Warners Bay - Boolaroo Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Warners Bay and Boolaroo
NSW · SA2 111011214 · Lake Macquarie - East (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,359
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 15,675
- Per 1,000 residents
- 86.7
- Business growth YoY
- 2.6%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,325
- Change vs prior year
- +34
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 4,665
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes warners bay and boolaroo), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 608.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 668 | 49.2% |
| 1–4 | 441 | 32.5% |
| 5–19 | 197 | 14.5% |
| 20–199 | 46 | 3.4% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (4,665). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 1,880 | 40.3% |
| Private company | 1,330 | 28.5% |
| Self-managed super fund | 656 | 14.1% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 200 | 4.3% |
| Discretionary services trust | 123 | 2.6% |
| Strata title | 104 | 2.2% |
| Fixed unit trust | 83 | 1.8% |
| Family partnership | 82 | 1.8% |
| Other | 207 | 4.4% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 270 | 19.9% | 3.1% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 181 | 13.3% | 2.8% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 179 | 13.2% | 6.5% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 147 | 10.8% | 0.7% |
| Retail Trade | 103 | 7.6% | 12.0% |
| Other Services | 86 | 6.3% | -3.4% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 66 | 4.9% | 1.5% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 63 | 4.6% | 3.3% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 56 | 4.1% | 16.7% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 49 | 3.6% | -5.8% |
| Manufacturing | 45 | 3.3% | -11.8% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 37 | 2.7% | 15.6% |
| Wholesale Trade | 32 | 2.4% | 28.0% |
| Education and Training | 25 | 1.8% | -16.7% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 7 | 0.5% | -22.2% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 6 | 0.4% | -33.3% |
| Mining | 4 | 0.3% | 33.3% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Wholesale Trade28.0%
- Administrative and Support Services16.7%
- Arts and Recreation Services15.6%
- Retail Trade12.0%
- Health Care and Social Assistance6.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 3.1 | 0.54× | 49 |