Wollongong - West Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Wollongong and West
NSW · SA2 107041549 · Wollongong (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,307
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 17,595
- Per 1,000 residents
- 74.3
- Business growth YoY
- 6.2%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,231
- Change vs prior year
- +76
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 18,721
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes wollongong 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): 3,077.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 849 | 65.0% |
| 1–4 | 342 | 26.2% |
| 5–19 | 92 | 7.0% |
| 20–199 | 26 | 2.0% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (18,721). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 9,191 | 49.1% |
| Private company | 4,546 | 24.3% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,634 | 8.7% |
| Strata title | 815 | 4.4% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 594 | 3.2% |
| Fixed unit trust | 423 | 2.3% |
| Discretionary services trust | 304 | 1.6% |
| Partnership | 282 | 1.5% |
| Other | 932 | 5.0% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 269 | 20.6% | 5.9% |
| Construction | 194 | 14.8% | 7.2% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 193 | 14.8% | 20.6% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 158 | 12.1% | 0.0% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 120 | 9.2% | 12.1% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 65 | 5.0% | 6.6% |
| Retail Trade | 62 | 4.7% | -10.1% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 52 | 4.0% | -3.7% |
| Other Services | 46 | 3.5% | -11.5% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 36 | 2.8% | 20.0% |
| Education and Training | 31 | 2.4% | -6.1% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 22 | 1.7% | -8.3% |
| Manufacturing | 17 | 1.3% | 21.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | 15 | 1.1% | 25.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 10 | 0.8% | 11.1% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 8 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.2% | — |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.2% | -40.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.2% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing20.6%
- Financial and Insurance Services20.0%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services12.1%
- Construction7.2%
- Administrative and Support Services6.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale Trade | 0.9 | 0.33× | 15 |
| Manufacturing | 1.0 | 0.36× | 17 |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 0.6 | 0.50× | 10 |
| Other Services | 2.6 | 0.59× | 46 |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 2.0 | 0.63× | 36 |
| Construction | 11.0 | 0.67× | 194 |