Indooroopilly Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
QLD · SA2 304031094 · Sherwood - Indooroopilly (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,400
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 15,496
- Per 1,000 residents
- 90.3
- Business growth YoY
- 4.6%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,338
- Change vs prior year
- +62
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 10,284
≠ 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): 1,528.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 903 | 64.5% |
| 1–4 | 335 | 23.9% |
| 5–19 | 122 | 8.7% |
| 20–199 | 32 | 2.3% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (10,284). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 4,540 | 44.1% |
| Private company | 2,435 | 23.7% |
| Self-managed super fund | 975 | 9.5% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 847 | 8.2% |
| Discretionary services trust | 415 | 4.0% |
| Strata title | 366 | 3.6% |
| Fixed unit trust | 132 | 1.3% |
| Discretionary trading trust | 98 | 1.0% |
| Other | 476 | 4.6% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 265 | 18.9% | 3.1% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 231 | 16.5% | 7.4% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 199 | 14.2% | 5.9% |
| Construction | 135 | 9.6% | 5.5% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 95 | 6.8% | 13.1% |
| Retail Trade | 80 | 5.7% | -13.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 70 | 5.0% | 7.7% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 62 | 4.4% | 14.8% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 62 | 4.4% | 1.6% |
| Other Services | 46 | 3.3% | 0.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 36 | 2.6% | 20.0% |
| Education and Training | 30 | 2.1% | 0.0% |
| Manufacturing | 28 | 2.0% | 12.0% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 17 | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 17 | 1.2% | -29.2% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 16 | 1.1% | 23.1% |
| Mining | 5 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.2% | -25.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.2% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Wholesale Trade20.0%
- Accommodation and Food Services14.8%
- Financial and Insurance Services13.1%
- Manufacturing12.0%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing7.7%
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 | 1.1 | 0.55× | 17 |
| Construction | 8.7 | 0.58× | 135 |
| Other Services | 3.0 | 0.64× | 46 |
| Manufacturing | 1.8 | 0.64× | 28 |