Rydalmere Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Rydalmere (2116) is a suburb of Sydney, Parramatta, New South Wales. It is about 16 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Rydalmere is in the federal electorate of Parramatta.

In the 2011 census the population of Rydalmere was 6,216 and is comprised of approximately 49.9% females and 50.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Rydalmere is 37 years of age.

58.5% of people living in the suburb of Rydalmere were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.4% China , 4.5% Korea, Republic of , 2.2% Hong Kong , 2.0% England, 1.7% Philippines, 1.7% India, 1.2% New Zealand, 1.0% Lebanon, 0.9% Indonesia, 0.9% Iran, 0.7% Afghanistan, 0.5% Sri Lanka, 0.4% Fiji, 0.4% Vietnam.

53.2% of people living in Rydalmere speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.7% Mandarin, 7.2% Cantonese, 6.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 6.0% Korean, 2.9% Other, 2.8% Arabic, 1.5% Spanish, 1.1% Hindi, 1.0% Tagalog.

The religious makeup of Rydalmere is 31.6% Catholic, 19.9% No religion, 12.9% Anglican, 6.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.6% Islam, 4.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.8% Buddhism, 3.4% Uniting Church, 2.5% Eastern Orthodox, 2.3% Baptist.

50.5% of people are married, 33.2% have never married and 8.2% are divorced and 2.9% are separated. There are 249 widowed people living in Rydalmere.

63.1% of the people living in Rydalmere over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.7% are working on a part time basis. Rydalmere has an unemployment rate of 5.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Rydalmere are 22.2% Professionals, 18.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.5% Technicians & trades workers, 10.6% Managers, 8.8% Sales workers, 8.8% Community & personal service workers, 8.2% Labourers, 6.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Rydalmere work in are 10.3% Retail trade, 9.2% Manufacturing, 9.2% Health care and social assistance, 8.1% Construction, 8.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.1% Education and training, 6.2% Accommodation and food services, 6.1% Wholesale trade, 6.0% Transport, postal and warehousing.

26.2% of homes are fully owned, and 38.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 32.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $549 per week and the median household income is $1287 per week.

The median rent in Rydalmere is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2275 per month.

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