South Coogee

Statistical area (SA2)

NSW · SA2 118021654 · Eastern Suburbs - South (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 566
Population (SA2 ERP): 5,741
Per 1,000 residents: 98.6
Business growth YoY: 4.4%

Prior year businesses: 542
Change vs prior year: +24
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	372	65.7%
1–4	157	27.7%
5–19	25	4.4%
20–199	3	0.5%
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	118	20.8%	4.4%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	93	16.4%	-4.1%
Construction	88	15.5%	1.1%
Health Care and Social Assistance	59	10.4%	-1.7%
Financial and Insurance Services	38	6.7%	18.8%
Administrative and Support Services	29	5.1%	11.5%
Retail Trade	21	3.7%	16.7%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	20	3.5%	11.1%
Accommodation and Food Services	17	3.0%	30.8%
Education and Training	16	2.8%	6.7%
Other Services	16	2.8%	14.3%
Wholesale Trade	14	2.5%	-6.7%
Arts and Recreation Services	12	2.1%	-14.3%
Information Media and Telecommunications	10	1.8%	25.0%
Manufacturing	9	1.6%	0.0%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	3	0.5%	0.0%
Currently Unknown	3	0.5%	—

Fastest-growing industries

Financial and Insurance Services18.8%
Retail Trade16.7%
Administrative and Support Services11.5%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing11.1%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services4.4%

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
Other Services	2.8	0.62×	16
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	3.5	0.66×	20