Toowong Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
QLD · SA2 305041137 · Brisbane Inner - West (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,540
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 13,725
- Per 1,000 residents
- 112.2
- Business growth YoY
- -2.8%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,585
- Change vs prior year
- -45
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 9,269
≠ 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): 1,429.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 915 | 59.4% |
| 1–4 | 382 | 24.8% |
| 5–19 | 192 | 12.5% |
| 20–199 | 45 | 2.9% |
| 200+ | 12 | 0.8% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (9,269). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 4,099 | 44.2% |
| Private company | 2,217 | 23.9% |
| Self-managed super fund | 757 | 8.2% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 668 | 7.2% |
| Discretionary services trust | 475 | 5.1% |
| Strata title | 269 | 2.9% |
| Partnership | 148 | 1.6% |
| Other incorporated entity | 134 | 1.4% |
| Other | 502 | 5.4% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 352 | 22.9% | -6.4% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 231 | 15.0% | -2.5% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 208 | 13.5% | 6.7% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 144 | 9.4% | -9.4% |
| Retail Trade | 118 | 7.7% | -4.8% |
| Construction | 116 | 7.5% | 0.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 62 | 4.0% | 5.1% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 57 | 3.7% | 0.0% |
| Other Services | 55 | 3.6% | 17.0% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 45 | 2.9% | -16.7% |
| Education and Training | 34 | 2.2% | 21.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | 29 | 1.9% | -14.7% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 25 | 1.6% | 8.7% |
| Manufacturing | 18 | 1.2% | -14.3% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 14 | 0.9% | -17.6% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 13 | 0.8% | -13.3% |
| Mining | 9 | 0.6% | -10.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 7 | 0.5% | 16.7% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Education and Training21.4%
- Other Services17.0%
- Arts and Recreation Services8.7%
- Health Care and Social Assistance6.7%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing5.1%
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 | 0.9 | 0.46× | 13 |
| Manufacturing | 1.3 | 0.48× | 18 |
| Construction | 8.5 | 0.57× | 116 |