Sawtell - Boambee Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Sawtell and Boambee
NSW · SA2 104021089 · Coffs Harbour (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,304
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 20,581
- Per 1,000 residents
- 63.4
- Business growth YoY
- 0.1%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,303
- Change vs prior year
- +1
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 3,242
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes sawtell and boambee), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 451.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 752 | 57.7% |
| 1–4 | 398 | 30.5% |
| 5–19 | 119 | 9.1% |
| 20–199 | 31 | 2.4% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (3,242). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 1,814 | 56.0% |
| Private company | 545 | 16.8% |
| Self-managed super fund | 230 | 7.1% |
| Strata title | 211 | 6.5% |
| Family partnership | 91 | 2.8% |
| Other incorporated entity | 76 | 2.3% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 65 | 2.0% |
| Discretionary services trust | 64 | 2.0% |
| Other | 146 | 4.5% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 317 | 24.3% | -1.2% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 151 | 11.6% | 3.4% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 143 | 11.0% | 3.6% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 108 | 8.3% | 0.9% |
| Other Services | 85 | 6.5% | 2.4% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 80 | 6.1% | -11.1% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 76 | 5.8% | -6.2% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 76 | 5.8% | 10.1% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 60 | 4.6% | -9.1% |
| Retail Trade | 58 | 4.4% | -7.9% |
| Manufacturing | 47 | 3.6% | 4.4% |
| Education and Training | 27 | 2.1% | 3.8% |
| Wholesale Trade | 22 | 1.7% | -4.3% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 22 | 1.7% | 10.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 16 | 1.2% | 23.1% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 10 | 0.8% | 11.1% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.2% | — |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.2% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Administrative and Support Services10.1%
- Financial and Insurance Services10.0%
- Manufacturing4.4%
- Education and Training3.8%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services3.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial and Insurance Services | 1.1 | 0.33× | 22 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.1 | 0.40× | 22 |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 0.5 | 0.45× | 10 |
| Retail Trade | 2.8 | 0.52× | 58 |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 0.8 | 0.56× | 16 |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 5.2 | 0.56× | 108 |