Ipswich - North

Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Ipswich and North

QLD · SA2 310031288 · Ipswich Inner (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 378
Population (SA2 ERP): 4,680
Per 1,000 residents: 80.8
Business growth YoY: 1.3%

Prior year businesses: 373
Change vs prior year: +5
Active ABNs (mapped): —

If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes ipswich and north), 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	205	54.2%
1–4	131	34.7%
5–19	27	7.1%
20–199	0	0.0%
200+	0	0.0%

Businesses by industry

ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Construction	108	28.6%	9.1%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	47	12.4%	4.4%
Health Care and Social Assistance	33	8.7%	17.9%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	31	8.2%	-3.1%
Other Services	27	7.1%	-12.9%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	26	6.9%	0.0%
Administrative and Support Services	23	6.1%	0.0%
Retail Trade	21	5.6%	-12.5%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	20	5.3%	5.3%
Manufacturing	17	4.5%	21.4%
Financial and Insurance Services	9	2.4%	-18.2%
Wholesale Trade	5	1.3%	66.7%
Arts and Recreation Services	5	1.3%	-16.7%
Mining	3	0.8%	0.0%
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services	3	0.8%	0.0%

Fastest-growing industries

Health Care and Social Assistance17.9%
Construction9.1%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing5.3%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services4.4%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services0.0%

Industries with more relative room

Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in QLD (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.

Industry	Local /1,000	vs peers	Businesses
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	4.3	0.56×	20