Burnside - Wattle Park
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Burnside and Wattle Park
SA · SA2 401031011 · Burnside (SA3) · Business statistics view
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,207
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 20,275
- Per 1,000 residents
- 108.9
- Business growth YoY
- 1.7%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,171
- Change vs prior year
- +36
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 11,214
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes burnside and wattle park), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,193.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,600 | 72.5% |
| 1–4 | 437 | 19.8% |
| 5–19 | 138 | 6.3% |
| 20–199 | 24 | 1.1% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.1% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (11,214). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 3,766 | 33.6% |
| Private company | 3,117 | 27.8% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,172 | 10.5% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 1,158 | 10.3% |
| Discretionary services trust | 683 | 6.1% |
| Fixed unit trust | 300 | 2.7% |
| Strata title | 222 | 2.0% |
| Partnership | 209 | 1.9% |
| Other | 587 | 5.2% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 402 | 18.2% | -3.1% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 363 | 16.4% | 0.6% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 334 | 15.1% | 0.0% |
| Construction | 254 | 11.5% | 9.5% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 138 | 6.3% | 2.2% |
| Wholesale Trade | 115 | 5.2% | 10.6% |
| Retail Trade | 100 | 4.5% | -5.7% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 81 | 3.7% | 1.3% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 79 | 3.6% | 2.6% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 74 | 3.4% | 17.5% |
| Other Services | 62 | 2.8% | -7.5% |
| Manufacturing | 52 | 2.4% | -8.8% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 49 | 2.2% | 8.9% |
| Education and Training | 40 | 1.8% | 8.1% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 27 | 1.2% | 28.6% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 22 | 1.0% | -12.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 5 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 4 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.1% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Information Media and Telecommunications28.6%
- Administrative and Support Services17.5%
- Wholesale Trade10.6%
- Construction9.5%
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing8.9%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in SA (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 4.0 | 0.66× | 81 |
| Other Services | 3.1 | 0.74× | 62 |