Caboolture - South Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Caboolture and South
QLD · SA2 313021366 · Caboolture (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,095
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 27,798
- Per 1,000 residents
- 39.4
- Business growth YoY
- 7.0%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,023
- Change vs prior year
- +72
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 6,748
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes caboolture and south), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,776.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 640 | 58.4% |
| 1–4 | 308 | 28.1% |
| 5–19 | 113 | 10.3% |
| 20–199 | 32 | 2.9% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.3% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (6,748). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 4,564 | 67.6% |
| Private company | 1,004 | 14.9% |
| Discretionary services trust | 300 | 4.4% |
| Self-managed super fund | 274 | 4.1% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 146 | 2.2% |
| Family partnership | 135 | 2.0% |
| Partnership | 74 | 1.1% |
| Other incorporated entity | 65 | 1.0% |
| Other | 186 | 2.8% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 250 | 22.8% | 5.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 134 | 12.2% | 20.7% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 101 | 9.2% | -2.9% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 98 | 8.9% | 3.2% |
| Other Services | 95 | 8.7% | 14.5% |
| Retail Trade | 94 | 8.6% | 9.3% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 73 | 6.7% | -1.4% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 64 | 5.8% | 8.5% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 60 | 5.5% | 9.1% |
| Manufacturing | 27 | 2.5% | -3.6% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 25 | 2.3% | 19.0% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 19 | 1.7% | 18.8% |
| Education and Training | 17 | 1.6% | 88.9% |
| Wholesale Trade | 13 | 1.2% | -13.3% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 12 | 1.1% | -7.7% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 6 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 4 | 0.4% | 33.3% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.3% | -25.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Health Care and Social Assistance20.7%
- Arts and Recreation Services19.0%
- Other Services14.5%
- Retail Trade9.3%
- Accommodation and Food Services9.1%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in QLD (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 0.4 | 0.19× | 12 |
| Wholesale Trade | 0.5 | 0.20× | 13 |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 0.7 | 0.21× | 19 |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 2.6 | 0.26× | 73 |
| Manufacturing | 1.0 | 0.33× | 27 |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 3.5 | 0.33× | 98 |