Townsville City - North Ward Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Townsville City and North Ward
QLD · SA2 318021490 · Townsville (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,488
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 9,589
- Per 1,000 residents
- 155.2
- Business growth YoY
- -0.7%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,498
- Change vs prior year
- -10
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 8,603
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes townsville city and north ward), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,301.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 902 | 60.6% |
| 1–4 | 298 | 20.0% |
| 5–19 | 197 | 13.2% |
| 20–199 | 81 | 5.4% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (8,603). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 3,650 | 42.4% |
| Private company | 2,204 | 25.6% |
| Self-managed super fund | 680 | 7.9% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 466 | 5.4% |
| Discretionary services trust | 329 | 3.8% |
| Strata title | 313 | 3.6% |
| Other incorporated entity | 193 | 2.2% |
| Partnership | 161 | 1.9% |
| Other | 607 | 7.1% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 278 | 18.7% | -5.4% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 250 | 16.8% | 0.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 186 | 12.5% | -1.6% |
| Construction | 135 | 9.1% | 1.5% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 128 | 8.6% | 0.8% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 95 | 6.4% | -5.0% |
| Retail Trade | 79 | 5.3% | 1.3% |
| Other Services | 66 | 4.4% | 6.5% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 57 | 3.8% | 0.0% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 52 | 3.5% | 8.3% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 30 | 2.0% | 20.0% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 29 | 1.9% | -25.6% |
| Manufacturing | 25 | 1.7% | 0.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 24 | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Education and Training | 23 | 1.5% | 9.5% |
| Mining | 15 | 1.0% | 25.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 6 | 0.4% | -25.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 5 | 0.3% | 66.7% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 5 | 0.3% | 66.7% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Arts and Recreation Services20.0%
- Education and Training9.5%
- Administrative and Support Services8.3%
- Other Services6.5%
- Construction1.5%