Waratah

Statistical area (SA2)

TAS · SA2 604031096 · West Coast (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 377
Population (SA2 ERP): 3,980
Per 1,000 residents: 94.7
Business growth YoY: -3.3%

Prior year businesses: 390
Change vs prior year: -13
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	254	67.4%
1–4	76	20.2%
5–19	30	8.0%
20–199	7	1.9%
200+	0	0.0%

Businesses by industry

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

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	168	44.6%	-1.2%
Construction	47	12.5%	-4.1%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	32	8.5%	-13.5%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	21	5.6%	0.0%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	17	4.5%	-15.0%
Manufacturing	16	4.2%	14.3%
Retail Trade	14	3.7%	-30.0%
Administrative and Support Services	14	3.7%	27.3%
Health Care and Social Assistance	13	3.4%	0.0%
Accommodation and Food Services	11	2.9%	-15.4%
Mining	5	1.3%	-16.7%
Other Services	5	1.3%	25.0%
Wholesale Trade	4	1.1%	33.3%
Education and Training	4	1.1%	—
Information Media and Telecommunications	3	0.8%	0.0%
Arts and Recreation Services	3	0.8%	0.0%

Fastest-growing industries

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services0.0%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing-1.2%
Construction-4.1%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services-13.5%

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
Health Care and Social Assistance	3.3	0.72×	13