Melbourne CBD - North Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Melbourne CBD and North
VIC · SA2 206041504 · Melbourne City (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,516
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 24,296
- Per 1,000 residents
- 103.6
- Business growth YoY
- 1.1%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,489
- Change vs prior year
- +27
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 82,467
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes melbourne cbd and north), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 12,721.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,587 | 63.1% |
| 1–4 | 514 | 20.4% |
| 5–19 | 281 | 11.2% |
| 20–199 | 129 | 5.1% |
| 200+ | 6 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (82,467). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 28,075 | 34.0% |
| Private company | 25,225 | 30.6% |
| Self-managed super fund | 6,822 | 8.3% |
| Fixed unit trust | 5,200 | 6.3% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 4,898 | 5.9% |
| Strata title | 1,963 | 2.4% |
| Discretionary services trust | 1,752 | 2.1% |
| Public company | 1,197 | 1.5% |
| Other | 7,335 | 8.9% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 415 | 16.5% | -4.2% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 404 | 16.1% | -0.5% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 305 | 12.1% | 2.3% |
| Construction | 232 | 9.2% | -2.9% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 218 | 8.7% | 15.3% |
| Retail Trade | 187 | 7.4% | -15.4% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 136 | 5.4% | -4.2% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 110 | 4.4% | 0.9% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 101 | 4.0% | 3.1% |
| Other Services | 91 | 3.6% | 7.1% |
| Education and Training | 87 | 3.5% | 10.1% |
| Wholesale Trade | 79 | 3.1% | 3.9% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 37 | 1.5% | 270.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 32 | 1.3% | 10.3% |
| Manufacturing | 31 | 1.2% | 19.2% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 30 | 1.2% | -9.1% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 12 | 0.5% | 33.3% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 5 | 0.2% | 66.7% |
| Currently Unknown | 4 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services270.0%
- Manufacturing19.2%
- Financial and Insurance Services15.3%
- Arts and Recreation Services10.3%
- Education and Training10.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 0.5 | 0.34× | 12 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 4.2 | 0.53× | 101 |
| Manufacturing | 1.3 | 0.53× | 31 |
| Construction | 9.5 | 0.58× | 232 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 4.5 | 0.69× | 110 |