Picton - Tahmoor - Buxton Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Picton, Tahmoor and Buxton
NSW · SA2 123031447 · Wollondilly (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,739
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 22,603
- Per 1,000 residents
- 76.9
- Business growth YoY
- 3.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,683
- Change vs prior year
- +56
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 7,236
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes picton, tahmoor and buxton), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,092.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 904 | 52.0% |
| 1–4 | 632 | 36.3% |
| 5–19 | 173 | 9.9% |
| 20–199 | 27 | 1.6% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (7,236). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 3,267 | 45.1% |
| Private company | 2,140 | 29.6% |
| Self-managed super fund | 681 | 9.4% |
| Family partnership | 282 | 3.9% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 230 | 3.2% |
| Discretionary services trust | 166 | 2.3% |
| Partnership | 102 | 1.4% |
| Other incorporated entity | 87 | 1.2% |
| Other | 281 | 3.9% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 548 | 31.5% | 5.4% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 156 | 9.0% | 2.6% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 144 | 8.3% | 2.1% |
| Other Services | 142 | 8.2% | 5.2% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 120 | 6.9% | 4.3% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 110 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| Retail Trade | 88 | 5.1% | -2.2% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 82 | 4.7% | 9.3% |
| Manufacturing | 75 | 4.3% | 0.0% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 69 | 4.0% | -2.8% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 52 | 3.0% | 8.3% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 50 | 2.9% | -2.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 37 | 2.1% | 0.0% |
| Education and Training | 22 | 1.3% | -4.3% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 16 | 0.9% | -20.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 13 | 0.7% | 8.3% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 7 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 5 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.2% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Administrative and Support Services9.3%
- Financial and Insurance Services8.3%
- Health Care and Social Assistance6.8%
- Construction5.4%
- Other Services5.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Recreation Services | 0.7 | 0.51× | 16 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.6 | 0.57× | 37 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 2.2 | 0.57× | 50 |
| Education and Training | 1.0 | 0.58× | 22 |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 6.9 | 0.58× | 156 |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 6.4 | 0.62× | 144 |