West Ryde, New South Wales

West Ryde is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. West Ryde is located 16 kilometres north west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Ryde and is part of the Northern Sydney region. Ryde, North Ryde and East Ryde are separate suburbs. The suburbs of Denistone, Denistone West, Meadowbank and Melrose Park share the 2114 postcode with West Ryde.

West Ryde is an extension of Ryde, which was named after the 'Ryde Store', a business run by G. M. Pope. He adopted the name from his birthplace of Ryde on the Isle of Wight, UK. West Ryde is one of 16 suburbs that form the City of Ryde. The City of Ryde is approximately from the centre of Sydney and occupies most of the land between the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers. It is bisected from west to east by one of Sydney's busiest roads, Victoria Road. It is crossed north to south by another main road, Lane Cove Road, and is skirted on the north west by the M2 Hills Motorway and Epping Road. At the time of the arrival of Europeans at Sydney Cove in January 1788, the Wallumedegal or Wallumede were the traditional owners of the area and they called it Wallumetta. This clan formed part of a large Dharug language group.

West Ryde is home to a commercial area close to West Ryde railway station and the Sydney Water Station, which pumps water to most of northern Sydney. West Ryde Marketplace is a medium sized shopping centre featuring a Woolworths supermarket, specialty shops and West Ryde Public Library. Since the new centre opened in 2005, it diverted many people from the ageing Top Ryde Shopping Square, which subsequently closed and has now been redeveloped. Further building development included a Coles supermarket.

West Ryde railway station is on the Main Northern line. A bus interchange sits adjacent the station with services of 500N, 500X, 501, 523 524 and 543. At the , 32.2% of employed people travelled to work by car (either as a driver or as a passenger) and 9.2% by public transport.

The types of dwellings in West Ryde continues to shift away from the traditional separate houses and towards strata living. At the , 46.3% of occupied private dwellings were flats, units or apartments, 41.5% were separate houses and 11.1% were semi detached (mostly town houses). The average household size was 2.5 people. West Ryde has a number of historical buildings including Addington, the second oldest extant building in Australia. The domestic architecture of the suburb largely consists of homes on quarter acre blocks displaying most of the archetypical Australian styles, including Federation houses, Californian Bungalows, Depression era houses of weatherboard or fibro with corrugated iron roofs, and 1960s red brick housing. There is also a substantial number of Askin era red brick apartment blocks atop half acre concrete expanses. In the past, West Ryde was a working class suburb which was home to many factories, especially towards Meadowbank. However, the factories of the past are slowly succumbing to demolition, and the construction of waterfront apartments are taking their place, with views of Parramatta River and Sydney Olympic Park, thus the suburb is growing with affluence.

At the , West Ryde recorded a population of 13,171. Of these:
Age distribution West Ryde residents' median age was 37 years, compared to the national median of 38. Children aged 0–14 years made up 16.7% of the population (the national average was 18.2%) and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population (the national average was 17.2%). Ethnic diversity 44.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China 10.6%, South Korea 6.1%, India 5.3%, Philippines 3.3% and Hong Kong 2.9%. 41.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 12.3%, Cantonese 7.2%, Korean 7.3%, Arabic 2.9% and Hindi 1.9%. Religion The most common responses for religion were No Religion 33.6%, Catholic 23.6% and Hinduism 7.1%. Income The average weekly household income in West Ryde was $1,983, above the national average of $1,746. Living arrangements 69.0% of households were family households, 26.6% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.