Kensington (Vic.) Business Statistics 2025

Name: Kensington (Vic.)
Address: VIC, AU

Statistical area (SA2)

VIC · SA2 206041121 · Melbourne City (SA3) · Area overview

Actively trading businesses: 1,069
Population (SA2 ERP): 12,423
Per 1,000 residents: 86.1
Business growth YoY: 2.9%

Prior year businesses: 1,039
Change vs prior year: +30
Active ABNs (mapped): —

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?

Businesses by employment size

ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)

Employment size	Businesses	Share
Non-employing	705	65.9%
1–4	232	21.7%
5–19	94	8.8%
20–199	41	3.8%
200+	0	0.0%

Businesses by industry

ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	248	23.2%	6.4%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	126	11.8%	-0.8%
Health Care and Social Assistance	106	9.9%	-6.2%
Construction	85	8.0%	25.0%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	73	6.8%	5.8%
Accommodation and Food Services	66	6.2%	10.0%
Retail Trade	57	5.3%	-3.4%
Administrative and Support Services	52	4.9%	0.0%
Other Services	48	4.5%	4.3%
Financial and Insurance Services	44	4.1%	4.8%
Manufacturing	42	3.9%	-4.5%
Arts and Recreation Services	37	3.5%	12.1%
Wholesale Trade	28	2.6%	-15.2%
Information Media and Telecommunications	26	2.4%	-10.3%
Education and Training	21	2.0%	10.5%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	6	0.6%	0.0%
Public Administration and Safety	4	0.4%	33.3%

Fastest-growing industries

Construction25.0%
Arts and Recreation Services12.1%
Education and Training10.5%
Accommodation and Food Services10.0%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services6.4%

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
Construction	6.8	0.41×	85