Garbutt - West End Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Garbutt and West End
QLD · SA2 318021475 · Townsville (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,113
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 6,605
- Per 1,000 residents
- 168.5
- Business growth YoY
- 0.5%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,108
- Change vs prior year
- +5
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- —
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes garbutt and west end), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 472 | 42.4% |
| 1–4 | 289 | 26.0% |
| 5–19 | 269 | 24.2% |
| 20–199 | 73 | 6.6% |
| 200+ | 9 | 0.8% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 216 | 19.4% | 0.0% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 166 | 14.9% | 3.1% |
| Other Services | 138 | 12.4% | -4.2% |
| Retail Trade | 102 | 9.2% | -3.8% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 92 | 8.3% | 1.1% |
| Manufacturing | 76 | 6.8% | -11.6% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 57 | 5.1% | 18.8% |
| Wholesale Trade | 54 | 4.9% | -5.3% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 54 | 4.9% | 1.9% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 41 | 3.7% | 20.6% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 36 | 3.2% | 5.9% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 27 | 2.4% | 0.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 14 | 1.3% | -6.7% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 10 | 0.9% | 11.1% |
| Education and Training | 10 | 0.9% | -16.7% |
| Mining | 5 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 5 | 0.4% | 66.7% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 4 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.3% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Administrative and Support Services20.6%
- Health Care and Social Assistance18.8%
- Financial and Insurance Services5.9%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services3.1%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing1.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 1.5 | 0.45× | 10 |