Charlestown - Dudley Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Charlestown and Dudley
NSW · SA2 111011208 · Lake Macquarie - East (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,206
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 26,087
- Per 1,000 residents
- 84.6
- Business growth YoY
- 1.5%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,174
- Change vs prior year
- +32
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 10,270
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes charlestown and dudley), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,357.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,245 | 56.4% |
| 1–4 | 630 | 28.6% |
| 5–19 | 268 | 12.1% |
| 20–199 | 55 | 2.5% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (10,270). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 4,327 | 42.1% |
| Private company | 2,352 | 22.9% |
| Strata title | 1,318 | 12.8% |
| Self-managed super fund | 865 | 8.4% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 351 | 3.4% |
| Discretionary services trust | 215 | 2.1% |
| Fixed unit trust | 206 | 2.0% |
| Family partnership | 169 | 1.6% |
| Other | 467 | 4.5% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 472 | 21.4% | -0.6% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 358 | 16.2% | 10.5% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 319 | 14.5% | 6.3% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 289 | 13.1% | 4.7% |
| Other Services | 125 | 5.7% | -8.8% |
| Retail Trade | 97 | 4.4% | -12.6% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 96 | 4.4% | 6.7% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 82 | 3.7% | -2.4% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 79 | 3.6% | 5.3% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 76 | 3.4% | -10.6% |
| Manufacturing | 69 | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Wholesale Trade | 34 | 1.5% | -2.9% |
| Education and Training | 27 | 1.2% | -12.9% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 25 | 1.1% | -19.4% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 18 | 0.8% | 20.0% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 17 | 0.8% | -5.6% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 11 | 0.5% | 57.1% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 7 | 0.3% | -12.5% |
| Mining | 5 | 0.2% | -16.7% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Health Care and Social Assistance10.5%
- Financial and Insurance Services6.7%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services6.3%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing5.3%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services4.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale Trade | 1.3 | 0.44× | 34 |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 0.7 | 0.45× | 17 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 3.0 | 0.49× | 79 |
| Education and Training | 1.0 | 0.61× | 27 |
| Retail Trade | 3.7 | 0.66× | 97 |
| Public Administration and Safety | 0.4 | 0.68× | 11 |