Erskineville - Alexandria Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Erskineville and Alexandria
NSW · SA2 117031330 · Sydney Inner City (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 3,588
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 21,529
- Per 1,000 residents
- 166.7
- Business growth YoY
- 0.2%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 3,582
- Change vs prior year
- +6
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 12,153
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes erskineville and alexandria), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,696.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 2,024 | 56.4% |
| 1–4 | 941 | 26.2% |
| 5–19 | 412 | 11.5% |
| 20–199 | 188 | 5.2% |
| 200+ | 19 | 0.5% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (12,153). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 5,081 | 41.8% |
| Private company | 4,608 | 37.9% |
| Self-managed super fund | 569 | 4.7% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 527 | 4.3% |
| Fixed unit trust | 255 | 2.1% |
| Strata title | 253 | 2.1% |
| Discretionary services trust | 193 | 1.6% |
| Other incorporated entity | 154 | 1.3% |
| Other | 513 | 4.2% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 765 | 21.3% | 2.4% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 459 | 12.8% | -3.2% |
| Retail Trade | 322 | 9.0% | -0.6% |
| Construction | 309 | 8.6% | 1.6% |
| Wholesale Trade | 276 | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 212 | 5.9% | 8.2% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 186 | 5.2% | -2.1% |
| Other Services | 152 | 4.2% | 7.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 147 | 4.1% | 1.4% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 143 | 4.0% | -5.3% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 143 | 4.0% | -6.5% |
| Manufacturing | 140 | 3.9% | 6.9% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 125 | 3.5% | -8.1% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 125 | 3.5% | -6.0% |
| Education and Training | 64 | 1.8% | -1.5% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 6 | 0.2% | -33.3% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 6 | 0.2% | -25.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 5 | 0.1% | 25.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Health Care and Social Assistance8.2%
- Other Services7.0%
- Manufacturing6.9%
- Wholesale Trade3.4%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services2.4%