Unley - Parkside
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Unley and Parkside
SA · SA2 401071024 · Unley (SA3) · Business statistics view
- Actively trading businesses
- 3,457
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 22,225
- Per 1,000 residents
- 155.5
- Business growth YoY
- 1.9%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 3,391
- Change vs prior year
- +66
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 14,975
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes unley and parkside), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 1,302.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 2,314 | 66.9% |
| 1–4 | 706 | 20.4% |
| 5–19 | 331 | 9.6% |
| 20–199 | 97 | 2.8% |
| 200+ | 9 | 0.3% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (14,975). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Private company | 4,790 | 32.0% |
| Individual / sole trader | 3,831 | 25.6% |
| Self-managed super fund | 1,854 | 12.4% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 1,655 | 11.1% |
| Discretionary services trust | 864 | 5.8% |
| Fixed unit trust | 519 | 3.5% |
| Other incorporated entity | 289 | 1.9% |
| Strata title | 272 | 1.8% |
| Other | 901 | 6.0% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 605 | 17.5% | 4.1% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 596 | 17.2% | -1.8% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 478 | 13.8% | 4.4% |
| Construction | 336 | 9.7% | 3.4% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 289 | 8.4% | 3.6% |
| Retail Trade | 153 | 4.4% | -3.8% |
| Wholesale Trade | 148 | 4.3% | 10.4% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 145 | 4.2% | 7.4% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 135 | 3.9% | 12.5% |
| Other Services | 120 | 3.5% | -20.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 100 | 2.9% | -3.8% |
| Manufacturing | 93 | 2.7% | 3.3% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 86 | 2.5% | -3.4% |
| Education and Training | 50 | 1.4% | 6.4% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 37 | 1.1% | 0.0% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 33 | 1.0% | 6.5% |
| Mining | 23 | 0.7% | 9.5% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 22 | 0.6% | 29.4% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 4 | 0.1% | 33.3% |
| Currently Unknown | 4 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services29.4%
- Administrative and Support Services12.5%
- Wholesale Trade10.4%
- Mining9.5%
- Accommodation and Food Services7.4%
Industries with more relative room
Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in SA (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.
| Industry | Local /1,000 | vs peers | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 4.5 | 0.70× | 100 |