Bruce

Statistical area (SA2)

ACT · SA2 801011003 · Belconnen (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 557
Population (SA2 ERP): 8,119
Per 1,000 residents: 68.6
Business growth YoY: 2.2%

Prior year businesses: 545
Change vs prior year: +12
Active ABNs (mapped): —

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?

Businesses by employment size

ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)

Employment size	Businesses	Share
Non-employing	375	67.3%
1–4	118	21.2%
5–19	43	7.7%
20–199	16	2.9%
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	107	19.2%	-8.5%
Construction	96	17.2%	21.5%
Health Care and Social Assistance	89	16.0%	14.1%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	65	11.7%	-5.8%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	59	10.6%	5.4%
Administrative and Support Services	31	5.6%	6.9%
Accommodation and Food Services	26	4.7%	44.4%
Retail Trade	21	3.8%	10.5%
Financial and Insurance Services	14	2.5%	-30.0%
Education and Training	14	2.5%	-6.7%
Other Services	11	2.0%	-31.3%
Arts and Recreation Services	9	1.6%	0.0%
Manufacturing	5	0.9%	-28.6%
Information Media and Telecommunications	4	0.7%	0.0%
Mining	3	0.5%	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	3	0.5%	0.0%

Fastest-growing industries

Accommodation and Food Services44.4%
Construction21.5%
Health Care and Social Assistance14.1%
Retail Trade10.5%
Administrative and Support Services6.9%

Industries with more relative room

Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in ACT (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.

Industry	Local /1,000	vs peers	Businesses
Other Services	1.4	0.44×	11
Financial and Insurance Services	1.7	0.61×	14