St Peters - Marden Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes St Peters and Marden
SA · SA2 401051019 · Norwood - Payneham - St Peters (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,127
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 14,481
- Per 1,000 residents
- 146.9
- Business growth YoY
- 2.1%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,084
- Change vs prior year
- +43
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 5,297
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes st peters and marden), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 480.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,469 | 69.1% |
| 1–4 | 425 | 20.0% |
| 5–19 | 181 | 8.5% |
| 20–199 | 47 | 2.2% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.1% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (5,297). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Private company | 1,735 | 32.8% |
| Individual / sole trader | 1,487 | 28.1% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 493 | 9.3% |
| Self-managed super fund | 444 | 8.4% |
| Discretionary services trust | 335 | 6.3% |
| Partnership | 181 | 3.4% |
| Fixed unit trust | 166 | 3.1% |
| Other incorporated entity | 107 | 2.0% |
| Other | 349 | 6.6% |
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 | 385 | 18.1% | 2.4% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 310 | 14.6% | 6.9% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 280 | 13.2% | 0.0% |
| Construction | 278 | 13.1% | 0.7% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 130 | 6.1% | 5.7% |
| Retail Trade | 128 | 6.0% | 4.1% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 99 | 4.7% | -14.7% |
| Wholesale Trade | 91 | 4.3% | 5.8% |
| Other Services | 80 | 3.8% | -1.2% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 76 | 3.6% | 2.7% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 74 | 3.5% | 15.6% |
| Manufacturing | 62 | 2.9% | 0.0% |
| Education and Training | 39 | 1.8% | 11.4% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 32 | 1.5% | 6.7% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 30 | 1.4% | -6.3% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 16 | 0.8% | -5.9% |
| Currently Unknown | 10 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 4 | 0.2% | 33.3% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Accommodation and Food Services15.6%
- Education and Training11.4%
- Health Care and Social Assistance6.9%
- Arts and Recreation Services6.7%
- Wholesale Trade5.8%