Newcastle - Cooks Hill
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Newcastle and Cooks Hill
NSW · SA2 111031229 · Newcastle (SA3) · Business statistics view
- Actively trading businesses
- 3,130
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 14,632
- Per 1,000 residents
- 213.9
- Business growth YoY
- 2.5%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 3,053
- Change vs prior year
- +77
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 9,662
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes newcastle and cooks hill), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,038.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,956 | 62.5% |
| 1–4 | 712 | 22.7% |
| 5–19 | 331 | 10.6% |
| 20–199 | 129 | 4.1% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (9,662). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Private company | 3,152 | 32.6% |
| Individual / sole trader | 2,981 | 30.9% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,293 | 13.4% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 518 | 5.4% |
| Fixed unit trust | 460 | 4.8% |
| Strata title | 239 | 2.5% |
| Discretionary services trust | 217 | 2.2% |
| Other incorporated entity | 165 | 1.7% |
| Other | 637 | 6.6% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 600 | 19.2% | 2.4% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 496 | 15.8% | 1.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 393 | 12.6% | 3.7% |
| Construction | 376 | 12.0% | -0.3% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 262 | 8.4% | 0.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 216 | 6.9% | -0.9% |
| Retail Trade | 162 | 5.2% | 12.5% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 125 | 4.0% | 5.0% |
| Other Services | 108 | 3.5% | 5.9% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 80 | 2.6% | 15.9% |
| Manufacturing | 69 | 2.2% | -5.5% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 58 | 1.9% | 7.4% |
| Education and Training | 51 | 1.6% | 6.3% |
| Wholesale Trade | 40 | 1.3% | -11.1% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 34 | 1.1% | 3.0% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 28 | 0.9% | -3.4% |
| Mining | 14 | 0.4% | -6.7% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 10 | 0.3% | 66.7% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 5 | 0.2% | 66.7% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.1% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing15.9%
- Retail Trade12.5%
- Arts and Recreation Services7.4%
- Education and Training6.3%
- Other Services5.9%