53.2% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 45.6%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ryde · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ryde
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Ryde were born in another country, creating a deeply multicultural environment. This diversity is most visible in the high proportion of residents with Chinese ancestry, who make up 30.1% of the area.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common at 30.1%, followed by English at 14.9% and Australian at 14.2%. Other significant groups include those with Indian (5.2%) and Irish (5.1%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas has risen 7.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 53.2%, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. While 43.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China (14.8%) and India (4.5%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10073/ryde/topic/ancestry-heritage