Brunswick West
Statistical area (SA2)
VIC · SA2 206011107 · Brunswick - Coburg (SA3) · Business statistics view
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,020
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 15,988
- Per 1,000 residents
- 63.8
- Business growth YoY
- -2.1%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,042
- Change vs prior year
- -22
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 4,942
≠ currently trading
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?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 857.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 751 | 73.6% |
| 1–4 | 207 | 20.3% |
| 5–19 | 53 | 5.2% |
| 20–199 | 12 | 1.2% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (4,942). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 3,125 | 63.2% |
| Private company | 695 | 14.1% |
| Self-managed super fund | 208 | 4.2% |
| Strata title | 203 | 4.1% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 200 | 4.0% |
| Discretionary services trust | 157 | 3.2% |
| Other incorporated entity | 89 | 1.8% |
| Partnership | 81 | 1.6% |
| Other | 184 | 3.7% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 194 | 19.0% | -0.5% |
| Construction | 126 | 12.4% | 1.6% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 123 | 12.1% | 1.7% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 101 | 9.9% | -3.8% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 96 | 9.4% | 2.1% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 60 | 5.9% | 11.1% |
| Retail Trade | 51 | 5.0% | 2.0% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 48 | 4.7% | -18.6% |
| Other Services | 48 | 4.7% | -4.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 45 | 4.4% | -8.2% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 44 | 4.3% | -4.3% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 25 | 2.5% | -13.8% |
| Manufacturing | 20 | 2.0% | 11.1% |
| Education and Training | 18 | 1.8% | -21.7% |
| Wholesale Trade | 12 | 1.2% | -33.3% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 3 | 0.3% | -25.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.3% | — |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.3% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Financial and Insurance Services11.1%
- Manufacturing11.1%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services2.1%
- Retail Trade2.0%
- Health Care and Social Assistance1.7%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in VIC (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale Trade | 0.8 | 0.30× | 12 |
| Manufacturing | 1.3 | 0.47× | 20 |
| Construction | 7.9 | 0.47× | 126 |
| Retail Trade | 3.2 | 0.54× | 51 |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 6.0 | 0.64× | 96 |
| Other Services | 3.0 | 0.66× | 48 |