Brighton - Pontville Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Brighton and Pontville
TAS · SA2 601011002 · Brighton (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 353
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 7,008
- Per 1,000 residents
- 50.4
- Business growth YoY
- 5.7%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 334
- Change vs prior year
- +19
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- —
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes brighton and pontville), 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 | 207 | 58.6% |
| 1–4 | 100 | 28.3% |
| 5–19 | 39 | 11.0% |
| 20–199 | 6 | 1.7% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 117 | 33.1% | 4.5% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 31 | 8.8% | -6.1% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 30 | 8.5% | 11.1% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 25 | 7.1% | 8.7% |
| Other Services | 24 | 6.8% | 33.3% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 20 | 5.7% | -4.8% |
| Retail Trade | 18 | 5.1% | 38.5% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 17 | 4.8% | 0.0% |
| Manufacturing | 14 | 4.0% | -26.3% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 14 | 4.0% | 16.7% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 11 | 3.1% | -15.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | 9 | 2.5% | 28.6% |
| Education and Training | 5 | 1.4% | 25.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 5 | 1.4% | 0.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 4 | 1.1% | 0.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 3 | 0.8% | — |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Other Services33.3%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing11.1%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services8.7%
- Construction4.5%
- Administrative and Support Services-4.8%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in TAS (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 4.4 | 0.41× | 31 |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 2.4 | 0.42× | 17 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 2.0 | 0.47× | 14 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 1.6 | 0.53× | 11 |
| Manufacturing | 2.0 | 0.55× | 14 |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 3.6 | 0.66× | 25 |