Toowoomba - East

Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Toowoomba and East

QLD · SA2 317011457 · Toowoomba (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 1,399
Population (SA2 ERP): 10,831
Per 1,000 residents: 129.2
Business growth YoY: 3.7%

Prior year businesses: 1,349
Change vs prior year: +50
Active ABNs (mapped): —

If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes toowoomba and east), 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	914	65.3%
1–4	322	23.0%
5–19	137	9.8%
20–199	21	1.5%
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	286	20.4%	-1.0%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	220	15.7%	2.8%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	183	13.1%	3.4%
Construction	161	11.5%	8.8%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	105	7.5%	2.9%
Financial and Insurance Services	88	6.3%	3.5%
Retail Trade	64	4.6%	6.7%
Administrative and Support Services	58	4.1%	18.4%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	55	3.9%	22.2%
Other Services	45	3.2%	7.1%
Accommodation and Food Services	37	2.6%	-14.0%
Wholesale Trade	22	1.6%	10.0%
Information Media and Telecommunications	19	1.4%	0.0%
Education and Training	17	1.2%	6.3%
Arts and Recreation Services	16	1.1%	0.0%
Manufacturing	15	1.1%	0.0%
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services	5	0.4%	25.0%
Mining	3	0.2%	-40.0%

Fastest-growing industries

Transport, Postal and Warehousing22.2%
Administrative and Support Services18.4%
Wholesale Trade10.0%
Construction8.8%
Other Services7.1%

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
Manufacturing	1.4	0.51×	15