French Island Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
VIC · SA2 205031088 · Gippsland - South West (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 26
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 133
- Per 1,000 residents
- 195.5
- Business growth YoY
- 4.0%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 25
- Change vs prior year
- +1
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 87
≠ 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): 12.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 18 | 69.2% |
| 1–4 | 12 | 46.2% |
| 5–19 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 20–199 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (87). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 32 | 36.8% |
| Private company | 16 | 18.4% |
| Family partnership | 12 | 13.8% |
| Discretionary services trust | 6 | 6.9% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 5 | 5.7% |
| Other incorporated entity | 5 | 5.7% |
| Partnership | 4 | 4.6% |
| Self-managed super fund | 3 | 3.4% |
| Other | 4 | 4.6% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 17 | 65.4% | 6.3% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 11.5% | — |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 3 | 11.5% | — |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 3 | 11.5% | 0.0% |