Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest
NSW · SA2 106031124 · Port Stephens (SA3) · Business statistics view
- Actively trading businesses
- 361
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 5,786
- Per 1,000 residents
- 62.4
- Business growth YoY
- -3.0%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 372
- Change vs prior year
- -11
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- —
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes tea gardens and hawks nest), 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 | 209 | 57.9% |
| 1–4 | 116 | 32.1% |
| 5–19 | 39 | 10.8% |
| 20–199 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 84 | 23.3% | -3.4% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 42 | 11.6% | -8.7% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 41 | 11.4% | -2.4% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 30 | 8.3% | 11.1% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 23 | 6.4% | -17.9% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 23 | 6.4% | 4.5% |
| Wholesale Trade | 19 | 5.3% | 0.0% |
| Retail Trade | 17 | 4.7% | 0.0% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 17 | 4.7% | 0.0% |
| Other Services | 14 | 3.9% | -6.7% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 13 | 3.6% | -7.1% |
| Manufacturing | 12 | 3.3% | -14.3% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 12 | 3.3% | 9.1% |
| Education and Training | 6 | 1.7% | 100.0% |
| Mining | 5 | 1.4% | 25.0% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 3 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Health Care and Social Assistance11.1%
- Accommodation and Food Services4.5%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services-2.4%
- Construction-3.4%
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services-8.7%
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 | 4.0 | 0.13× | 23 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 2.2 | 0.44× | 13 |
| Other Services | 2.4 | 0.52× | 14 |
| Manufacturing | 2.1 | 0.61× | 12 |
| Retail Trade | 2.9 | 0.63× | 17 |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 2.1 | 0.71× | 12 |