Murdoch - Kardinya Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Murdoch and Kardinya
WA · SA2 507041182 · Melville (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,142
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 14,419
- Per 1,000 residents
- 79.2
- Business growth YoY
- 4.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,095
- Change vs prior year
- +47
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- —
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes murdoch and kardinya), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 767 | 67.2% |
| 1–4 | 248 | 21.7% |
| 5–19 | 106 | 9.3% |
| 20–199 | 14 | 1.2% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 228 | 20.0% | 4.6% |
| Construction | 154 | 13.5% | 2.0% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 148 | 13.0% | 1.4% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 137 | 12.0% | -2.8% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 133 | 11.6% | 31.7% |
| Retail Trade | 59 | 5.2% | 11.3% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 45 | 3.9% | 0.0% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 37 | 3.2% | 2.8% |
| Manufacturing | 35 | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 35 | 3.1% | 12.9% |
| Other Services | 32 | 2.8% | -17.9% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 27 | 2.4% | 8.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 24 | 2.1% | -11.1% |
| Education and Training | 18 | 1.6% | 5.9% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 12 | 1.1% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 6 | 0.5% | -25.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 6 | 0.5% | -14.3% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.3% | — |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing31.7%
- Accommodation and Food Services12.9%
- Retail Trade11.3%
- Manufacturing9.4%
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing8.0%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in WA (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Services | 2.2 | 0.51× | 32 |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 0.8 | 0.70× | 12 |