Boronia Heights - Park Ridge Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Boronia Heights and Park Ridge
QLD · SA2 311031311 · Browns Plains (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,909
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 27,073
- Per 1,000 residents
- 70.5
- Business growth YoY
- 16.9%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,633
- Change vs prior year
- +276
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 13,293
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes boronia heights and park ridge), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 3,123.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,383 | 72.4% |
| 1–4 | 418 | 21.9% |
| 5–19 | 88 | 4.6% |
| 20–199 | 29 | 1.5% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (13,293). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 8,127 | 61.1% |
| Private company | 2,769 | 20.8% |
| Discretionary services trust | 688 | 5.2% |
| Self-managed super fund | 594 | 4.5% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 349 | 2.6% |
| Family partnership | 246 | 1.9% |
| Other incorporated entity | 115 | 0.9% |
| Partnership | 109 | 0.8% |
| Other | 296 | 2.2% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 697 | 36.5% | 21.0% |
| Construction | 331 | 17.3% | 16.5% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 153 | 8.0% | 30.8% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 105 | 5.5% | 19.3% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 100 | 5.2% | 9.9% |
| Retail Trade | 97 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| Other Services | 93 | 4.9% | 9.4% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 85 | 4.5% | 14.9% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 71 | 3.7% | 6.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 37 | 1.9% | 23.3% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 35 | 1.8% | 12.9% |
| Manufacturing | 34 | 1.8% | 0.0% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 22 | 1.2% | 22.2% |
| Education and Training | 18 | 0.9% | 20.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 13 | 0.7% | -13.3% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 11 | 0.6% | 10.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 7 | 0.4% | 75.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Administrative and Support Services30.8%
- Wholesale Trade23.3%
- Financial and Insurance Services22.2%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing21.0%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services19.3%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in QLD (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial and Insurance Services | 0.8 | 0.22× | 22 |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 0.4 | 0.27× | 11 |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 3.7 | 0.30× | 100 |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 3.9 | 0.30× | 105 |
| Education and Training | 0.7 | 0.41× | 18 |
| Manufacturing | 1.3 | 0.41× | 34 |