Creswick - Clunes

Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Creswick and Clunes

VIC · SA2 201021010 · Creswick - Daylesford - Ballan (SA3) · Business statistics view

Actively trading businesses: 789
Population (SA2 ERP): 8,038
Per 1,000 residents: 98.2
Business growth YoY: 0.5%

Prior year businesses: 785
Change vs prior year: +4
Active ABNs (mapped): —

If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes creswick and clunes), 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	499	63.2%
1–4	215	27.2%
5–19	58	7.4%
20–199	6	0.8%
200+	0	0.0%

Businesses by industry

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

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	246	31.2%	-3.1%
Construction	137	17.4%	7.9%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	61	7.7%	-7.6%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	49	6.2%	8.9%
Health Care and Social Assistance	40	5.1%	29.0%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	38	4.8%	-2.6%
Retail Trade	37	4.7%	-7.5%
Other Services	37	4.7%	5.7%
Accommodation and Food Services	34	4.3%	-5.6%
Manufacturing	25	3.2%	0.0%
Administrative and Support Services	23	2.9%	4.5%
Financial and Insurance Services	18	2.3%	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	16	2.0%	6.7%
Arts and Recreation Services	15	1.9%	-21.1%
Education and Training	10	1.3%	0.0%
Information Media and Telecommunications	3	0.4%	0.0%

Fastest-growing industries

Health Care and Social Assistance29.0%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services8.9%
Construction7.9%
Other Services5.7%
Administrative and Support Services4.5%

Industries with more relative room

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

Industry	Local /1,000	vs peers	Businesses
Administrative and Support Services	2.9	0.75×	23