Beacon Hill - Narraweena Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Beacon Hill and Narraweena
NSW · SA2 122031424 · Warringah (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,250
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 14,642
- Per 1,000 residents
- 85.4
- Business growth YoY
- 3.4%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,209
- Change vs prior year
- +41
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 11,325
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes beacon hill and narraweena), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,310.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 757 | 60.6% |
| 1–4 | 404 | 32.3% |
| 5–19 | 81 | 6.5% |
| 20–199 | 8 | 0.6% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (11,325). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 4,306 | 38.0% |
| Private company | 3,947 | 34.9% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,047 | 9.2% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 561 | 5.0% |
| Strata title | 274 | 2.4% |
| Discretionary services trust | 249 | 2.2% |
| Fixed unit trust | 229 | 2.0% |
| Family partnership | 213 | 1.9% |
| Other | 499 | 4.4% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 330 | 26.4% | 5.1% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 243 | 19.4% | -5.4% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 131 | 10.5% | 9.2% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 86 | 6.9% | 3.6% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 71 | 5.7% | 16.4% |
| Other Services | 64 | 5.1% | 3.2% |
| Retail Trade | 62 | 5.0% | -3.1% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 55 | 4.4% | 5.8% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 40 | 3.2% | 8.1% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 37 | 3.0% | -7.5% |
| Manufacturing | 33 | 2.6% | 6.5% |
| Education and Training | 28 | 2.2% | 12.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 24 | 1.9% | -4.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 18 | 1.4% | 38.5% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 15 | 1.2% | 15.4% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 10 | 0.8% | 11.1% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.2% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing16.4%
- Education and Training12.0%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services9.2%
- Accommodation and Food Services8.1%
- Manufacturing6.5%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in NSW (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 0.7 | 0.18× | 10 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 3.8 | 0.58× | 55 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.6 | 0.67× | 24 |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 1.0 | 0.72× | 15 |