Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Glendale, Cardiff and Hillsborough
NSW · SA2 111011209 · Lake Macquarie - East (SA3) · Business statistics view
- Actively trading businesses
- 1,761
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 25,569
- Per 1,000 residents
- 68.9
- Business growth YoY
- 0.5%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 1,753
- Change vs prior year
- +8
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 7,646
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes glendale, cardiff and hillsborough), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,378.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 923 | 52.4% |
| 1–4 | 549 | 31.2% |
| 5–19 | 211 | 12.0% |
| 20–199 | 74 | 4.2% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (7,646). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 4,195 | 54.9% |
| Private company | 1,895 | 24.8% |
| Self-managed super fund | 501 | 6.6% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 200 | 2.6% |
| Family partnership | 155 | 2.0% |
| Discretionary services trust | 145 | 1.9% |
| Fixed unit trust | 138 | 1.8% |
| Other incorporated entity | 131 | 1.7% |
| Other | 286 | 3.7% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 383 | 21.7% | 3.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 214 | 12.2% | 2.9% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 204 | 11.6% | 3.6% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 150 | 8.5% | -5.7% |
| Other Services | 123 | 7.0% | 0.8% |
| Manufacturing | 122 | 6.9% | -4.7% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 111 | 6.3% | 1.8% |
| Retail Trade | 105 | 6.0% | -7.1% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 76 | 4.3% | 0.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 59 | 3.4% | 15.7% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 55 | 3.1% | 3.8% |
| Wholesale Trade | 49 | 2.8% | -5.8% |
| Education and Training | 38 | 2.2% | -9.5% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 26 | 1.5% | 0.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 16 | 0.9% | 33.3% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 13 | 0.7% | -7.1% |
| Mining | 6 | 0.3% | -14.3% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 4 | 0.2% | 33.3% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 4 | 0.2% | -33.3% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Accommodation and Food Services15.7%
- Financial and Insurance Services3.8%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services3.6%
- Construction3.0%
- Health Care and Social Assistance2.9%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in NSW (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 | 0.26× | 13 |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 5.9 | 0.57× | 150 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 2.3 | 0.59× | 59 |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 2.2 | 0.60× | 55 |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 0.6 | 0.62× | 16 |
| Wholesale Trade | 1.9 | 0.65× | 49 |