Ryde
141,693 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 41 km², 15 suburbs. Council website: ryde.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
141,693
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.8% in a year
Density
3,499/km²
41 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$2.5M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$35
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
10.7 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
10 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
15
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 37
- Median household income
- $2,098/week
- Median rent
- $460/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,600/month
- Households renting
- 41.5%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 10 of 10
Suburbs
15 suburbs where Ryde holds most residents, plus 1 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryde | 31,907 | All | $2.6MDec 2025 | – / 11% | 10 |
| Eastwood (NSW) | 18,695 | 76% | $2.7MDec 2025 | – / 5% | 10 |
| North Ryde | 14,043 | All | $2.6MDec 2025 | – / 31% | 10 |
| West Ryde | 13,171 | All | $2.4MDec 2025 | – / <1% | 10 |
| Gladesville | 12,867 | 82% | $3.0MDec 2025 | – / 6% | 10 |
| Marsfield | 12,492 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 26% | 10 |
| Macquarie Park | 11,071 | All | – / 36% | 10 | |
| Meadowbank (NSW) | 5,089 | All | – / 0% | 10 | |
| Putney | 4,097 | All | $3.7MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Denistone | 3,726 | All | $2.4MDec 2025 | – / 17% | 10 |
| East Ryde | 2,522 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 50% | 10 |
| Denistone East | 2,292 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Melrose Park (NSW) | 2,059 | 76% | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Chatswood West | 1,521 | 22% | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 69% | 10 |
| Tennyson Point | 1,247 | All | $4.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Denistone West | 947 | All | $2.2MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 13 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $2.2M
- Median of suburb medians
- $2.5M
- Highest suburb median
- $4.3M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 13 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 392
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 78
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 539
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 1,144
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Bennelong · Jerome LAXALE (ALP)100%
State districts
- Ryde · Jordan Lane (LIB)75%
- Lane Cove · Anthony Roberts (LIB)25%
- Willoughby · Tim James (LIB)1%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 3 suburbs of this council. An aggregate only: published at 3 or more cut listings council-wide (cuts in every crawled suburb count), and a suburb is named only when it has 3 of its own. Computed 24 Sep 2026; newest crawl observation 11 Sep 2026.
- Listings cut
- 17
- of 154 tracked
- Share cut
- 11.0%
- Typical cut
- 5.5%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Gladesville (9), West Ryde (6). All price drops →
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Asking-price cuts: Shorted listing crawl, aggregates only. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.