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Statistical area (SA2)

VIC · SA2 205031087 · Gippsland - South West (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 1,316
Population (SA2 ERP): 9,631
Per 1,000 residents: 136.6
Business growth YoY: -3.7%

Prior year businesses: 1,366
Change vs prior year: -50
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	876	66.6%
1–4	336	25.5%
5–19	97	7.4%
20–199	13	1.0%
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	556	42.2%	-4.0%
Construction	198	15.0%	-0.5%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	85	6.5%	-2.3%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	78	5.9%	-8.2%
Accommodation and Food Services	74	5.6%	-3.9%
Retail Trade	56	4.3%	-3.4%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	51	3.9%	2.0%
Health Care and Social Assistance	51	3.9%	0.0%
Manufacturing	42	3.2%	2.4%
Administrative and Support Services	31	2.4%	-13.9%
Other Services	31	2.4%	-8.8%
Wholesale Trade	19	1.4%	0.0%
Financial and Insurance Services	19	1.4%	-9.5%
Education and Training	11	0.8%	-15.4%
Information Media and Telecommunications	4	0.3%	-33.3%
Arts and Recreation Services	4	0.3%	0.0%
Mining	3	0.2%	—
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services	3	0.2%	0.0%

Fastest-growing industries

Manufacturing2.4%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing2.0%
Health Care and Social Assistance0.0%
Construction-0.5%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services-2.3%

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
Financial and Insurance Services	2.0	0.71×	19