Box Hill North Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
VIC · SA2 207031164 · Whitehorse - West (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,858
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 19,760
- Per 1,000 residents
- 94.0
- Business growth YoY
- 0.8%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,843
- Change vs prior year
- +15
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 6,481
≠ 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): 940.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,303 | 70.1% |
| 1–4 | 458 | 24.7% |
| 5–19 | 93 | 5.0% |
| 20–199 | 9 | 0.5% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (6,481). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 3,203 | 49.4% |
| Private company | 1,559 | 24.1% |
| Self-managed super fund | 443 | 6.8% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 432 | 6.7% |
| Discretionary services trust | 254 | 3.9% |
| Strata title | 147 | 2.3% |
| Other incorporated entity | 88 | 1.4% |
| Fixed unit trust | 84 | 1.3% |
| Other | 271 | 4.2% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 306 | 16.5% | -1.9% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 300 | 16.1% | -1.3% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 227 | 12.2% | 12.9% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 188 | 10.1% | 4.4% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 161 | 8.7% | 0.0% |
| Retail Trade | 132 | 7.1% | -2.9% |
| Wholesale Trade | 102 | 5.5% | 3.0% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 101 | 5.4% | 3.1% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 88 | 4.7% | 0.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 71 | 3.8% | 9.2% |
| Other Services | 68 | 3.7% | -5.6% |
| Education and Training | 42 | 2.3% | -2.3% |
| Manufacturing | 32 | 1.7% | -8.6% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 18 | 1.0% | -14.3% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 9 | 0.5% | -10.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 7 | 0.4% | -36.4% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.2% | -25.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.2% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Health Care and Social Assistance12.9%
- Accommodation and Food Services9.2%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services4.4%
- Financial and Insurance Services3.1%
- Wholesale Trade3.0%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in VIC (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Recreation Services | 0.9 | 0.61× | 18 |
| Manufacturing | 1.6 | 0.67× | 32 |