Wendouree - Miners Rest Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Wendouree and Miners Rest
VIC · SA2 201011008 · Ballarat (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,163
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 15,548
- Per 1,000 residents
- 74.8
- Business growth YoY
- 1.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,148
- Change vs prior year
- +15
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 3,224
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes wendouree and miners rest), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 409.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 685 | 58.9% |
| 1–4 | 268 | 23.0% |
| 5–19 | 139 | 12.0% |
| 20–199 | 65 | 5.6% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (3,224). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 1,410 | 43.7% |
| Private company | 821 | 25.5% |
| Self-managed super fund | 223 | 6.9% |
| Discretionary services trust | 199 | 6.2% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 155 | 4.8% |
| Fixed unit trust | 108 | 3.3% |
| Other incorporated entity | 87 | 2.7% |
| Partnership | 54 | 1.7% |
| Other | 167 | 5.2% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 297 | 25.5% | -4.5% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 131 | 11.3% | 12.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 100 | 8.6% | 7.5% |
| Retail Trade | 87 | 7.5% | -1.1% |
| Manufacturing | 80 | 6.9% | 0.0% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 71 | 6.1% | 4.4% |
| Other Services | 69 | 5.9% | 1.5% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 61 | 5.2% | 22.0% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 53 | 4.6% | -5.4% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 39 | 3.4% | 5.4% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 39 | 3.4% | 5.4% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 38 | 3.3% | -9.5% |
| Wholesale Trade | 36 | 3.1% | 9.1% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 30 | 2.6% | -11.8% |
| Education and Training | 12 | 1.0% | -7.7% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 6 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 6 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 4 | 0.3% | -20.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 4 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Health Care and Social Assistance22.0%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services12.0%
- Wholesale Trade9.1%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing7.5%
- Accommodation and Food Services5.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 4.6 | 0.46× | 71 |
| Education and Training | 0.8 | 0.48× | 12 |
| Administrative and Support Services | 2.4 | 0.55× | 38 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 3.9 | 0.60× | 61 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 2.5 | 0.65× | 39 |