Lindfield - Roseville Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Lindfield and Roseville
NSW · SA2 121031408 · Ku-ring-gai (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,993
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 25,620
- Per 1,000 residents
- 116.8
- Business growth YoY
- 2.0%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,935
- Change vs prior year
- +58
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 13,452
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes lindfield and roseville), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,394.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,963 | 65.6% |
| 1–4 | 814 | 27.2% |
| 5–19 | 169 | 5.6% |
| 20–199 | 37 | 1.2% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (13,452). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Private company | 4,625 | 34.4% |
| Individual / sole trader | 4,265 | 31.7% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,990 | 14.8% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 1,186 | 8.8% |
| Discretionary services trust | 282 | 2.1% |
| Fixed unit trust | 204 | 1.5% |
| Family partnership | 161 | 1.2% |
| Strata title | 132 | 1.0% |
| Other | 607 | 4.5% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 744 | 24.9% | 1.8% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 444 | 14.8% | 0.2% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 407 | 13.6% | 4.1% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 291 | 9.7% | -4.0% |
| Construction | 218 | 7.3% | 2.3% |
| Retail Trade | 154 | 5.1% | -4.9% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 113 | 3.8% | 21.5% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 105 | 3.5% | 20.7% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 98 | 3.3% | 8.9% |
| Wholesale Trade | 93 | 3.1% | -2.1% |
| Education and Training | 78 | 2.6% | 14.7% |
| Other Services | 74 | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 43 | 1.4% | -21.8% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 43 | 1.4% | 2.4% |
| Manufacturing | 40 | 1.3% | -4.8% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 35 | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 6 | 0.2% | 20.0% |
| Mining | 4 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.1% | -25.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Administrative and Support Services21.5%
- Accommodation and Food Services20.7%
- Education and Training14.7%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing8.9%
- Health Care and Social Assistance4.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 8.5 | 0.53× | 218 |
| Manufacturing | 1.6 | 0.60× | 40 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 3.8 | 0.62× | 98 |
| Other Services | 2.9 | 0.65× | 74 |