Prahran - Windsor Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Prahran and Windsor
VIC · SA2 206061136 · Stonnington - West (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 3,223
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 21,112
- Per 1,000 residents
- 152.7
- Business growth YoY
- 0.4%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 3,209
- Change vs prior year
- +14
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 11,087
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes prahran and windsor), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,616.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 2,119 | 65.7% |
| 1–4 | 700 | 21.7% |
| 5–19 | 299 | 9.3% |
| 20–199 | 96 | 3.0% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.1% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (11,087). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 5,153 | 46.5% |
| Private company | 2,744 | 24.7% |
| Self-managed super fund | 737 | 6.6% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 724 | 6.5% |
| Discretionary services trust | 394 | 3.6% |
| Fixed unit trust | 333 | 3.0% |
| Strata title | 319 | 2.9% |
| Partnership | 212 | 1.9% |
| Other | 471 | 4.2% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 730 | 22.6% | 6.0% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 349 | 10.8% | -2.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 343 | 10.6% | 4.6% |
| Construction | 300 | 9.3% | -0.3% |
| Retail Trade | 224 | 7.0% | -8.9% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 224 | 7.0% | -6.7% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 219 | 6.8% | -3.1% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 165 | 5.1% | 15.4% |
| Other Services | 165 | 5.1% | -2.4% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 107 | 3.3% | -5.3% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 90 | 2.8% | 3.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | 77 | 2.4% | 2.7% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 72 | 2.2% | -21.7% |
| Education and Training | 59 | 1.8% | 11.3% |
| Manufacturing | 54 | 1.7% | 5.9% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 21 | 0.7% | 23.5% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 14 | 0.4% | 27.3% |
| Mining | 6 | 0.2% | 20.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 4 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing23.5%
- Administrative and Support Services15.4%
- Education and Training11.3%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services6.0%
- Manufacturing5.9%
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 | 4.3 | 0.59× | 90 |