West Hobart

Statistical area (SA2)

TAS · SA2 601051033 · Hobart Inner (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 450
Population (SA2 ERP): 6,415
Per 1,000 residents: 70.1
Business growth YoY: -4.7%

Prior year businesses: 472
Change vs prior year: -22
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	325	72.2%
1–4	95	21.1%
5–19	22	4.9%
20–199	9	2.0%
200+	0	0.0%

Businesses by industry

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

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	113	25.1%	-8.1%
Construction	60	13.3%	-7.7%
Health Care and Social Assistance	60	13.3%	7.1%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	39	8.7%	-7.1%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	34	7.6%	-8.1%
Retail Trade	30	6.7%	7.1%
Accommodation and Food Services	20	4.4%	-9.1%
Manufacturing	17	3.8%	-5.6%
Arts and Recreation Services	14	3.1%	55.6%
Other Services	14	3.1%	7.7%
Administrative and Support Services	11	2.4%	-31.3%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	9	2.0%	28.6%
Information Media and Telecommunications	8	1.8%	-11.1%
Wholesale Trade	7	1.6%	-22.2%
Financial and Insurance Services	7	1.6%	-36.4%
Education and Training	4	0.9%	-42.9%
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services	3	0.7%	—

Fastest-growing industries

Health Care and Social Assistance7.1%
Retail Trade7.1%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services-7.1%
Construction-7.7%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing-8.1%

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
Other Services	2.2	0.60×	14
Administrative and Support Services	1.7	0.61×	11
Construction	9.4	0.66×	60