Northcote - West Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Northcote and West
VIC · SA2 206021500 · Darebin - South (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,086
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 11,026
- Per 1,000 residents
- 98.5
- Business growth YoY
- 1.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,072
- Change vs prior year
- +14
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- —
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes northcote and west), 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 | 750 | 69.1% |
| 1–4 | 227 | 20.9% |
| 5–19 | 89 | 8.2% |
| 20–199 | 29 | 2.7% |
| 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 | 251 | 23.1% | 5.5% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 144 | 13.3% | -4.6% |
| Construction | 116 | 10.7% | 0.0% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 101 | 9.3% | 5.2% |
| Retail Trade | 69 | 6.4% | -15.9% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 66 | 6.1% | 8.2% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 64 | 5.9% | -7.2% |
| Other Services | 49 | 4.5% | 19.5% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 43 | 4.0% | 10.3% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 41 | 3.8% | 24.2% |
| Manufacturing | 35 | 3.2% | 2.9% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 35 | 3.2% | 9.4% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 26 | 2.4% | -7.1% |
| Wholesale Trade | 23 | 2.1% | -8.0% |
| Education and Training | 17 | 1.6% | -10.5% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 6 | 0.6% | 20.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Financial and Insurance Services24.2%
- Other Services19.5%
- Administrative and Support Services10.3%
- Information Media and Telecommunications9.4%
- Accommodation and Food Services8.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 2.4 | 0.37× | 26 |
| Construction | 10.5 | 0.64× | 116 |