Surfers Paradise - South Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Surfers Paradise and South
QLD · SA2 309101562 · Surfers Paradise (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,899
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 17,410
- Per 1,000 residents
- 109.1
- Business growth YoY
- 2.9%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,845
- Change vs prior year
- +54
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 36,353
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes surfers paradise and south), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 6,491.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,334 | 70.2% |
| 1–4 | 430 | 22.6% |
| 5–19 | 99 | 5.2% |
| 20–199 | 42 | 2.2% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (36,353). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 17,125 | 47.1% |
| Private company | 9,073 | 25.0% |
| Self-managed super fund | 2,910 | 8.0% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 2,208 | 6.1% |
| Discretionary services trust | 1,720 | 4.7% |
| Strata title | 963 | 2.6% |
| Fixed unit trust | 720 | 2.0% |
| Partnership | 356 | 1.0% |
| Other | 1,278 | 3.5% |
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 | 346 | 18.2% | 1.8% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 253 | 13.3% | 0.8% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 243 | 12.8% | 6.6% |
| Construction | 193 | 10.2% | -3.0% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 134 | 7.1% | 2.3% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 130 | 6.8% | 11.1% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 122 | 6.4% | 17.3% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 115 | 6.1% | 1.8% |
| Retail Trade | 107 | 5.6% | 2.9% |
| Other Services | 73 | 3.8% | 9.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 48 | 2.5% | -14.3% |
| Manufacturing | 33 | 1.7% | 6.5% |
| Education and Training | 33 | 1.7% | -8.3% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 30 | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 22 | 1.2% | 15.8% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 8 | 0.4% | -11.1% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 6 | 0.3% | -14.3% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Health Care and Social Assistance17.3%
- Information Media and Telecommunications15.8%
- Administrative and Support Services11.1%
- Other Services9.0%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing6.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 1.9 | 0.71× | 33 |
| Construction | 11.1 | 0.75× | 193 |