West Beach

Statistical area (SA2)

SA · SA2 404031109 · West Torrens (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 432
Population (SA2 ERP): 5,487
Per 1,000 residents: 78.7
Business growth YoY: 1.4%

Prior year businesses: 426
Change vs prior year: +6
Active ABNs (mapped): —

If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area, 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	299	69.2%
1–4	88	20.4%
5–19	32	7.4%
20–199	3	0.7%
200+	0	0.0%

Businesses by industry

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

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Construction	86	19.9%	-2.3%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	69	16.0%	1.5%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	48	11.1%	20.0%
Health Care and Social Assistance	38	8.8%	2.7%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	36	8.3%	-2.7%
Accommodation and Food Services	25	5.8%	4.2%
Retail Trade	24	5.6%	-20.0%
Administrative and Support Services	22	5.1%	4.8%
Financial and Insurance Services	18	4.2%	5.9%
Arts and Recreation Services	15	3.5%	15.4%
Other Services	14	3.2%	-6.7%
Wholesale Trade	10	2.3%	-9.1%
Manufacturing	8	1.9%	-20.0%
Education and Training	8	1.9%	60.0%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	5	1.2%	25.0%
Mining	3	0.7%	0.0%
Information Media and Telecommunications	3	0.7%	0.0%

Fastest-growing industries

Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services20.0%
Administrative and Support Services4.8%
Accommodation and Food Services4.2%
Health Care and Social Assistance2.7%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services1.5%

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
Other Services	2.6	0.62×	14
Wholesale Trade	1.8	0.67×	10