Swan Hill

Statistical area (SA2)

VIC · SA2 215031404 · Murray River - Swan Hill (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 1,376
Population (SA2 ERP): 10,747
Per 1,000 residents: 128.0
Business growth YoY: -1.2%

Prior year businesses: 1,393
Change vs prior year: -17
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	804	58.4%
1–4	376	27.3%
5–19	155	11.3%
20–199	38	2.8%
200+	3	0.2%

Businesses by industry

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

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	236	17.2%	-4.8%
Construction	232	16.9%	-0.4%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	175	12.7%	2.3%
Other Services	112	8.1%	6.7%
Retail Trade	106	7.7%	-10.9%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	83	6.0%	-8.8%
Health Care and Social Assistance	83	6.0%	2.5%
Accommodation and Food Services	74	5.4%	-1.3%
Manufacturing	69	5.0%	-8.0%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	61	4.4%	15.1%
Administrative and Support Services	49	3.6%	0.0%
Financial and Insurance Services	42	3.1%	10.5%
Wholesale Trade	29	2.1%	3.6%
Education and Training	12	0.9%	9.1%
Arts and Recreation Services	9	0.7%	-10.0%
Information Media and Telecommunications	4	0.3%	33.3%

Fastest-growing industries

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services15.1%
Financial and Insurance Services10.5%
Other Services6.7%
Wholesale Trade3.6%
Health Care and Social Assistance2.5%

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
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	5.7	0.62×	61