Bull Creek

Statistical area (SA2)

WA · SA2 507041179 · Melville (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 565
Population (SA2 ERP): 8,712
Per 1,000 residents: 64.9
Business growth YoY: 3.3%

Prior year businesses: 547
Change vs prior year: +18
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	383	67.8%
1–4	136	24.1%
5–19	43	7.6%
20–199	3	0.5%
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	100	17.7%	7.5%
Health Care and Social Assistance	84	14.9%	9.1%
Construction	77	13.6%	-2.5%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	62	11.0%	6.9%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	60	10.6%	17.6%
Financial and Insurance Services	29	5.1%	-19.4%
Retail Trade	25	4.4%	-10.7%
Administrative and Support Services	23	4.1%	9.5%
Accommodation and Food Services	22	3.9%	22.2%
Wholesale Trade	20	3.5%	11.1%
Other Services	20	3.5%	0.0%
Manufacturing	16	2.8%	-5.9%
Education and Training	13	2.3%	-18.8%
Arts and Recreation Services	8	1.4%	-11.1%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	3	0.5%	0.0%
Information Media and Telecommunications	3	0.5%	—

Fastest-growing industries

Accommodation and Food Services22.2%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing17.6%
Wholesale Trade11.1%
Administrative and Support Services9.5%
Health Care and Social Assistance9.1%

Industries with more relative room

Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in WA (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.

Industry	Local /1,000	vs peers	Businesses
Other Services	2.3	0.53×	20
Construction	8.8	0.67×	77
Manufacturing	1.8	0.70×	16
Retail Trade	2.9	0.73×	25