South Townsville - Railway Estate

Statistical area (SA2) · Includes South Townsville and Railway Estate

QLD · SA2 318021488 · Townsville (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 456
Population (SA2 ERP): 5,618
Per 1,000 residents: 81.2
Business growth YoY: -2.6%

Prior year businesses: 468
Change vs prior year: -12
Active ABNs (mapped): —

If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes south townsville and railway estate), 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	248	54.4%
1–4	117	25.7%
5–19	76	16.7%
20–199	18	3.9%
200+	0	0.0%

Businesses by industry

ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Construction	85	18.6%	11.8%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	49	10.7%	-3.9%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	46	10.1%	9.5%
Health Care and Social Assistance	42	9.2%	7.7%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	37	8.1%	-30.2%
Other Services	31	6.8%	-3.1%
Accommodation and Food Services	29	6.4%	-12.1%
Retail Trade	28	6.1%	7.7%
Manufacturing	26	5.7%	8.3%
Administrative and Support Services	21	4.6%	-19.2%
Financial and Insurance Services	15	3.3%	7.1%
Wholesale Trade	13	2.9%	-7.1%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	12	2.6%	0.0%
Arts and Recreation Services	10	2.2%	-9.1%
Education and Training	9	2.0%	0.0%
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services	3	0.7%	0.0%

Fastest-growing industries

Construction11.8%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing9.5%
Manufacturing8.3%
Health Care and Social Assistance7.7%
Retail Trade7.7%

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
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	2.1	0.35×	12