Southbank - East Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Southbank and East
VIC · SA2 206041509 · Melbourne City (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,121
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 19,552
- Per 1,000 residents
- 108.5
- Business growth YoY
- 4.8%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,024
- Change vs prior year
- +97
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 17,451
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes southbank and east), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 3,033.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,580 | 74.5% |
| 1–4 | 357 | 16.8% |
| 5–19 | 120 | 5.7% |
| 20–199 | 67 | 3.2% |
| 200+ | 9 | 0.4% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (17,451). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 7,966 | 45.6% |
| Private company | 4,526 | 25.9% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,860 | 10.7% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 848 | 4.9% |
| Fixed unit trust | 612 | 3.5% |
| Discretionary services trust | 391 | 2.2% |
| Strata title | 371 | 2.1% |
| Partnership | 214 | 1.2% |
| Other | 663 | 3.8% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 479 | 22.6% | 25.7% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 413 | 19.5% | 6.2% |
| Construction | 224 | 10.6% | 1.4% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 142 | 6.7% | -7.2% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 140 | 6.6% | 0.0% |
| Retail Trade | 131 | 6.2% | 4.8% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 118 | 5.6% | 0.0% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 100 | 4.7% | -1.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 95 | 4.5% | -5.9% |
| Wholesale Trade | 61 | 2.9% | -3.2% |
| Other Services | 61 | 2.9% | 7.0% |
| Education and Training | 37 | 1.7% | -14.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 34 | 1.6% | 6.3% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 30 | 1.4% | -23.1% |
| Manufacturing | 21 | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 13 | 0.6% | -7.1% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 11 | 0.5% | -35.3% |
| Mining | 8 | 0.4% | -11.1% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.1% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services25.7%
- Other Services7.0%
- Arts and Recreation Services6.3%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services6.2%
- Retail Trade4.8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 0.6 | 0.34× | 11 |
| Manufacturing | 1.1 | 0.45× | 21 |
| Other Services | 3.1 | 0.68× | 61 |
| Construction | 11.5 | 0.69× | 224 |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 0.7 | 0.73× | 13 |