North Adelaide Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
SA · SA2 401011002 · Adelaide City (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,662
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 7,516
- Per 1,000 residents
- 221.1
- Business growth YoY
- 0.2%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,658
- Change vs prior year
- +4
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 5,214
≠ 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): 434.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,075 | 64.7% |
| 1–4 | 342 | 20.6% |
| 5–19 | 190 | 11.4% |
| 20–199 | 48 | 2.9% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (5,214). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Private company | 1,630 | 31.3% |
| Individual / sole trader | 1,456 | 27.9% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 536 | 10.3% |
| Self-managed super fund | 475 | 9.1% |
| Discretionary services trust | 302 | 5.8% |
| Fixed unit trust | 165 | 3.2% |
| Other incorporated entity | 125 | 2.4% |
| Strata title | 109 | 2.1% |
| Other | 416 | 8.0% |
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 | 353 | 21.2% | 1.4% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 351 | 21.1% | -6.9% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 239 | 14.4% | 7.2% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 123 | 7.4% | 7.9% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 117 | 7.0% | 1.7% |
| Construction | 113 | 6.8% | -5.0% |
| Retail Trade | 72 | 4.3% | 5.9% |
| Other Services | 51 | 3.1% | 8.5% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 47 | 2.8% | -4.1% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 35 | 2.1% | 2.9% |
| Wholesale Trade | 31 | 1.9% | 6.9% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 30 | 1.8% | 0.0% |
| Manufacturing | 28 | 1.7% | 7.7% |
| Education and Training | 27 | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 22 | 1.3% | -8.3% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 11 | 0.7% | -15.4% |
| Mining | 9 | 0.5% | 28.6% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.2% | -40.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Other Services8.5%
- Accommodation and Food Services7.9%
- Manufacturing7.7%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services7.2%
- Wholesale Trade6.9%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in SA (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 4.0 | 0.41× | 30 |