Craigieburn - West Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Craigieburn and West
VIC · SA2 210051543 · Tullamarine - Broadmeadows (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,492
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 14,970
- Per 1,000 residents
- 99.7
- Business growth YoY
- 3.5%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,442
- Change vs prior year
- +50
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- —
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes craigieburn and west), 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 | 1,199 | 80.4% |
| 1–4 | 237 | 15.9% |
| 5–19 | 37 | 2.5% |
| 20–199 | 14 | 0.9% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 527 | 35.3% | -2.6% |
| Construction | 257 | 17.2% | 3.6% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 108 | 7.2% | 20.0% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 104 | 7.0% | 2.0% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 96 | 6.4% | 14.3% |
| Retail Trade | 84 | 5.6% | 0.0% |
| Other Services | 78 | 5.2% | 4.0% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 56 | 3.8% | 9.8% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 50 | 3.4% | 2.0% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 38 | 2.5% | 26.7% |
| Manufacturing | 26 | 1.7% | -23.5% |
| Wholesale Trade | 21 | 1.4% | 75.0% |
| Education and Training | 17 | 1.1% | 13.3% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 10 | 0.7% | -9.1% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 7 | 0.5% | 16.7% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 6 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 4 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 3 | 0.2% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Wholesale Trade75.0%
- Financial and Insurance Services26.7%
- Health Care and Social Assistance20.0%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services14.3%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services9.8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 3.7 | 0.42× | 56 |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 0.7 | 0.44× | 10 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.4 | 0.62× | 21 |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 6.4 | 0.65× | 96 |
| Manufacturing | 1.7 | 0.69× | 26 |
| Education and Training | 1.1 | 0.74× | 17 |