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Statistical area (SA2)

TAS · SA2 601051030 · Hobart Inner (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 528
Population (SA2 ERP): 6,476
Per 1,000 residents: 81.5
Business growth YoY: -0.2%

Prior year businesses: 529
Change vs prior year: -1
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	361	68.4%
1–4	109	20.6%
5–19	57	10.8%
20–199	9	1.7%
200+	3	0.6%

Businesses by industry

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

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	92	17.4%	0.0%
Health Care and Social Assistance	88	16.7%	11.4%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	71	13.4%	10.9%
Construction	54	10.2%	-14.3%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	48	9.1%	0.0%
Accommodation and Food Services	33	6.3%	-13.2%
Other Services	25	4.7%	-13.8%
Retail Trade	24	4.5%	4.3%
Administrative and Support Services	17	3.2%	-10.5%
Manufacturing	16	3.0%	23.1%
Education and Training	15	2.8%	-6.3%
Financial and Insurance Services	14	2.7%	7.7%
Wholesale Trade	11	2.1%	22.2%
Arts and Recreation Services	11	2.1%	-8.3%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	5	0.9%	-37.5%
Information Media and Telecommunications	4	0.8%	33.3%

Fastest-growing industries

Health Care and Social Assistance11.4%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services10.9%
Retail Trade4.3%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing0.0%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services0.0%

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
Construction	8.3	0.60×	54
Manufacturing	2.5	0.72×	16