Queanbeyan Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
NSW · SA2 101021009 · Queanbeyan (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 934
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 11,251
- Per 1,000 residents
- 83.0
- Business growth YoY
- 0.6%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 928
- Change vs prior year
- +6
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 13,681
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area, not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,910.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 569 | 60.9% |
| 1–4 | 239 | 25.6% |
| 5–19 | 101 | 10.8% |
| 20–199 | 30 | 3.2% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (13,681). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 5,892 | 43.1% |
| Private company | 3,855 | 28.2% |
| Self-managed super fund | 876 | 6.4% |
| Strata title | 626 | 4.6% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 565 | 4.1% |
| Family partnership | 511 | 3.7% |
| Discretionary services trust | 444 | 3.2% |
| Partnership | 221 | 1.6% |
| Other | 691 | 5.1% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 173 | 18.5% | -1.1% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 168 | 18.0% | 7.7% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 104 | 11.1% | 10.6% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 75 | 8.0% | -5.1% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 73 | 7.8% | 10.6% |
| Other Services | 59 | 6.3% | -1.7% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 57 | 6.1% | -1.7% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 53 | 5.7% | -17.2% |
| Retail Trade | 52 | 5.6% | 6.1% |
| Manufacturing | 31 | 3.3% | 6.9% |
| Education and Training | 22 | 2.4% | 4.8% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 16 | 1.7% | -11.1% |
| Wholesale Trade | 15 | 1.6% | -6.3% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 14 | 1.5% | -22.2% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 10 | 1.1% | -9.1% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 5 | 0.5% | -16.7% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 4 | 0.4% | -20.0% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.3% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services10.6%
- Health Care and Social Assistance10.6%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing7.7%
- Manufacturing6.9%
- Retail Trade6.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 1.4 | 0.23× | 16 |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 1.2 | 0.43× | 14 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.3 | 0.54× | 15 |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 0.9 | 0.59× | 10 |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 6.7 | 0.73× | 75 |