Buninyong Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
VIC · SA2 201011005 · Ballarat (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 514
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 7,384
- Per 1,000 residents
- 69.6
- Business growth YoY
- -2.8%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 529
- Change vs prior year
- -15
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 964
≠ 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): 102.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 338 | 65.8% |
| 1–4 | 126 | 24.5% |
| 5–19 | 26 | 5.1% |
| 20–199 | 6 | 1.2% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.6% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (964). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 392 | 40.7% |
| Private company | 194 | 20.1% |
| Self-managed super fund | 121 | 12.6% |
| Discretionary services trust | 88 | 9.1% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 59 | 6.1% |
| Family partnership | 36 | 3.7% |
| Other incorporated entity | 29 | 3.0% |
| Fixed unit trust | 12 | 1.2% |
| Other | 33 | 3.4% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 128 | 24.9% | -3.8% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 73 | 14.2% | 1.4% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 54 | 10.5% | -5.3% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 43 | 8.4% | 7.5% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 33 | 6.4% | 0.0% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 28 | 5.4% | 0.0% |
| Other Services | 27 | 5.3% | 28.6% |
| Retail Trade | 24 | 4.7% | -14.3% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 24 | 4.7% | -4.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 19 | 3.7% | -26.9% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 16 | 3.1% | -20.0% |
| Education and Training | 13 | 2.5% | 8.3% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 8 | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Manufacturing | 7 | 1.4% | -22.2% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 6 | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 5 | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Other Services28.6%
- Health Care and Social Assistance7.5%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services1.4%
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing0.0%
- Administrative and Support Services0.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 4.5 | 0.18× | 33 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 2.6 | 0.48× | 19 |
| Retail Trade | 3.3 | 0.64× | 24 |