Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Menai, Lucas Heights and Woronora
NSW · SA2 128021535 · Sutherland - Menai - Heathcote (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,536
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 20,917
- Per 1,000 residents
- 73.4
- Business growth YoY
- -1.0%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,552
- Change vs prior year
- -16
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 8,692
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes menai, lucas heights and woronora), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,108.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 850 | 55.3% |
| 1–4 | 555 | 36.1% |
| 5–19 | 113 | 7.4% |
| 20–199 | 21 | 1.4% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (8,692). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 3,576 | 41.1% |
| Private company | 2,484 | 28.6% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,214 | 14.0% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 402 | 4.6% |
| Discretionary services trust | 228 | 2.6% |
| Family partnership | 219 | 2.5% |
| Other incorporated entity | 118 | 1.4% |
| Partnership | 115 | 1.3% |
| Other | 336 | 3.9% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 374 | 24.3% | -2.9% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 239 | 15.6% | -2.8% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 140 | 9.1% | 2.9% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 135 | 8.8% | 0.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 90 | 5.9% | 5.9% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 87 | 5.7% | -3.3% |
| Other Services | 84 | 5.5% | 6.3% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 79 | 5.1% | 5.3% |
| Retail Trade | 75 | 4.9% | -7.4% |
| Education and Training | 47 | 3.1% | -14.5% |
| Wholesale Trade | 44 | 2.9% | 12.8% |
| Manufacturing | 41 | 2.7% | 2.5% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 40 | 2.6% | -4.8% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 31 | 2.0% | -3.1% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 9 | 0.6% | 12.5% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 8 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 7 | 0.5% | 16.7% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 6 | 0.4% | -14.3% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Wholesale Trade12.8%
- Other Services6.3%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing5.9%
- Financial and Insurance Services5.3%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services2.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation and Food Services | 1.9 | 0.51× | 40 |
| Retail Trade | 3.6 | 0.66× | 75 |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 6.7 | 0.68× | 140 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 4.3 | 0.69× | 90 |
| Manufacturing | 2.0 | 0.73× | 41 |
| Wholesale Trade | 2.1 | 0.75× | 44 |