Ashwood - Chadstone Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Ashwood and Chadstone
VIC · SA2 212051319 · Monash (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,064
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 21,139
- Per 1,000 residents
- 97.6
- Business growth YoY
- 2.9%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,005
- Change vs prior year
- +59
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 4,027
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes ashwood and chadstone), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 629.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,414 | 68.5% |
| 1–4 | 487 | 23.6% |
| 5–19 | 122 | 5.9% |
| 20–199 | 42 | 2.0% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (4,027). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 2,132 | 52.9% |
| Private company | 976 | 24.2% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 233 | 5.8% |
| Self-managed super fund | 171 | 4.2% |
| Discretionary services trust | 153 | 3.8% |
| Fixed unit trust | 96 | 2.4% |
| Strata title | 50 | 1.2% |
| Other incorporated entity | 50 | 1.2% |
| Other | 166 | 4.1% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 329 | 15.9% | 2.8% |
| Construction | 277 | 13.4% | 3.7% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 230 | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 201 | 9.7% | 3.6% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 201 | 9.7% | 5.2% |
| Retail Trade | 175 | 8.5% | 0.0% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 130 | 6.3% | -4.4% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 101 | 4.9% | 9.8% |
| Other Services | 95 | 4.6% | -6.9% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 91 | 4.4% | 2.2% |
| Wholesale Trade | 77 | 3.7% | -9.4% |
| Education and Training | 43 | 2.1% | 16.2% |
| Manufacturing | 41 | 2.0% | 17.1% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 39 | 1.9% | 0.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 23 | 1.1% | -4.2% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 5 | 0.2% | 66.7% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Manufacturing17.1%
- Education and Training16.2%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services12.7%
- Financial and Insurance Services9.8%
- Health Care and Social Assistance5.2%