North Nowra - Bomaderry Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes North Nowra and Bomaderry
NSW · SA2 114011277 · Shoalhaven (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,022
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 16,548
- Per 1,000 residents
- 61.8
- Business growth YoY
- -4.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,068
- Change vs prior year
- -46
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- —
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes north nowra and bomaderry), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 581 | 56.8% |
| 1–4 | 320 | 31.3% |
| 5–19 | 106 | 10.4% |
| 20–199 | 22 | 2.2% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 274 | 26.8% | -2.1% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 102 | 10.0% | 3.0% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 92 | 9.0% | -5.2% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 91 | 8.9% | -9.9% |
| Other Services | 73 | 7.1% | -2.7% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 56 | 5.5% | -9.7% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 53 | 5.2% | 3.9% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 52 | 5.1% | -7.1% |
| Retail Trade | 51 | 5.0% | -10.5% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 51 | 5.0% | 6.3% |
| Manufacturing | 38 | 3.7% | -2.6% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 24 | 2.3% | -7.7% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 20 | 2.0% | -9.1% |
| Education and Training | 17 | 1.7% | -10.5% |
| Wholesale Trade | 14 | 1.4% | -22.2% |
| Mining | 4 | 0.4% | 33.3% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 4 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Administrative and Support Services6.3%
- Accommodation and Food Services3.9%
- Health Care and Social Assistance3.0%
- Construction-2.1%
- Manufacturing-2.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale Trade | 0.8 | 0.32× | 14 |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 1.5 | 0.45× | 24 |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 5.6 | 0.54× | 92 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 3.4 | 0.58× | 56 |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 5.5 | 0.59× | 91 |
| Retail Trade | 3.1 | 0.60× | 51 |