Pennant Hills - Cheltenham Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Pennant Hills and Cheltenham
NSW · SA2 126011496 · Pennant Hills - Epping (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,223
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 22,248
- Per 1,000 residents
- 99.9
- Business growth YoY
- 0.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,216
- Change vs prior year
- +7
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 4,551
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes pennant hills and cheltenham), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 469.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,396 | 62.8% |
| 1–4 | 672 | 30.2% |
| 5–19 | 131 | 5.9% |
| 20–199 | 27 | 1.2% |
| 200+ | 6 | 0.3% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (4,551). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 1,591 | 35.0% |
| Private company | 1,461 | 32.1% |
| Self-managed super fund | 733 | 16.1% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 293 | 6.4% |
| Discretionary services trust | 92 | 2.0% |
| Fixed unit trust | 79 | 1.7% |
| Family partnership | 74 | 1.6% |
| Other incorporated entity | 41 | 0.9% |
| Other | 187 | 4.1% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 519 | 23.3% | -2.6% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 318 | 14.3% | 0.6% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 297 | 13.4% | 1.4% |
| Construction | 265 | 11.9% | -0.4% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 128 | 5.8% | 0.8% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 99 | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| Retail Trade | 97 | 4.4% | 2.1% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 96 | 4.3% | 11.6% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 88 | 4.0% | -5.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | 79 | 3.6% | 8.2% |
| Other Services | 60 | 2.7% | 9.1% |
| Education and Training | 43 | 1.9% | 7.5% |
| Manufacturing | 39 | 1.8% | -2.5% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 39 | 1.8% | -2.5% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 29 | 1.3% | -9.4% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 24 | 1.1% | -7.7% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.1% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing11.6%
- Other Services9.1%
- Wholesale Trade8.2%
- Education and Training7.5%
- Administrative and Support Services5.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Services | 2.7 | 0.60× | 60 |
| Manufacturing | 1.8 | 0.66× | 39 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 4.3 | 0.70× | 96 |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 1.1 | 0.71× | 24 |
| Construction | 11.9 | 0.74× | 265 |