West End Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
QLD · SA2 305011112 · Brisbane Inner (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,109
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 17,928
- Per 1,000 residents
- 117.6
- Business growth YoY
- 3.0%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,047
- Change vs prior year
- +62
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 19,523
≠ currently trading
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?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 3,719.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,329 | 63.0% |
| 1–4 | 512 | 24.3% |
| 5–19 | 211 | 10.0% |
| 20–199 | 60 | 2.8% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (19,523). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 10,397 | 53.3% |
| Private company | 4,529 | 23.2% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 1,082 | 5.5% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,066 | 5.5% |
| Discretionary services trust | 723 | 3.7% |
| Strata title | 326 | 1.7% |
| Fixed unit trust | 257 | 1.3% |
| Partnership | 250 | 1.3% |
| Other | 893 | 4.6% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 452 | 21.4% | 3.4% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 344 | 16.3% | 0.9% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 224 | 10.6% | 6.7% |
| Construction | 177 | 8.4% | -4.3% |
| Retail Trade | 143 | 6.8% | 7.5% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 133 | 6.3% | 8.1% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 109 | 5.2% | 6.9% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 95 | 4.5% | 10.5% |
| Wholesale Trade | 80 | 3.8% | -10.1% |
| Other Services | 80 | 3.8% | 14.3% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 74 | 3.5% | 4.2% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 56 | 2.7% | 12.0% |
| Education and Training | 42 | 2.0% | 10.5% |
| Manufacturing | 38 | 1.8% | -9.5% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 33 | 1.6% | -23.3% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 9 | 0.4% | -10.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 7 | 0.3% | 16.7% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 6 | 0.3% | 100.0% |
| Mining | 4 | 0.2% | -20.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Other Services14.3%
- Arts and Recreation Services12.0%
- Education and Training10.5%
- Financial and Insurance Services10.5%
- Accommodation and Food Services8.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 9.9 | 0.68× | 177 |