Potts Point - Woolloomooloo Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Potts Point and Woolloomooloo
NSW · SA2 117031333 · Sydney Inner City (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 3,040
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 19,879
- Per 1,000 residents
- 152.9
- Business growth YoY
- 0.9%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 3,012
- Change vs prior year
- +28
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 15,284
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes potts point and woolloomooloo), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 3,488.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,938 | 63.7% |
| 1–4 | 765 | 25.2% |
| 5–19 | 241 | 7.9% |
| 20–199 | 91 | 3.0% |
| 200+ | 9 | 0.3% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (15,284). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 9,198 | 60.2% |
| Private company | 3,371 | 22.1% |
| Self-managed super fund | 962 | 6.3% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 525 | 3.4% |
| Strata title | 260 | 1.7% |
| Fixed unit trust | 244 | 1.6% |
| Discretionary services trust | 191 | 1.2% |
| Partnership | 112 | 0.7% |
| Other | 421 | 2.8% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 733 | 24.1% | -1.1% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 525 | 17.3% | 2.7% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 247 | 8.1% | -3.1% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 232 | 7.6% | 5.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 202 | 6.6% | -10.2% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 164 | 5.4% | 2.5% |
| Retail Trade | 152 | 5.0% | 4.8% |
| Construction | 145 | 4.8% | -5.8% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 141 | 4.6% | 10.2% |
| Other Services | 124 | 4.1% | -2.4% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 106 | 3.5% | 8.2% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 83 | 2.7% | 10.7% |
| Wholesale Trade | 64 | 2.1% | 25.5% |
| Manufacturing | 42 | 1.4% | 5.0% |
| Education and Training | 37 | 1.2% | -2.6% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 31 | 1.0% | 10.7% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 5 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 4 | 0.1% | -20.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.1% | -40.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Wholesale Trade25.5%
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing10.7%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing10.7%
- Arts and Recreation Services10.2%
- Information Media and Telecommunications8.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 7.3 | 0.46× | 145 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 4.2 | 0.65× | 83 |