Marrickville - South Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Marrickville and South
NSW · SA2 117021637 · Marrickville - Sydenham - Petersham (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,421
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 14,583
- Per 1,000 residents
- 97.4
- Business growth YoY
- 0.1%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,420
- Change vs prior year
- +1
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 11,297
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes marrickville and south), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,715.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 883 | 62.1% |
| 1–4 | 390 | 27.4% |
| 5–19 | 126 | 8.9% |
| 20–199 | 25 | 1.8% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (11,297). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 5,983 | 53.0% |
| Private company | 3,111 | 27.5% |
| Self-managed super fund | 516 | 4.6% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 405 | 3.6% |
| Partnership | 230 | 2.0% |
| Strata title | 180 | 1.6% |
| Other incorporated entity | 179 | 1.6% |
| Discretionary services trust | 178 | 1.6% |
| Other | 515 | 4.6% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 224 | 15.8% | -0.4% |
| Construction | 180 | 12.7% | 0.6% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 146 | 10.3% | -0.7% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 125 | 8.8% | 0.0% |
| Retail Trade | 110 | 7.7% | 0.9% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 106 | 7.5% | 1.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 86 | 6.1% | -6.5% |
| Manufacturing | 74 | 5.2% | 4.2% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 72 | 5.1% | 9.1% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 69 | 4.9% | 3.0% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 57 | 4.0% | 5.6% |
| Other Services | 53 | 3.7% | -3.6% |
| Wholesale Trade | 50 | 3.5% | -5.7% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 33 | 2.3% | -8.3% |
| Education and Training | 23 | 1.6% | 15.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 4 | 0.3% | -20.0% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 3 | 0.2% | -40.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Education and Training15.0%
- Arts and Recreation Services9.1%
- Financial and Insurance Services5.6%
- Manufacturing4.2%
- Administrative and Support Services3.0%