Whitfield - Edge Hill Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Whitfield and Edge Hill
QLD · SA2 306021156 · Cairns - South (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 717
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 8,573
- Per 1,000 residents
- 83.6
- Business growth YoY
- -0.6%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 721
- Change vs prior year
- -4
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- —
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes whitfield and edge hill), 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 | 465 | 64.9% |
| 1–4 | 178 | 24.8% |
| 5–19 | 55 | 7.7% |
| 20–199 | 15 | 2.1% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 133 | 18.5% | 7.3% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 105 | 14.6% | 1.0% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 95 | 13.2% | -10.4% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 94 | 13.1% | -2.1% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 61 | 8.5% | 10.9% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 36 | 5.0% | 20.0% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 31 | 4.3% | -16.2% |
| Other Services | 28 | 3.9% | 33.3% |
| Retail Trade | 27 | 3.8% | -18.2% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 25 | 3.5% | 8.7% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 24 | 3.3% | -4.0% |
| Manufacturing | 16 | 2.2% | 14.3% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 10 | 1.4% | -37.5% |
| Education and Training | 9 | 1.3% | -10.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 8 | 1.1% | -11.1% |
| Mining | 5 | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 4 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Other Services33.3%
- Accommodation and Food Services20.0%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing10.9%
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing8.7%
- Construction7.3%
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 | 0.69× | 16 |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 1.2 | 0.69× | 10 |
| Other Services | 3.3 | 0.71× | 28 |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 2.9 | 0.73× | 25 |
| Retail Trade | 3.1 | 0.74× | 27 |