde 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Ryde, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,483 and those without children was $2,232.

Employment status of couple families

In West Ryde, of couple families with children, 26.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Ryde, 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Ryde, 45.8% were separate houses, 8.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 45.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In West Ryde, of occupied private dwellings 12.9% had 1 bedroom, 38.2% had 2 bedrooms and 30.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Ryde, 27.8% were owned outright, 29.1% were owned with a mortgage and 40.6% were rented.

Household composition

In West Ryde, of all households, 69.5% were family households, 26.0% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In West Ryde, 20.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In West Ryde, 48.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Ryde, there were 38 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 44.7%) were male and 21 (or 55.3%) were female. The median age was 34 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In West Ryde, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In West Ryde, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $178 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,087.