Bondi - Tamarama - Bronte Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Bondi, Tamarama and Bronte
NSW · SA2 118011339 · Eastern Suburbs - North (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,533
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 20,044
- Per 1,000 residents
- 126.4
- Business growth YoY
- 0.2%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,529
- Change vs prior year
- +4
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 5,551
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes bondi, tamarama and bronte), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 699.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,742 | 68.8% |
| 1–4 | 633 | 25.0% |
| 5–19 | 131 | 5.2% |
| 20–199 | 22 | 0.9% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.1% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (5,551). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 2,448 | 44.1% |
| Private company | 1,491 | 26.9% |
| Self-managed super fund | 607 | 10.9% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 427 | 7.7% |
| Strata title | 121 | 2.2% |
| Discretionary services trust | 110 | 2.0% |
| Fixed unit trust | 70 | 1.3% |
| Family partnership | 54 | 1.0% |
| Other | 223 | 4.0% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 602 | 23.8% | -1.8% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 295 | 11.6% | 9.7% |
| Construction | 285 | 11.3% | -4.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 211 | 8.3% | 2.9% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 179 | 7.1% | -8.2% |
| Retail Trade | 141 | 5.6% | -9.6% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 133 | 5.3% | 10.8% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 112 | 4.4% | 16.7% |
| Other Services | 110 | 4.3% | 10.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 92 | 3.6% | 4.5% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 89 | 3.5% | 0.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 86 | 3.4% | -14.9% |
| Wholesale Trade | 63 | 2.5% | 1.6% |
| Education and Training | 58 | 2.3% | -1.7% |
| Manufacturing | 55 | 2.2% | 14.6% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 14 | 0.6% | -12.5% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 5 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.1% | -25.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Arts and Recreation Services16.7%
- Manufacturing14.6%
- Administrative and Support Services10.8%
- Other Services10.0%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services9.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 0.7 | 0.45× | 14 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 4.6 | 0.72× | 92 |