East Melbourne Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
VIC · SA2 206041119 · Melbourne City (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,715
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 5,245
- Per 1,000 residents
- 327.0
- Business growth YoY
- 6.5%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,611
- Change vs prior year
- +104
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 5,106
≠ 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): 491.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,134 | 66.1% |
| 1–4 | 364 | 21.2% |
| 5–19 | 155 | 9.0% |
| 20–199 | 59 | 3.4% |
| 200+ | 12 | 0.7% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (5,106). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 1,594 | 31.2% |
| Private company | 1,421 | 27.8% |
| Self-managed super fund | 577 | 11.3% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 473 | 9.3% |
| Fixed unit trust | 223 | 4.4% |
| Discretionary services trust | 153 | 3.0% |
| Public company | 102 | 2.0% |
| Strata title | 98 | 1.9% |
| Other | 465 | 9.1% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 443 | 25.8% | -0.7% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 311 | 18.1% | 4.4% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 238 | 13.9% | 33.7% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 219 | 12.8% | 1.4% |
| Construction | 89 | 5.2% | 1.1% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 72 | 4.2% | -2.7% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 57 | 3.3% | 14.0% |
| Retail Trade | 46 | 2.7% | 9.5% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 44 | 2.6% | 22.2% |
| Education and Training | 38 | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 34 | 2.0% | 9.7% |
| Wholesale Trade | 26 | 1.5% | -13.3% |
| Other Services | 21 | 1.2% | 23.5% |
| Manufacturing | 20 | 1.2% | -4.8% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 18 | 1.0% | -5.3% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 17 | 1.0% | 13.3% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 11 | 0.6% | 266.7% |
| Mining | 4 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 4 | 0.2% | 33.3% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Financial and Insurance Services33.7%
- Other Services23.5%
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing22.2%
- Accommodation and Food Services14.0%
- Arts and Recreation Services9.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 3.4 | 0.55× | 18 |