Montmorency - Briar Hill Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Montmorency and Briar Hill
VIC · SA2 209011202 · Banyule (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,408
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 17,042
- Per 1,000 residents
- 82.6
- Business growth YoY
- -1.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,426
- Change vs prior year
- -18
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 4,172
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes montmorency and briar hill), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 473.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 901 | 64.0% |
| 1–4 | 375 | 26.6% |
| 5–19 | 117 | 8.3% |
| 20–199 | 16 | 1.1% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (4,172). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 1,801 | 43.2% |
| Private company | 791 | 19.0% |
| Self-managed super fund | 469 | 11.2% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 300 | 7.2% |
| Discretionary services trust | 261 | 6.3% |
| Strata title | 178 | 4.3% |
| Fixed unit trust | 90 | 2.2% |
| Family partnership | 52 | 1.2% |
| Other | 230 | 5.5% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 357 | 25.4% | -3.8% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 227 | 16.1% | 0.0% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 150 | 10.7% | -3.2% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 137 | 9.7% | 2.2% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 79 | 5.6% | -1.3% |
| Other Services | 79 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 78 | 5.5% | 4.0% |
| Retail Trade | 64 | 4.5% | 0.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 51 | 3.6% | -3.8% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 37 | 2.6% | 0.0% |
| Manufacturing | 35 | 2.5% | 25.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 27 | 1.9% | 0.0% |
| Education and Training | 26 | 1.8% | -3.7% |
| Wholesale Trade | 24 | 1.7% | -22.6% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 21 | 1.5% | 0.0% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 13 | 0.9% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Manufacturing25.0%
- Other Services6.8%
- Administrative and Support Services4.0%
- Health Care and Social Assistance2.2%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services0.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 2.2 | 0.34× | 37 |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 0.8 | 0.35× | 13 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.4 | 0.60× | 24 |
| Retail Trade | 3.8 | 0.63× | 64 |