Northern Highlands Business Statistics 2025

Name: Northern Highlands
Address: QLD, AU

Statistical area (SA2)

QLD · SA2 315021407 · Outback - North (SA3) · Area overview

Actively trading businesses: 882
Population (SA2 ERP): 3,183
Per 1,000 residents: 277.1
Business growth YoY: 2.2%

Prior year businesses: 863
Change vs prior year: +19
Active ABNs (mapped): —

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?

Businesses by employment size

ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)

Employment size	Businesses	Share
Non-employing	595	67.5%
1–4	194	22.0%
5–19	80	9.1%
20–199	3	0.3%
200+	0	0.0%

Businesses by industry

ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	550	62.4%	2.8%
Construction	85	9.6%	9.0%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	54	6.1%	3.8%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	39	4.4%	14.7%
Retail Trade	26	2.9%	-18.8%
Other Services	23	2.6%	4.5%
Accommodation and Food Services	20	2.3%	-13.0%
Wholesale Trade	19	2.2%	5.6%
Administrative and Support Services	14	1.6%	-22.2%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	12	1.4%	-25.0%
Manufacturing	10	1.1%	11.1%
Financial and Insurance Services	9	1.0%	28.6%
Mining	4	0.5%	0.0%
Health Care and Social Assistance	4	0.5%	-20.0%
Arts and Recreation Services	4	0.5%	0.0%
Information Media and Telecommunications	3	0.3%	0.0%
Education and Training	3	0.3%	—
Currently Unknown	3	0.3%	—

Fastest-growing industries

Transport, Postal and Warehousing14.7%
Construction9.0%
Other Services4.5%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services3.8%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing2.8%

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
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	3.8	0.46×	12