Mount Gambier - East Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Mount Gambier and East
SA · SA2 407021173 · Limestone Coast (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,048
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 15,591
- Per 1,000 residents
- 67.2
- Business growth YoY
- 1.9%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,028
- Change vs prior year
- +20
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 6,118
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes mount gambier and east), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 758.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 612 | 58.4% |
| 1–4 | 264 | 25.2% |
| 5–19 | 143 | 13.6% |
| 20–199 | 32 | 3.1% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (6,118). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 2,646 | 43.2% |
| Private company | 1,148 | 18.8% |
| Self-managed super fund | 528 | 8.6% |
| Discretionary services trust | 406 | 6.6% |
| Family partnership | 359 | 5.9% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 281 | 4.6% |
| Other incorporated entity | 234 | 3.8% |
| Partnership | 146 | 2.4% |
| Other | 370 | 6.0% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 185 | 17.7% | -0.5% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 121 | 11.5% | 6.1% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 116 | 11.1% | 10.5% |
| Other Services | 91 | 8.7% | 2.2% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 85 | 8.1% | 2.4% |
| Retail Trade | 76 | 7.3% | 4.1% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 72 | 6.9% | 14.3% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 69 | 6.6% | -8.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 57 | 5.4% | -3.4% |
| Manufacturing | 43 | 4.1% | 16.2% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 33 | 3.1% | 0.0% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 32 | 3.1% | -3.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 28 | 2.7% | -9.7% |
| Education and Training | 13 | 1.2% | -7.1% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 10 | 1.0% | -9.1% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 9 | 0.9% | -10.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 5 | 0.5% | 66.7% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Manufacturing16.2%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services14.3%
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing10.5%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services6.1%
- Retail Trade4.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative and Support Services | 2.1 | 0.65× | 32 |
| Education and Training | 0.8 | 0.67× | 13 |