Upper Coomera - North Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Upper Coomera and North
QLD · SA2 309071557 · Ormeau - Oxenford (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,735
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 21,884
- Per 1,000 residents
- 79.3
- Business growth YoY
- 11.1%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,562
- Change vs prior year
- +173
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 25,549
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes upper coomera and north), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 5,533.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,158 | 66.7% |
| 1–4 | 445 | 25.6% |
| 5–19 | 105 | 6.1% |
| 20–199 | 25 | 1.4% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (25,549). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 15,232 | 59.6% |
| Private company | 5,076 | 19.9% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,393 | 5.5% |
| Discretionary services trust | 1,266 | 5.0% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 786 | 3.1% |
| Strata title | 584 | 2.3% |
| Partnership | 257 | 1.0% |
| Family partnership | 245 | 1.0% |
| Other | 710 | 2.8% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 378 | 21.8% | 1.6% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 286 | 16.5% | 37.5% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 184 | 10.6% | 9.5% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 172 | 9.9% | 4.2% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 113 | 6.5% | 8.7% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 99 | 5.7% | 11.2% |
| Other Services | 93 | 5.4% | 3.3% |
| Retail Trade | 91 | 5.2% | 8.3% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 75 | 4.3% | 44.2% |
| Manufacturing | 65 | 3.7% | 16.1% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 57 | 3.3% | 21.3% |
| Wholesale Trade | 36 | 2.1% | 0.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 31 | 1.8% | 10.7% |
| Education and Training | 23 | 1.3% | 9.5% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 13 | 0.7% | -7.1% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 10 | 0.6% | -9.1% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 6 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Financial and Insurance Services44.2%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services37.5%
- Accommodation and Food Services21.3%
- Manufacturing16.1%
- Health Care and Social Assistance11.2%
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 | 0.5 | 0.29× | 10 |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 0.6 | 0.51× | 13 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 4.5 | 0.64× | 99 |
| Education and Training | 1.1 | 0.67× | 23 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.6 | 0.68× | 36 |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 7.9 | 0.71× | 172 |