54.9% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 46.3%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ryde · State Electorate
Language in Ryde
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Among the highest in the region for linguistic diversity, Ryde is a place where over half of all residents speak a language other than English at home. This figure has risen steadily over the last decade, reflecting a community that is far more multicultural than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
More than half of people (54.9%) use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the most common at 40.9%, Mandarin (16.3%) and Cantonese (8.4%) are also widely spoken; meanwhile, 9.6% of residents speak little or no English.
9.6% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.6%
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/sed/SED10073/ryde/topic/language