St Kilda - Central Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes St Kilda and Central
VIC · SA2 206051513 · Port Phillip (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,940
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 14,012
- Per 1,000 residents
- 138.5
- Business growth YoY
- -3.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,006
- Change vs prior year
- -66
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 14,761
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes st kilda and central), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 2,563.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,378 | 71.0% |
| 1–4 | 371 | 19.1% |
| 5–19 | 147 | 7.6% |
| 20–199 | 41 | 2.1% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (14,761). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 7,778 | 52.7% |
| Private company | 2,930 | 19.8% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 971 | 6.6% |
| Self-managed super fund | 902 | 6.1% |
| Strata title | 527 | 3.6% |
| Discretionary services trust | 447 | 3.0% |
| Fixed unit trust | 321 | 2.2% |
| Partnership | 212 | 1.4% |
| Other | 673 | 4.6% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 386 | 19.9% | -2.3% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 353 | 18.2% | -3.8% |
| Construction | 292 | 15.1% | -3.3% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 125 | 6.4% | 5.9% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 122 | 6.3% | -16.4% |
| Retail Trade | 106 | 5.5% | -9.4% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 97 | 5.0% | 4.3% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 81 | 4.2% | 8.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 71 | 3.7% | 10.9% |
| Other Services | 64 | 3.3% | -12.3% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 63 | 3.2% | 5.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 52 | 2.7% | -3.7% |
| Wholesale Trade | 45 | 2.3% | 0.0% |
| Manufacturing | 28 | 1.4% | -15.2% |
| Education and Training | 27 | 1.4% | -15.6% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 9 | 0.5% | -18.2% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 6 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 6 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 4 | 0.2% | -33.3% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Accommodation and Food Services10.9%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing8.0%
- Health Care and Social Assistance5.9%
- Arts and Recreation Services5.0%
- Administrative and Support Services4.3%