Newstead

Statistical area (SA2)

TAS · SA2 602011042 · Launceston (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 407
Population (SA2 ERP): 5,476
Per 1,000 residents: 74.3
Business growth YoY: 0.0%

Prior year businesses: 407
Change vs prior year: +0
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	255	62.7%
1–4	108	26.5%
5–19	40	9.8%
20–199	3	0.7%
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	83	20.4%	3.8%
Construction	63	15.5%	-4.5%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	59	14.5%	5.4%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	46	11.3%	4.5%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	24	5.9%	0.0%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	18	4.4%	5.9%
Financial and Insurance Services	18	4.4%	-10.0%
Retail Trade	16	3.9%	0.0%
Other Services	16	3.9%	-5.9%
Accommodation and Food Services	15	3.7%	0.0%
Manufacturing	13	3.2%	0.0%
Administrative and Support Services	13	3.2%	-13.3%
Education and Training	7	1.7%	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	6	1.5%	0.0%
Information Media and Telecommunications	5	1.2%	-28.6%
Arts and Recreation Services	5	1.2%	25.0%

Fastest-growing industries

Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services5.4%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services4.5%
Health Care and Social Assistance3.8%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing0.0%
Construction-4.5%

Industries with more relative room

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

Industry	Local /1,000	vs peers	Businesses
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	3.3	0.30×	18
Manufacturing	2.4	0.69×	13