Hurstville - North Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Hurstville and North
NSW · SA2 119031665 · Hurstville (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,275
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 12,816
- Per 1,000 residents
- 99.5
- Business growth YoY
- 1.5%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,256
- Change vs prior year
- +19
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 14,799
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes hurstville and north), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 2,257.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 910 | 71.4% |
| 1–4 | 321 | 25.2% |
| 5–19 | 44 | 3.5% |
| 20–199 | 3 | 0.2% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (14,799). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 7,395 | 50.0% |
| Private company | 4,038 | 27.3% |
| Strata title | 1,268 | 8.6% |
| Self-managed super fund | 679 | 4.6% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 444 | 3.0% |
| Family partnership | 183 | 1.2% |
| Fixed unit trust | 165 | 1.1% |
| Discretionary services trust | 158 | 1.1% |
| Other | 469 | 3.2% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 258 | 20.2% | 11.7% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 207 | 16.2% | -0.5% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 159 | 12.5% | -5.9% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 150 | 11.8% | 4.2% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 93 | 7.3% | 0.0% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 83 | 6.5% | 0.0% |
| Retail Trade | 78 | 6.1% | -7.1% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 54 | 4.2% | 10.2% |
| Wholesale Trade | 52 | 4.1% | -7.1% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 45 | 3.5% | -2.2% |
| Other Services | 42 | 3.3% | 5.0% |
| Education and Training | 15 | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Manufacturing | 13 | 1.0% | -7.1% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 10 | 0.8% | 66.7% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 10 | 0.8% | -16.7% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.2% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Construction11.7%
- Financial and Insurance Services10.2%
- Other Services5.0%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services4.2%
- Health Care and Social Assistance0.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 1.0 | 0.38× | 13 |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 0.8 | 0.56× | 10 |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 0.8 | 0.62× | 10 |
| Other Services | 3.3 | 0.74× | 42 |