Ryde City Council

City of Ryde New South Wales
Location in Metropolitan Sydney
Coordinates	33°49′S 151°06′E / 33.817°S 151.100°E / -33.817; 151.100Coordinates: 33°49′S 151°06′E / 33.817°S 151.100°E / -33.817; 151.100
Population	116,302 (2016 census)
• Density	2,860.99/km2 (7,409.92/sq mi)
Established	11 November 1870
Area	40.651 km2 (15.7 sq mi)
Mayor	Bill Pickering (Liberal)
Council seat	Ryde
Region	Metropolitan Sydney
State electorate(s)	Ryde Epping Lane Cove
Federal Division(s)	Bennelong
Website	City of Ryde
LGAs around City of Ryde: Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Willoughby Parramatta City of Ryde Lane Cove Parramatta Canada Bay Hunter's Hill

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. It was first established as the Municipal District of Ryde in 1870, became a municipality in 1906 and was proclaimed as the City of Ryde in 1992.

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 City comprises an area of 40.651 square kilometres (15.695 sq mi) and as at the 2016 census had an estimated population of 116,302.

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

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

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%).