Chelsea - Bonbeach Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Chelsea and Bonbeach
VIC · SA2 208031186 · Kingston (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 983
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 16,058
- Per 1,000 residents
- 61.2
- Business growth YoY
- 3.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 952
- Change vs prior year
- +31
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 6,941
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes chelsea and bonbeach), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 974.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 665 | 67.7% |
| 1–4 | 248 | 25.2% |
| 5–19 | 58 | 5.9% |
| 20–199 | 7 | 0.7% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (6,941). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 3,578 | 51.5% |
| Private company | 1,256 | 18.1% |
| Self-managed super fund | 583 | 8.4% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 370 | 5.3% |
| Discretionary services trust | 368 | 5.3% |
| Strata title | 288 | 4.1% |
| Other incorporated entity | 103 | 1.5% |
| Partnership | 91 | 1.3% |
| Other | 304 | 4.4% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 257 | 26.1% | 3.2% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 162 | 16.5% | 8.0% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 93 | 9.5% | 3.3% |
| Retail Trade | 70 | 7.1% | 1.4% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 65 | 6.6% | -1.5% |
| Other Services | 59 | 6.0% | 0.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 56 | 5.7% | 5.7% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 49 | 5.0% | 2.1% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 37 | 3.8% | 2.8% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 37 | 3.8% | 8.8% |
| Manufacturing | 27 | 2.7% | 3.8% |
| Education and Training | 21 | 2.1% | -4.5% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 21 | 2.1% | 0.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 16 | 1.6% | -23.8% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 10 | 1.0% | 25.0% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 3 | 0.3% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Financial and Insurance Services8.8%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services8.0%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing5.7%
- Manufacturing3.8%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services3.3%
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× | 16 |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 0.6 | 0.53× | 10 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 3.5 | 0.55× | 56 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 2.3 | 0.60× | 37 |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 5.8 | 0.62× | 93 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 4.0 | 0.62× | 65 |