Merrimac Business Statistics 2025

Name: Merrimac
Address: QLD, AU

Statistical area (SA2)

QLD · SA2 309081260 · Robina (SA3) · Area overview

Actively trading businesses: 507
Population (SA2 ERP): 7,423
Per 1,000 residents: 68.3
Business growth YoY: -4.5%

Prior year businesses: 531
Change vs prior year: -24
Active ABNs (mapped): —

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?

Businesses by employment size

ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)

Employment size	Businesses	Share
Non-employing	349	68.8%
1–4	130	25.6%
5–19	24	4.7%
20–199	6	1.2%
200+	0	0.0%

Businesses by industry

ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Construction	110	21.7%	-8.3%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	74	14.6%	-8.6%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	52	10.3%	-11.9%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	52	10.3%	-16.1%
Health Care and Social Assistance	38	7.5%	-5.0%
Administrative and Support Services	37	7.3%	32.1%
Retail Trade	26	5.1%	4.0%
Manufacturing	22	4.3%	15.8%
Other Services	21	4.1%	-4.5%
Financial and Insurance Services	18	3.6%	5.9%
Accommodation and Food Services	17	3.4%	-10.5%
Arts and Recreation Services	15	3.0%	7.1%
Education and Training	9	1.8%	-10.0%
Information Media and Telecommunications	7	1.4%	0.0%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	3	0.6%	—
Mining	3	0.6%	—
Public Administration and Safety	3	0.6%	0.0%

Fastest-growing industries

Administrative and Support Services32.1%
Manufacturing15.8%
Retail Trade4.0%
Other Services-4.5%
Health Care and Social Assistance-5.0%

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
Other Services	2.8	0.60×	21