Sheldon - Mount Cotton
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Sheldon and Mount Cotton
QLD · SA2 301021011 · Cleveland - Stradbroke (SA3) · Business statistics view
- Actively trading businesses
- 792
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 8,742
- Per 1,000 residents
- 90.6
- Business growth YoY
- 3.9%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 762
- Change vs prior year
- +30
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- —
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes sheldon and mount cotton), 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 | 480 | 60.6% |
| 1–4 | 231 | 29.2% |
| 5–19 | 63 | 8.0% |
| 20–199 | 9 | 1.1% |
| 200+ | 3 | 0.4% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 184 | 23.2% | -0.5% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 120 | 15.2% | 5.3% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 82 | 10.4% | -10.9% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 52 | 6.6% | 23.8% |
| Other Services | 45 | 5.7% | 0.0% |
| Manufacturing | 42 | 5.3% | 23.5% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 39 | 4.9% | 25.8% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 36 | 4.5% | 24.1% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 35 | 4.4% | -7.9% |
| Retail Trade | 33 | 4.2% | -8.3% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 28 | 3.5% | -3.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | 26 | 3.3% | -3.7% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 18 | 2.3% | 5.9% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 15 | 1.9% | 36.4% |
| Education and Training | 13 | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 10 | 1.3% | 25.0% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 5 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Mining | 3 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 3 | 0.4% | — |
Fastest-growing industries
- Administrative and Support Services25.8%
- Financial and Insurance Services24.1%
- Health Care and Social Assistance23.8%
- Manufacturing23.5%
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services5.3%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in QLD (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation and Food Services | 2.1 | 0.71× | 18 |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 4.0 | 0.73× | 35 |