Gympie - South Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Gympie and South
QLD · SA2 319031513 · Gympie - Cooloola (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 446
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 9,079
- Per 1,000 residents
- 49.1
- Business growth YoY
- 8.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 412
- Change vs prior year
- +34
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- —
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes gympie and south), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 286 | 64.1% |
| 1–4 | 125 | 28.0% |
| 5–19 | 36 | 8.1% |
| 20–199 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.7% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 102 | 22.9% | -6.4% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 48 | 10.8% | 4.3% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 44 | 9.9% | 10.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 38 | 8.5% | 18.8% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 32 | 7.2% | 10.3% |
| Other Services | 31 | 7.0% | 24.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 28 | 6.3% | 7.7% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 26 | 5.8% | 30.0% |
| Retail Trade | 19 | 4.3% | 0.0% |
| Manufacturing | 16 | 3.6% | 14.3% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 14 | 3.1% | 16.7% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 14 | 3.1% | 75.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 12 | 2.7% | -7.7% |
| Education and Training | 10 | 2.2% | 66.7% |
| Mining | 4 | 0.9% | 33.3% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 4 | 0.9% | -20.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 4 | 0.9% | -20.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Administrative and Support Services30.0%
- Other Services24.0%
- Health Care and Social Assistance18.8%
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing10.3%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services10.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Trade | 2.1 | 0.47× | 19 |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 1.5 | 0.48× | 14 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 1.5 | 0.52× | 14 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.3 | 0.58× | 12 |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 4.8 | 0.59× | 44 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 3.1 | 0.60× | 28 |