Doncaster East - North Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Doncaster East and North
VIC · SA2 207021424 · Manningham - West (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,706
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 16,642
- Per 1,000 residents
- 102.5
- Business growth YoY
- 3.0%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,656
- Change vs prior year
- +50
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 11,498
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes doncaster east and north), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,510.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,221 | 71.6% |
| 1–4 | 406 | 23.8% |
| 5–19 | 65 | 3.8% |
| 20–199 | 16 | 0.9% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (11,498). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 5,001 | 43.5% |
| Private company | 3,004 | 26.1% |
| Self-managed super fund | 872 | 7.6% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 842 | 7.3% |
| Discretionary services trust | 525 | 4.6% |
| Strata title | 259 | 2.3% |
| Fixed unit trust | 247 | 2.1% |
| Family partnership | 164 | 1.4% |
| Other | 584 | 5.1% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 272 | 15.9% | -3.5% |
| Construction | 256 | 15.0% | 6.2% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 253 | 14.8% | 4.5% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 166 | 9.7% | 7.1% |
| Retail Trade | 133 | 7.8% | -3.6% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 107 | 6.3% | 9.2% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 100 | 5.9% | 16.3% |
| Wholesale Trade | 84 | 4.9% | 5.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 82 | 4.8% | -11.8% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 72 | 4.2% | -5.3% |
| Other Services | 69 | 4.0% | 4.5% |
| Education and Training | 34 | 2.0% | 6.3% |
| Manufacturing | 26 | 1.5% | 13.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 18 | 1.1% | 28.6% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 15 | 0.9% | 25.0% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 10 | 0.6% | 25.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.2% | -25.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Financial and Insurance Services16.3%
- Manufacturing13.0%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing9.2%
- Health Care and Social Assistance7.1%
- Education and Training6.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 0.6 | 0.30× | 10 |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 0.9 | 0.61× | 15 |
| Manufacturing | 1.6 | 0.63× | 26 |