Wahroonga (East) - Warrawee Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Wahroonga (East) and Warrawee
NSW · SA2 121031412 · Ku-ring-gai (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,248
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 18,232
- Per 1,000 residents
- 123.3
- Business growth YoY
- 3.5%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,173
- Change vs prior year
- +75
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 9,276
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes wahroonga (east) and warrawee), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,018.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,444 | 64.2% |
| 1–4 | 646 | 28.7% |
| 5–19 | 133 | 5.9% |
| 20–199 | 19 | 0.8% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.1% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (9,276). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 3,185 | 34.3% |
| Private company | 3,018 | 32.5% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,376 | 14.8% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 705 | 7.6% |
| Discretionary services trust | 196 | 2.1% |
| Fixed unit trust | 141 | 1.5% |
| Family partnership | 118 | 1.3% |
| Other incorporated entity | 81 | 0.9% |
| Other | 456 | 4.9% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 568 | 25.3% | 1.4% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 393 | 17.5% | 6.2% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 318 | 14.1% | 0.3% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 206 | 9.2% | 3.5% |
| Construction | 187 | 8.3% | 6.9% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 104 | 4.6% | 13.0% |
| Retail Trade | 90 | 4.0% | -1.1% |
| Wholesale Trade | 87 | 3.9% | 13.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 61 | 2.7% | -1.6% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 49 | 2.2% | 0.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 38 | 1.7% | 2.7% |
| Other Services | 37 | 1.6% | 8.8% |
| Education and Training | 36 | 1.6% | -7.7% |
| Manufacturing | 29 | 1.3% | -9.4% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 24 | 1.1% | 33.3% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 18 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Arts and Recreation Services33.3%
- Administrative and Support Services13.0%
- Wholesale Trade13.0%
- Other Services8.8%
- Construction6.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Services | 2.0 | 0.46× | 37 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 3.3 | 0.55× | 61 |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 1.0 | 0.59× | 18 |
| Manufacturing | 1.6 | 0.62× | 29 |
| Construction | 10.3 | 0.63× | 187 |