Westlake Business Statistics 2025

Name: Westlake
Address: QLD, AU

Statistical area (SA2)

QLD · SA2 304011085 · Centenary (SA3) · Area overview

Actively trading businesses: 374
Population (SA2 ERP): 4,502
Per 1,000 residents: 83.1
Business growth YoY: 3.3%

Prior year businesses: 362
Change vs prior year: +12
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	254	67.9%
1–4	93	24.9%
5–19	19	5.1%
20–199	3	0.8%
200+	0	0.0%

Businesses by industry

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

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	97	25.9%	15.5%
Health Care and Social Assistance	61	16.3%	15.1%
Construction	41	11.0%	-18.0%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	38	10.2%	0.0%
Retail Trade	22	5.9%	29.4%
Financial and Insurance Services	22	5.9%	0.0%
Other Services	21	5.6%	0.0%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	17	4.5%	-22.7%
Wholesale Trade	14	3.7%	0.0%
Accommodation and Food Services	14	3.7%	7.7%
Administrative and Support Services	10	2.7%	0.0%
Manufacturing	8	2.1%	-27.3%
Education and Training	6	1.6%	50.0%
Arts and Recreation Services	3	0.8%	—

Fastest-growing industries

Retail Trade29.4%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services15.5%
Health Care and Social Assistance15.1%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services0.0%
Financial and Insurance Services0.0%

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
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	3.8	0.65×	17
Administrative and Support Services	2.2	0.68×	10
Construction	9.1	0.70×	41