Mount Barker Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
SA · SA2 401021007 · Adelaide Hills (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,713
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 26,939
- Per 1,000 residents
- 63.6
- Business growth YoY
- 1.7%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,685
- Change vs prior year
- +28
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 6,667
≠ 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): 1,096.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,113 | 65.0% |
| 1–4 | 371 | 21.7% |
| 5–19 | 185 | 10.8% |
| 20–199 | 46 | 2.7% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (6,667). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 3,529 | 52.9% |
| Private company | 1,158 | 17.4% |
| Discretionary services trust | 476 | 7.1% |
| Self-managed super fund | 427 | 6.4% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 302 | 4.5% |
| Family partnership | 221 | 3.3% |
| Partnership | 148 | 2.2% |
| Other incorporated entity | 146 | 2.2% |
| Other | 260 | 3.9% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 318 | 18.6% | -2.8% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 215 | 12.6% | 7.5% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 203 | 11.9% | -1.9% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 148 | 8.6% | 1.4% |
| Retail Trade | 126 | 7.4% | 5.0% |
| Other Services | 123 | 7.2% | -3.9% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 91 | 5.3% | 31.9% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 83 | 4.8% | -2.4% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 73 | 4.3% | -3.9% |
| Manufacturing | 69 | 4.0% | -2.8% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 66 | 3.9% | 1.5% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 51 | 3.0% | 0.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 38 | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Wholesale Trade | 35 | 2.0% | -7.9% |
| Education and Training | 27 | 1.6% | 8.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 14 | 0.8% | 27.3% |
| Mining | 10 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 9 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 8 | 0.5% | 33.3% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 6 | 0.4% | 20.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Administrative and Support Services31.9%
- Education and Training8.0%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services7.5%
- Arts and Recreation Services5.6%
- Retail Trade5.0%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in SA (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mining | 0.4 | 0.36× | 10 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 3.1 | 0.36× | 83 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.3 | 0.50× | 35 |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 0.5 | 0.58× | 14 |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 1.9 | 0.60× | 51 |