Newstead - Bowen Hills
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Newstead and Bowen Hills
QLD · SA2 305031128 · Brisbane Inner - North (SA3) · Business statistics view
- Actively trading businesses
- 3,742
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 21,474
- Per 1,000 residents
- 174.3
- Business growth YoY
- 0.9%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 3,709
- Change vs prior year
- +33
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 20,730
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes newstead and bowen hills), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 3,880.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 2,336 | 62.4% |
| 1–4 | 882 | 23.6% |
| 5–19 | 354 | 9.5% |
| 20–199 | 162 | 4.3% |
| 200+ | 11 | 0.3% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (20,730). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 8,918 | 43.0% |
| Private company | 6,621 | 31.9% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,098 | 5.3% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 972 | 4.7% |
| Strata title | 694 | 3.3% |
| Fixed unit trust | 608 | 2.9% |
| Discretionary services trust | 599 | 2.9% |
| Partnership | 361 | 1.7% |
| Other | 859 | 4.1% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 785 | 21.0% | 1.0% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 735 | 19.6% | 0.4% |
| Construction | 421 | 11.3% | 2.2% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 320 | 8.6% | 5.6% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 281 | 7.5% | 6.0% |
| Retail Trade | 179 | 4.8% | -4.8% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 169 | 4.5% | 0.6% |
| Other Services | 162 | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 144 | 3.8% | 3.6% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 111 | 3.0% | -3.5% |
| Wholesale Trade | 90 | 2.4% | 4.7% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 73 | 2.0% | -3.9% |
| Manufacturing | 71 | 1.9% | 6.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 68 | 1.8% | -29.9% |
| Education and Training | 59 | 1.6% | -3.3% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 27 | 0.7% | -3.6% |
| Mining | 19 | 0.5% | 18.8% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 16 | 0.4% | -20.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 9 | 0.2% | 80.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.1% | -40.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Other Services8.7%
- Financial and Insurance Services6.0%
- Manufacturing6.0%
- Health Care and Social Assistance5.6%
- Wholesale Trade4.7%