50.2% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ryde · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ryde
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all residents in Ryde now speak a language other than English at home. This reflects a significant shift since 2011, making the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of New South Wales. With 50.2% of people using another language, Ryde stands out as one of the most multilingual areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin (11.6%) and Cantonese (6.0%) are the most common non-English languages spoken. This high diversity is mirrored in the 7.9% of people who speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average of 3.4%.
7.9% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13469/ryde/topic/language