St Ives Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
NSW · SA2 121031410 · Ku-ring-gai (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,498
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 22,932
- Per 1,000 residents
- 108.9
- Business growth YoY
- 3.7%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,410
- Change vs prior year
- +88
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 8,502
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area, not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 872.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,568 | 62.8% |
| 1–4 | 764 | 30.6% |
| 5–19 | 138 | 5.5% |
| 20–199 | 27 | 1.1% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (8,502). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Private company | 3,044 | 35.8% |
| Individual / sole trader | 2,799 | 32.9% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,205 | 14.2% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 668 | 7.9% |
| Discretionary services trust | 160 | 1.9% |
| Strata title | 96 | 1.1% |
| Family partnership | 93 | 1.1% |
| Fixed unit trust | 93 | 1.1% |
| Other | 344 | 4.0% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 622 | 24.9% | 5.1% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 313 | 12.5% | 4.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 268 | 10.7% | 5.1% |
| Construction | 234 | 9.4% | -2.9% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 219 | 8.8% | 3.3% |
| Retail Trade | 163 | 6.5% | 5.8% |
| Wholesale Trade | 118 | 4.7% | 3.5% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 105 | 4.2% | 10.5% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 91 | 3.6% | 2.2% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 84 | 3.4% | 7.7% |
| Other Services | 69 | 2.8% | 6.2% |
| Education and Training | 65 | 2.6% | 4.8% |
| Manufacturing | 47 | 1.9% | 4.4% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 40 | 1.6% | -4.8% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 38 | 1.5% | -7.3% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 18 | 0.7% | 12.5% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 4 | 0.2% | -20.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Administrative and Support Services10.5%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing7.7%
- Other Services6.2%
- Retail Trade5.8%
- Health Care and Social Assistance5.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 0.8 | 0.55× | 18 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 3.7 | 0.59× | 84 |
| Construction | 10.2 | 0.64× | 234 |
| Other Services | 3.0 | 0.68× | 69 |