Goodwood - Millswood Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Goodwood and Millswood
SA · SA2 401071023 · Unley (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,519
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 18,506
- Per 1,000 residents
- 136.1
- Business growth YoY
- 0.5%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,507
- Change vs prior year
- +12
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 8,570
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes goodwood and millswood), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 854.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,740 | 69.1% |
| 1–4 | 472 | 18.7% |
| 5–19 | 219 | 8.7% |
| 20–199 | 83 | 3.3% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (8,570). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 2,919 | 34.1% |
| Private company | 2,315 | 27.0% |
| Self-managed super fund | 937 | 10.9% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 728 | 8.5% |
| Discretionary services trust | 528 | 6.2% |
| Fixed unit trust | 213 | 2.5% |
| Other incorporated entity | 208 | 2.4% |
| Strata title | 191 | 2.2% |
| Other | 531 | 6.2% |
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 | 448 | 17.8% | -3.9% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 443 | 17.6% | 2.3% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 359 | 14.3% | 0.8% |
| Construction | 250 | 9.9% | 11.1% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 172 | 6.8% | 4.9% |
| Retail Trade | 130 | 5.2% | 3.2% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 101 | 4.0% | 2.0% |
| Other Services | 99 | 3.9% | -2.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 88 | 3.5% | -12.9% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 85 | 3.4% | -4.5% |
| Manufacturing | 81 | 3.2% | 0.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 79 | 3.1% | -1.3% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 50 | 2.0% | -3.8% |
| Education and Training | 43 | 1.7% | 10.3% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 43 | 1.7% | -14.0% |
| Mining | 22 | 0.9% | 0.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 16 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 4 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.1% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Construction11.1%
- Education and Training10.3%
- Financial and Insurance Services4.9%
- Retail Trade3.2%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services2.3%