Tamborine - Canungra Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Tamborine and Canungra
QLD · SA2 309041242 · Gold Coast Hinterland (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,805
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 16,855
- Per 1,000 residents
- 107.1
- Business growth YoY
- 2.7%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,758
- Change vs prior year
- +47
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 6,392
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes tamborine and canungra), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 871.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,127 | 62.4% |
| 1–4 | 504 | 27.9% |
| 5–19 | 147 | 8.1% |
| 20–199 | 28 | 1.6% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (6,392). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 2,966 | 46.4% |
| Private company | 1,458 | 22.8% |
| Self-managed super fund | 523 | 8.2% |
| Discretionary services trust | 480 | 7.5% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 286 | 4.5% |
| Family partnership | 211 | 3.3% |
| Other incorporated entity | 131 | 2.0% |
| Partnership | 88 | 1.4% |
| Other | 249 | 3.9% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 410 | 22.7% | 3.0% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 243 | 13.5% | -0.8% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 163 | 9.0% | 1.2% |
| Retail Trade | 125 | 6.9% | -7.4% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 116 | 6.4% | 9.4% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 108 | 6.0% | -0.9% |
| Other Services | 95 | 5.3% | 28.4% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 90 | 5.0% | 3.4% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 89 | 4.9% | 7.2% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 82 | 4.5% | 3.8% |
| Manufacturing | 81 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 58 | 3.2% | 9.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | 45 | 2.5% | -4.3% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 35 | 1.9% | -2.8% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 26 | 1.4% | 4.0% |
| Education and Training | 25 | 1.4% | -7.4% |
| Mining | 8 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 6 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Other Services28.4%
- Health Care and Social Assistance9.4%
- Financial and Insurance Services9.4%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing7.2%
- Manufacturing6.6%