Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Barwon Heads and Armstrong Creek
VIC · SA2 203031489 · Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,129
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 15,749
- Per 1,000 residents
- 71.7
- Business growth YoY
- 11.2%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,015
- Change vs prior year
- +114
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 2,086
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes barwon heads and armstrong creek), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 192.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 785 | 69.5% |
| 1–4 | 263 | 23.3% |
| 5–19 | 74 | 6.6% |
| 20–199 | 9 | 0.8% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (2,086). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 789 | 37.8% |
| Private company | 407 | 19.5% |
| Self-managed super fund | 308 | 14.8% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 193 | 9.3% |
| Discretionary services trust | 176 | 8.4% |
| Fixed unit trust | 43 | 2.1% |
| Other incorporated entity | 38 | 1.8% |
| Family partnership | 37 | 1.8% |
| Other | 95 | 4.6% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 246 | 21.8% | 10.3% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 151 | 13.4% | 42.5% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 150 | 13.3% | 6.4% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 118 | 10.5% | 11.3% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 82 | 7.3% | 13.9% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 70 | 6.2% | -2.8% |
| Retail Trade | 63 | 5.6% | 5.0% |
| Other Services | 47 | 4.2% | -2.1% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 44 | 3.9% | 22.2% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 32 | 2.8% | -3.0% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 30 | 2.7% | -14.3% |
| Manufacturing | 26 | 2.3% | 73.3% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 22 | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Education and Training | 19 | 1.7% | 5.6% |
| Wholesale Trade | 15 | 1.3% | 0.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 7 | 0.6% | -30.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 4 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.3% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Manufacturing73.3%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing42.5%
- Accommodation and Food Services22.2%
- Administrative and Support Services13.9%
- Health Care and Social Assistance11.3%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in VIC (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale Trade | 1.0 | 0.40× | 15 |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 4.4 | 0.47× | 70 |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 1.9 | 0.60× | 30 |
| Manufacturing | 1.7 | 0.63× | 26 |
| Other Services | 3.0 | 0.66× | 47 |
| Retail Trade | 4.0 | 0.68× | 63 |