Docklands Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
VIC · SA2 206041118 · Melbourne City (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 3,866
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 19,139
- Per 1,000 residents
- 202.0
- Business growth YoY
- 13.0%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 3,422
- Change vs prior year
- +444
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 12,175
≠ 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): 1,904.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 2,467 | 63.8% |
| 1–4 | 938 | 24.3% |
| 5–19 | 309 | 8.0% |
| 20–199 | 137 | 3.5% |
| 200+ | 11 | 0.3% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (12,175). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 4,616 | 37.9% |
| Private company | 3,976 | 32.7% |
| Self-managed super fund | 922 | 7.6% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 676 | 5.6% |
| Fixed unit trust | 440 | 3.6% |
| PQT | 436 | 3.6% |
| Discretionary services trust | 287 | 2.4% |
| Other incorporated entity | 147 | 1.2% |
| Other | 675 | 5.5% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial and Insurance Services | 747 | 19.3% | 76.2% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 724 | 18.7% | 3.7% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 538 | 13.9% | 2.7% |
| Construction | 318 | 8.2% | 6.4% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 299 | 7.7% | -1.3% |
| Retail Trade | 220 | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 175 | 4.5% | 8.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 156 | 4.0% | 2.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 148 | 3.8% | 10.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | 127 | 3.3% | -6.6% |
| Other Services | 91 | 2.4% | 1.1% |
| Manufacturing | 74 | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Education and Training | 65 | 1.7% | 18.2% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 49 | 1.3% | 8.9% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 48 | 1.2% | 6.7% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 48 | 1.2% | 26.3% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 17 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 12 | 0.3% | 20.0% |
| Mining | 7 | 0.2% | 40.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Financial and Insurance Services76.2%
- Arts and Recreation Services26.3%
- Education and Training18.2%
- Health Care and Social Assistance10.4%
- Information Media and Telecommunications8.9%