Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Rose Bay, Vaucluse and Watsons Bay
NSW · SA2 118011346 · Eastern Suburbs - North (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,021
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 11,846
- Per 1,000 residents
- 170.6
- Business growth YoY
- -1.4%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,049
- Change vs prior year
- -28
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 15,026
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes rose bay, vaucluse and watsons bay), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,505.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,469 | 72.7% |
| 1–4 | 422 | 20.9% |
| 5–19 | 100 | 4.9% |
| 20–199 | 20 | 1.0% |
| 200+ | 6 | 0.3% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (15,026). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 4,847 | 32.3% |
| Private company | 4,804 | 32.0% |
| Self-managed super fund | 2,010 | 13.4% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 1,494 | 9.9% |
| Strata title | 404 | 2.7% |
| Fixed unit trust | 307 | 2.0% |
| Discretionary services trust | 304 | 2.0% |
| Partnership | 173 | 1.2% |
| Other | 683 | 4.5% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 457 | 22.6% | 0.0% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 395 | 19.5% | -1.5% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 258 | 12.8% | 0.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 156 | 7.7% | -6.0% |
| Construction | 142 | 7.0% | -4.1% |
| Retail Trade | 129 | 6.4% | -0.8% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 73 | 3.6% | -5.2% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 73 | 3.6% | 0.0% |
| Other Services | 57 | 2.8% | 7.5% |
| Wholesale Trade | 56 | 2.8% | -11.1% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 54 | 2.7% | 0.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 51 | 2.5% | 6.3% |
| Manufacturing | 32 | 1.6% | 6.7% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 32 | 1.6% | -5.9% |
| Education and Training | 31 | 1.5% | -3.1% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 22 | 1.1% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Other Services7.5%
- Manufacturing6.7%
- Information Media and Telecommunications6.3%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services0.0%
- Financial and Insurance Services0.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 2.7 | 0.48× | 32 |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 1.9 | 0.63× | 22 |
| Construction | 12.0 | 0.71× | 142 |