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Rydalmere

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About Rydalmere

Rydalmere is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rydalmere is approximately 21 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta.

Population & Development

Population

At the 2011 census, Rydalmere recorded a population of 6,216. Of these:

  • The age distribution was quite similar to the country in general. The median age was 37 years, identical to the national median. Children aged 0–14 years made up 21.2% of the population (national average is 19.3%) and people aged 65 years and over made up only 12.0% of the population (national average is 14.0%).
  • Just over half (58.5%) were born in Australia; the next most common countries of birth were China 9.4%, Korea 4.5%, Hong Kong 2.2%, England 2.0% and Philippines 1.7%. The breakdown of languages spoken at home is similar: 53.2% spoke English, and other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 7.7%, Cantonese 7.2%, Korean 6.0%, Arabic 2.8% and Spanish 1.4%.
  • The average household weekly income was $1,287, which is very similar to the national average of $1,234.
  • Only 17.4% of employed people travelled to work on public transport, and 65.7% by car (either as driver or as passenger).

Development

Rydalmere currently consists of residential and commercial developments. The western side of Rydalmere is commercial consisting primarily of light manufacturing industry and service industries. The eastern side is mainly residential.

The earliest grant in the area was to Phillip Schaeffer who settled in 1791. The district comprising modern day Rydalmere, Ermington and Dundas was initially called “The Ponds” because of such natural features occurring above Subiaco Creek. Shortly after Schaeffer’s, further grants were given to several emancipists, eight marines and two crew of HMS Sirius, on the northern bank of the Parramatta River at Rydalmere and Ermington. By about 1800 “The Ponds” became known as “Field of Mars”. Presumably because of Mars being the god of war, and the military men that received land grants there. The parish of Field of Mars spread more or less from Parramatta to West Ryde and up to Carlingford and Eastwood. Later on to the north of this area along the Lane Cove river, a Field of Mars Common of 5000 acres was established. Today’s Field of Mars reserve and cemetery are remnants of this common. Rydalmere was named by Thomas O’Neill when he purchased much of the 600 acres of Hannibal Macarthur’s old Vineyard Estate, after it was put up for sale through the trustees by the Catholic church in 1877.