North Sydney - Lavender Bay Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes North Sydney and Lavender Bay
NSW · SA2 121041417 · North Sydney - Mosman (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 6,549
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 13,776
- Per 1,000 residents
- 475.4
- Business growth YoY
- -0.1%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 6,557
- Change vs prior year
- -8
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 19,865
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes north sydney and lavender bay), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,963.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 3,782 | 57.7% |
| 1–4 | 1,509 | 23.0% |
| 5–19 | 771 | 11.8% |
| 20–199 | 442 | 6.7% |
| 200+ | 50 | 0.8% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (19,865). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Private company | 9,642 | 48.5% |
| Individual / sole trader | 3,567 | 18.0% |
| Self-managed super fund | 2,120 | 10.7% |
| Fixed unit trust | 1,340 | 6.7% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 1,118 | 5.6% |
| Discretionary services trust | 302 | 1.5% |
| Strata title | 286 | 1.4% |
| Public company | 270 | 1.4% |
| Other | 1,220 | 6.1% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 1,824 | 27.9% | 1.4% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 1,196 | 18.3% | -5.4% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 914 | 14.0% | 5.2% |
| Construction | 483 | 7.4% | -2.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 341 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
| Wholesale Trade | 286 | 4.4% | 1.8% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 276 | 4.2% | -6.1% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 212 | 3.2% | 0.0% |
| Retail Trade | 193 | 2.9% | -3.5% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 171 | 2.6% | -3.4% |
| Education and Training | 126 | 1.9% | 2.4% |
| Manufacturing | 110 | 1.7% | -1.8% |
| Other Services | 100 | 1.5% | 8.7% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 85 | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 72 | 1.1% | -10.0% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 66 | 1.0% | -7.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 50 | 0.8% | 13.6% |
| Mining | 33 | 0.5% | -10.8% |
| Currently Unknown | 6 | 0.1% | 20.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 5 | 0.1% | 66.7% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services13.6%
- Other Services8.7%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing6.3%
- Health Care and Social Assistance6.2%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services5.2%