Wembley - West Leederville - Glendalough Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Wembley, West Leederville and Glendalough
WA · SA2 503021043 · Perth City (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 2,671
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 21,965
- Per 1,000 residents
- 121.6
- Business growth YoY
- 4.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 2,562
- Change vs prior year
- +109
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 14,317
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes wembley, west leederville and glendalough), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,676.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 1,862 | 69.7% |
| 1–4 | 524 | 19.6% |
| 5–19 | 215 | 8.0% |
| 20–199 | 69 | 2.6% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (14,317). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 5,684 | 39.7% |
| Private company | 3,745 | 26.2% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,476 | 10.3% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 1,067 | 7.5% |
| Discretionary services trust | 678 | 4.7% |
| Strata title | 326 | 2.3% |
| Fixed unit trust | 306 | 2.1% |
| Other incorporated entity | 228 | 1.6% |
| Other | 807 | 5.6% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 473 | 17.7% | 6.3% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 432 | 16.2% | -2.3% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 376 | 14.1% | 17.9% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 277 | 10.4% | 2.6% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 219 | 8.2% | 6.3% |
| Construction | 188 | 7.0% | 3.3% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 184 | 6.9% | 10.2% |
| Retail Trade | 102 | 3.8% | -1.0% |
| Other Services | 83 | 3.1% | -4.6% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 71 | 2.7% | 6.0% |
| Manufacturing | 57 | 2.1% | 0.0% |
| Wholesale Trade | 42 | 1.6% | -8.7% |
| Education and Training | 37 | 1.4% | -5.1% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 36 | 1.3% | -5.3% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 34 | 1.3% | -5.6% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 30 | 1.1% | 15.4% |
| Mining | 20 | 0.7% | -16.7% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 4 | 0.1% | -20.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 3 | 0.1% | — |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing17.9%
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing15.4%
- Financial and Insurance Services10.2%
- Administrative and Support Services6.3%
- Health Care and Social Assistance6.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 8.6 | 0.64× | 188 |
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