California Gully - Eaglehawk Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes California Gully and Eaglehawk
VIC · SA2 202011019 · Bendigo (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 580
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 13,523
- Per 1,000 residents
- 42.9
- Business growth YoY
- 2.8%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 564
- Change vs prior year
- +16
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 2,580
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes california gully and eaglehawk), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 485.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 360 | 62.1% |
| 1–4 | 146 | 25.2% |
| 5–19 | 52 | 9.0% |
| 20–199 | 14 | 2.4% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (2,580). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 1,674 | 64.9% |
| Private company | 319 | 12.4% |
| Discretionary services trust | 122 | 4.7% |
| Self-managed super fund | 110 | 4.3% |
| Family partnership | 84 | 3.3% |
| Other incorporated entity | 81 | 3.1% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 46 | 1.8% |
| Fixed unit trust | 28 | 1.1% |
| Other | 116 | 4.5% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 157 | 27.1% | -4.3% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 55 | 9.5% | 10.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 55 | 9.5% | 31.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 53 | 9.1% | 15.2% |
| Retail Trade | 38 | 6.6% | -2.6% |
| Other Services | 37 | 6.4% | -17.8% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 33 | 5.7% | 17.9% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 31 | 5.3% | -8.8% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 24 | 4.1% | 4.3% |
| Manufacturing | 23 | 4.0% | 21.1% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 22 | 3.8% | 0.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 14 | 2.4% | -6.7% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 10 | 1.7% | 0.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 8 | 1.4% | 14.3% |
| Mining | 7 | 1.2% | -12.5% |
| Education and Training | 6 | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 4 | 0.7% | 33.3% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.5% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Health Care and Social Assistance31.0%
- Manufacturing21.1%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services17.9%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing15.2%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services10.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial and Insurance Services | 0.7 | 0.24× | 10 |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 2.4 | 0.30× | 33 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 1.6 | 0.43× | 22 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.0 | 0.43× | 14 |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 4.1 | 0.44× | 55 |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 1.8 | 0.48× | 24 |