Scarborough Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
WA · SA2 505021092 · Stirling (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,672
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 20,490
- Per 1,000 residents
- 81.6
- Business growth YoY
- 2.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,634
- Change vs prior year
- +38
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 9,361
≠ 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): 1,475.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,115 | 66.7% |
| 1–4 | 437 | 26.1% |
| 5–19 | 96 | 5.7% |
| 20–199 | 28 | 1.7% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.2% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (9,361). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 4,595 | 49.1% |
| Private company | 1,878 | 20.1% |
| Self-managed super fund | 899 | 9.6% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 588 | 6.3% |
| Discretionary services trust | 443 | 4.7% |
| Strata title | 347 | 3.7% |
| Partnership | 119 | 1.3% |
| Fixed unit trust | 115 | 1.2% |
| Other | 377 | 4.0% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 333 | 19.9% | -2.6% |
| Construction | 326 | 19.5% | 9.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 184 | 11.0% | 7.6% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 162 | 9.7% | -1.2% |
| Other Services | 108 | 6.5% | 3.8% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 97 | 5.8% | -2.0% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 84 | 5.0% | 10.5% |
| Retail Trade | 79 | 4.7% | -10.2% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 70 | 4.2% | 20.7% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 55 | 3.3% | 5.8% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 44 | 2.6% | 7.3% |
| Manufacturing | 37 | 2.2% | 19.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | 30 | 1.8% | -9.1% |
| Education and Training | 24 | 1.4% | -7.7% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 18 | 1.1% | -21.7% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 10 | 0.6% | -16.7% |
| Mining | 8 | 0.5% | -33.3% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.2% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing20.7%
- Manufacturing19.4%
- Administrative and Support Services10.5%
- Construction9.0%
- Health Care and Social Assistance7.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 0.5 | 0.40× | 10 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 3.4 | 0.50× | 70 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.5 | 0.73× | 30 |