Morningside - Seven Hills Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Morningside and Seven Hills
QLD · SA2 305021117 · Brisbane Inner - East (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,616
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 16,055
- Per 1,000 residents
- 100.7
- Business growth YoY
- 3.8%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,557
- Change vs prior year
- +59
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 10,864
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes morningside and seven hills), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,742.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 943 | 58.4% |
| 1–4 | 441 | 27.3% |
| 5–19 | 154 | 9.5% |
| 20–199 | 74 | 4.6% |
| 200+ | 6 | 0.4% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (10,864). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 4,837 | 44.5% |
| Private company | 2,964 | 27.3% |
| Self-managed super fund | 717 | 6.6% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 700 | 6.4% |
| Discretionary services trust | 540 | 5.0% |
| Strata title | 408 | 3.8% |
| Fixed unit trust | 167 | 1.5% |
| Partnership | 139 | 1.3% |
| Other | 392 | 3.6% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 314 | 19.4% | -0.6% |
| Construction | 238 | 14.7% | 4.4% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 201 | 12.4% | 2.6% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 158 | 9.8% | 17.9% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 95 | 5.9% | -5.9% |
| Other Services | 90 | 5.6% | 18.4% |
| Retail Trade | 77 | 4.8% | 4.1% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 76 | 4.7% | 11.8% |
| Wholesale Trade | 69 | 4.3% | -5.5% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 63 | 3.9% | -12.5% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 59 | 3.7% | -7.8% |
| Manufacturing | 54 | 3.3% | -5.3% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 44 | 2.7% | 238.5% |
| Education and Training | 30 | 1.9% | 3.4% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 28 | 1.7% | -17.6% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 11 | 0.7% | -8.3% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 6 | 0.4% | -14.3% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.2% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Information Media and Telecommunications238.5%
- Other Services18.4%
- Health Care and Social Assistance17.9%
- Administrative and Support Services11.8%
- Construction4.4%
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 | 0.7 | 0.38× | 11 |