Port Macquarie - West Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Port Macquarie and West
NSW · SA2 108041164 · Port Macquarie (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,879
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 23,991
- Per 1,000 residents
- 78.3
- Business growth YoY
- 2.0%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,842
- Change vs prior year
- +37
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 15,231
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes port macquarie and west), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,953.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,011 | 53.8% |
| 1–4 | 532 | 28.3% |
| 5–19 | 261 | 13.9% |
| 20–199 | 72 | 3.8% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (15,231). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 7,122 | 46.8% |
| Private company | 3,254 | 21.4% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,587 | 10.4% |
| Strata title | 899 | 5.9% |
| Family partnership | 515 | 3.4% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 430 | 2.8% |
| Discretionary services trust | 323 | 2.1% |
| Other incorporated entity | 306 | 2.0% |
| Other | 795 | 5.2% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 350 | 18.6% | 4.5% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 262 | 13.9% | 6.5% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 206 | 11.0% | 2.0% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 170 | 9.0% | 6.3% |
| Other Services | 141 | 7.5% | 0.7% |
| Retail Trade | 132 | 7.0% | -0.8% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 118 | 6.3% | 6.3% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 105 | 5.6% | -6.3% |
| Manufacturing | 87 | 4.6% | 0.0% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 80 | 4.3% | 3.9% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 51 | 2.7% | 13.3% |
| Wholesale Trade | 40 | 2.1% | -4.8% |
| Education and Training | 38 | 2.0% | -17.4% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 35 | 1.9% | -10.3% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 34 | 1.8% | -15.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 10 | 0.5% | 25.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 9 | 0.5% | -18.2% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 5 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.2% | — |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Financial and Insurance Services13.3%
- Health Care and Social Assistance6.5%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing6.3%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services6.3%
- Construction4.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 0.4 | 0.41× | 10 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.7 | 0.58× | 40 |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 2.1 | 0.59× | 51 |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 7.1 | 0.59× | 170 |
| Administrative and Support Services | 3.3 | 0.75× | 80 |