Fremantle Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
WA · SA2 507021165 · Fremantle (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 3,029
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 20,429
- Per 1,000 residents
- 148.3
- Business growth YoY
- 1.9%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,972
- Change vs prior year
- +57
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 8,811
≠ 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): 1,153.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,898 | 62.7% |
| 1–4 | 664 | 21.9% |
| 5–19 | 334 | 11.0% |
| 20–199 | 131 | 4.3% |
| 200+ | 6 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (8,811). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 3,505 | 39.8% |
| Private company | 2,227 | 25.3% |
| Self-managed super fund | 746 | 8.5% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 572 | 6.5% |
| Discretionary services trust | 479 | 5.4% |
| Fixed unit trust | 267 | 3.0% |
| Strata title | 206 | 2.3% |
| Partnership | 197 | 2.2% |
| Other | 612 | 6.9% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 609 | 20.1% | 1.0% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 505 | 16.7% | 2.6% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 296 | 9.8% | 5.0% |
| Construction | 238 | 7.9% | -6.7% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 213 | 7.0% | 16.4% |
| Retail Trade | 196 | 6.5% | 0.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 178 | 5.9% | -0.6% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 107 | 3.5% | -0.9% |
| Manufacturing | 100 | 3.3% | 7.5% |
| Other Services | 97 | 3.2% | 1.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 91 | 3.0% | 1.1% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 82 | 2.7% | 7.9% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 81 | 2.7% | 1.3% |
| Wholesale Trade | 67 | 2.2% | 13.6% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 63 | 2.1% | -12.5% |
| Education and Training | 54 | 1.8% | 20.0% |
| Mining | 30 | 1.0% | -11.8% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 11 | 0.4% | -31.3% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 8 | 0.3% | -20.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Education and Training20.0%
- Financial and Insurance Services16.4%
- Wholesale Trade13.6%
- Arts and Recreation Services7.9%
- Manufacturing7.5%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in WA (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 4.5 | 0.57× | 91 |