Payneham - Felixstow Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Payneham and Felixstow
SA · SA2 401051018 · Norwood - Payneham - St Peters (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,751
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 14,111
- Per 1,000 residents
- 124.1
- Business growth YoY
- 6.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,648
- Change vs prior year
- +103
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 6,716
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes payneham and felixstow), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 890.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,181 | 67.4% |
| 1–4 | 350 | 20.0% |
| 5–19 | 170 | 9.7% |
| 20–199 | 44 | 2.5% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (6,716). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 2,742 | 40.8% |
| Private company | 1,746 | 26.0% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 575 | 8.6% |
| Self-managed super fund | 444 | 6.6% |
| Discretionary services trust | 404 | 6.0% |
| Partnership | 159 | 2.4% |
| Fixed unit trust | 158 | 2.4% |
| Strata title | 153 | 2.3% |
| Other | 335 | 5.0% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 317 | 18.1% | 13.2% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 271 | 15.5% | 6.7% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 198 | 11.3% | 7.6% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 196 | 11.2% | 0.5% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 124 | 7.1% | 9.7% |
| Retail Trade | 92 | 5.3% | -8.0% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 92 | 5.3% | 9.5% |
| Wholesale Trade | 88 | 5.0% | 3.5% |
| Other Services | 88 | 5.0% | 8.6% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 78 | 4.5% | 0.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 66 | 3.8% | 4.8% |
| Manufacturing | 57 | 3.3% | 5.6% |
| Education and Training | 26 | 1.5% | 30.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 22 | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 16 | 0.9% | -20.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 10 | 0.6% | -9.1% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 4 | 0.2% | -20.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.2% | — |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.2% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Education and Training30.0%
- Construction13.2%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing9.7%
- Financial and Insurance Services9.5%
- Other Services8.6%
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 | 1.1 | 0.53× | 16 |