Bonnells Bay - Silverwater Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Bonnells Bay and Silverwater
NSW · SA2 111021216 · Lake Macquarie - West (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 580
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 10,266
- Per 1,000 residents
- 56.5
- Business growth YoY
- 2.5%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 566
- Change vs prior year
- +14
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 3,967
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes bonnells bay and silverwater), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 593.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 352 | 60.7% |
| 1–4 | 199 | 34.3% |
| 5–19 | 33 | 5.7% |
| 20–199 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (3,967). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 1,892 | 47.7% |
| Private company | 1,029 | 25.9% |
| Self-managed super fund | 415 | 10.5% |
| Family partnership | 145 | 3.7% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 97 | 2.4% |
| Discretionary services trust | 87 | 2.2% |
| Other incorporated entity | 69 | 1.7% |
| Fixed unit trust | 60 | 1.5% |
| Other | 173 | 4.4% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 203 | 35.0% | 0.5% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 63 | 10.9% | 10.5% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 55 | 9.5% | 17.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 37 | 6.4% | 23.3% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 36 | 6.2% | 9.1% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 31 | 5.3% | 10.7% |
| Retail Trade | 30 | 5.2% | 7.1% |
| Other Services | 22 | 3.8% | -15.4% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 20 | 3.4% | 11.1% |
| Manufacturing | 19 | 3.3% | -5.0% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 13 | 2.2% | -23.5% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 13 | 2.2% | -7.1% |
| Wholesale Trade | 11 | 1.9% | -15.4% |
| Education and Training | 10 | 1.7% | -9.1% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 10 | 1.7% | 42.9% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 4 | 0.7% | -33.3% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Health Care and Social Assistance23.3%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services17.0%
- Accommodation and Food Services11.1%
- Administrative and Support Services10.7%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services10.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 1.3 | 0.11× | 13 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.1 | 0.39× | 11 |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 1.3 | 0.41× | 13 |
| Other Services | 2.1 | 0.47× | 22 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 1.9 | 0.49× | 20 |
| Education and Training | 1.0 | 0.52× | 10 |