East Devonport

Statistical area (SA2)

TAS · SA2 604021086 · Devonport (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 247
Population (SA2 ERP): 5,308
Per 1,000 residents: 46.5
Business growth YoY: 3.8%

Prior year businesses: 238
Change vs prior year: +9
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	154	62.3%
1–4	43	17.4%
5–19	34	13.8%
20–199	18	7.3%
200+	3	1.2%

Businesses by industry

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

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Construction	41	16.6%	-2.4%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	29	11.7%	7.4%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	27	10.9%	8.0%
Retail Trade	20	8.1%	5.3%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	19	7.7%	-5.0%
Health Care and Social Assistance	19	7.7%	35.7%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	17	6.9%	-5.6%
Administrative and Support Services	14	5.7%	27.3%
Accommodation and Food Services	13	5.3%	0.0%
Other Services	12	4.9%	-14.3%
Manufacturing	9	3.6%	0.0%
Financial and Insurance Services	8	3.2%	14.3%
Wholesale Trade	7	2.8%	40.0%
Mining	3	1.2%	-25.0%
Information Media and Telecommunications	3	1.2%	0.0%
Education and Training	3	1.2%	0.0%
Arts and Recreation Services	3	1.2%	-25.0%

Fastest-growing industries

Transport, Postal and Warehousing8.0%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services7.4%
Retail Trade5.3%
Construction-2.4%

Industries with more relative room

Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in TAS (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.

Industry	Local /1,000	vs peers	Businesses
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	3.2	0.25×	17
Construction	7.7	0.58×	41
Other Services	2.3	0.59×	12
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	3.6	0.69×	19