Coogee - Clovelly Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Coogee and Clovelly
NSW · SA2 118021651 · Eastern Suburbs - South (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,377
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 20,337
- Per 1,000 residents
- 116.9
- Business growth YoY
- 1.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,347
- Change vs prior year
- +30
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 9,699
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes coogee and clovelly), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,568.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,551 | 65.3% |
| 1–4 | 651 | 27.4% |
| 5–19 | 136 | 5.7% |
| 20–199 | 40 | 1.7% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.1% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (9,699). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 4,985 | 51.4% |
| Private company | 2,285 | 23.6% |
| Self-managed super fund | 802 | 8.3% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 515 | 5.3% |
| Strata title | 393 | 4.1% |
| Discretionary services trust | 161 | 1.7% |
| Fixed unit trust | 137 | 1.4% |
| Partnership | 107 | 1.1% |
| Other | 314 | 3.2% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 574 | 24.1% | 0.2% |
| Construction | 372 | 15.6% | 2.2% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 281 | 11.8% | 7.3% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 241 | 10.1% | 4.3% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 120 | 5.0% | 7.1% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 116 | 4.9% | 0.9% |
| Retail Trade | 111 | 4.7% | 5.7% |
| Other Services | 99 | 4.2% | 1.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 91 | 3.8% | 5.8% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 85 | 3.6% | 7.6% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 67 | 2.8% | -6.9% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 53 | 2.2% | -19.7% |
| Education and Training | 51 | 2.1% | -8.9% |
| Wholesale Trade | 44 | 1.9% | -8.3% |
| Manufacturing | 38 | 1.6% | -11.6% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 17 | 0.7% | -10.5% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 6 | 0.3% | -14.3% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 5 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Arts and Recreation Services7.6%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services7.3%
- Financial and Insurance Services7.1%
- Accommodation and Food Services5.8%
- Retail Trade5.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 2.6 | 0.41× | 53 |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 0.8 | 0.50× | 17 |
| Manufacturing | 1.9 | 0.73× | 38 |