Blacktown - West Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Blacktown and West
NSW · SA2 116011561 · Blacktown (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,508
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 17,931
- Per 1,000 residents
- 84.1
- Business growth YoY
- 9.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,380
- Change vs prior year
- +128
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 26,364
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes blacktown and west), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 4,659.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,123 | 74.5% |
| 1–4 | 341 | 22.6% |
| 5–19 | 40 | 2.7% |
| 20–199 | 6 | 0.4% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (26,364). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 15,972 | 60.6% |
| Private company | 6,704 | 25.4% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,303 | 4.9% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 380 | 1.4% |
| Family partnership | 341 | 1.3% |
| Other incorporated entity | 319 | 1.2% |
| Strata title | 263 | 1.0% |
| Fixed unit trust | 261 | 1.0% |
| Other | 821 | 3.1% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 578 | 38.3% | 17.0% |
| Construction | 286 | 19.0% | 1.1% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 113 | 7.5% | 5.6% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 94 | 6.2% | 3.3% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 67 | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 66 | 4.4% | 29.4% |
| Retail Trade | 60 | 4.0% | -16.7% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 52 | 3.4% | 6.1% |
| Other Services | 43 | 2.9% | -12.2% |
| Manufacturing | 41 | 2.7% | 24.2% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 28 | 1.9% | 21.7% |
| Wholesale Trade | 27 | 1.8% | 12.5% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 15 | 1.0% | 50.0% |
| Education and Training | 15 | 1.0% | 50.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 11 | 0.7% | 37.5% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 9 | 0.6% | 80.0% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Accommodation and Food Services29.4%
- Manufacturing24.2%
- Financial and Insurance Services21.7%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing17.0%
- Wholesale Trade12.5%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in NSW (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 3.7 | 0.40× | 67 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 2.9 | 0.43× | 52 |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 1.6 | 0.48× | 28 |
| Education and Training | 0.8 | 0.50× | 15 |
| Other Services | 2.4 | 0.54× | 43 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.5 | 0.55× | 27 |