City of Ryde New South Wales |
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Location in Metropolitan Sydney
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Coordinates | 33°49′S 151°06′E / 33.817°S 151.100°ECoordinates: 33°49′S 151°06′E / 33.817°S 151.100°E | ||||||||||||
Population | 117,171 (2015) | ||||||||||||
• Density | 2,547/km2 (6,600/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Area | 40.651 km2 (15.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Mayor | Jerome Laxale (Labor) | ||||||||||||
Council seat | Ryde | ||||||||||||
Region | Metropolitan Sydney | ||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Bennelong | ||||||||||||
Website | City of Ryde | ||||||||||||
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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.
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 Mayor of the City of Ryde since September 2016 is Cr. Bill Pickering, a member of the Liberal Party.
A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the City of Ryde merge with adjoining councils. The government proposed a merger of the Hunter's Hill, Lane Cove and Ryde Councils to form a new council with an area of 57 square kilometres (22 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 164,000. The outcome of an independent review is expected by mid-2016.
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.