Middle Ridge

Statistical area (SA2)

QLD · SA2 317011452 · Toowoomba (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 755
Population (SA2 ERP): 8,113
Per 1,000 residents: 93.1
Business growth YoY: -1.9%

Prior year businesses: 770
Change vs prior year: -15
Active ABNs (mapped): —

If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area, 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	522	69.1%
1–4	168	22.3%
5–19	58	7.7%
20–199	16	2.1%
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	129	17.1%	11.2%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	127	16.8%	0.8%
Construction	108	14.3%	4.9%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	66	8.7%	-5.7%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	59	7.8%	-11.9%
Retail Trade	47	6.2%	-2.1%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	45	6.0%	9.8%
Financial and Insurance Services	42	5.6%	-4.5%
Administrative and Support Services	35	4.6%	-12.5%
Other Services	26	3.4%	-16.1%
Manufacturing	17	2.3%	0.0%
Accommodation and Food Services	15	2.0%	-6.3%
Education and Training	13	1.7%	-7.1%
Mining	10	1.3%	11.1%
Wholesale Trade	9	1.2%	-35.7%
Arts and Recreation Services	4	0.5%	-42.9%
Information Media and Telecommunications	3	0.4%	-25.0%

Fastest-growing industries

Health Care and Social Assistance11.2%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing9.8%
Construction4.9%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services0.8%
Retail Trade-2.1%

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
Accommodation and Food Services	1.8	0.64×	15
Other Services	3.2	0.71×	26