Sorrento - Marmion Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Sorrento and Marmion
WA · SA2 505011082 · Joondalup (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,117
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 11,187
- Per 1,000 residents
- 99.8
- Business growth YoY
- 0.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,114
- Change vs prior year
- +3
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 8,039
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes sorrento and marmion), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 868.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 745 | 66.7% |
| 1–4 | 284 | 25.4% |
| 5–19 | 74 | 6.6% |
| 20–199 | 15 | 1.3% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (8,039). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 2,746 | 34.2% |
| Private company | 1,892 | 23.5% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,150 | 14.3% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 739 | 9.2% |
| Discretionary services trust | 597 | 7.4% |
| Fixed unit trust | 178 | 2.2% |
| Partnership | 156 | 1.9% |
| Family partnership | 150 | 1.9% |
| Other | 431 | 5.4% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 247 | 22.1% | 1.6% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 236 | 21.1% | 8.8% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 178 | 15.9% | -2.7% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 94 | 8.4% | 2.2% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 89 | 8.0% | 2.3% |
| Retail Trade | 44 | 3.9% | -17.0% |
| Other Services | 37 | 3.3% | 12.1% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 28 | 2.5% | -3.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | 27 | 2.4% | -3.6% |
| Manufacturing | 26 | 2.3% | -3.7% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 24 | 2.1% | 0.0% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 24 | 2.1% | -22.6% |
| Education and Training | 17 | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 13 | 1.2% | -18.8% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 13 | 1.2% | -7.1% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 9 | 0.8% | -10.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 7 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 4 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Other Services12.1%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services8.8%
- Financial and Insurance Services2.3%
- Health Care and Social Assistance2.2%
- Construction1.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 2.5 | 0.50× | 28 |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 1.2 | 0.61× | 13 |
| Administrative and Support Services | 2.1 | 0.69× | 24 |