Businesses
In June 2007 there were 9,696 businesses in the City of Onkaparinga. This represented 6.7% of the total businesses in South Australia (14,422).
It is important to note that there have been some changes to the 2006-07 Australian Bureau of Statistics publication, which makes it incomparable to past publications. On 1 July 2007, there was a change in the GST threshold to $75,000 per annum for businesses (previously $50,000 per annum) and $150,000 per annum for not for profit institutions (previously $100,000 per annum).
Businesses in the City of Onkaparinga
| Industry Code and Category | June 2007 |
| E -Construction | 24.2% |
| L -Property & Business Services | 18.9% |
| G -Retail Trade | 11.5% |
| A -Agriculture Forestry & Fishing | 9.0% |
| C -Manufacturing | 8.0% |
| I -Transport and Storage | 6.6% |
| Q -Personal & Other Services | 4.6% |
| K -Finance & Insurance | 4.3% |
| F -Wholesale Trade | 3.5% |
| O -Health & Community Services | 3.6% |
| P -Cultural & Recreational Services | 1.8% |
| H -Accommodation Cafes, Restaurants | 1.6% |
| J -Communication Services | 1.4% |
| N -Education | 0.8% |
| B -Mining | 0.2% |
| D -Electricity Gas & Water Supply | 0.1% |
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Source: |
ABS Catalog 8165.0 Counts of Australian Businesses, Table 3.1. Downloaded from www.abs.gov.au on 25 November 2010. |
Employment
In June 2007 there were 3,111 businesses that had employees or 32.1%. There were 6,585 or 67.9% of total enterprises that did not have employees. Of the employing businesses, 90.7% had fewer than 20 employees.
During 2007 the most numerous businesses in Onkaparinga were:
- Construction, with a total of 2,343 businesses of which 1,779 (75.9%) were non-employing and 564 (24.1%) had employees
- Property and Business Services, with a total of 1,836 businesses of which 1,281 (69.8%) were non-employing and 555 (30.2%) had employees.
The table below shows:
- the types of businesses in the City of Onkaparinga
- the range of numbers of employees
- the proportion of businesses who had employees or were single-person entities.
Businesses by Employment Size
| Industry category | June 2007 | |||||
| Number of Employees | Total Employing | Total Non-emplying | Total Businesses | |||
| <20 | 20-99 | 100+ | ||||
| Agriculture Forestry and Fishing | 6.8% | 13.6% | 6.7% | 7.3% | 9.8% | 9.0% |
| Mining | 0.1% | 0.0% | 6.7% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Manufacturing | 10.7% | 9.9% | 33.3% | 11.0% | 6.6% | 8.0% |
| Electricity Gas Water Supply | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Construction | 18.9% | 12.3% | 0.0% | 18.1% | 27.0% | 24.2% |
| Wholesale Trade | 5.3% | 9.9% | 0.0% | 5.6% | 2.5% | 3.5% |
| Retail Trade | 18.0% | 16.0% | 6.7% | 17.6% | 8.6% | 11.5% |
| Accomm Cafes Restaurants | 3.1% | 9.9% | 13.3% | 3.8% | 0.6% | 1.6% |
| Transport and Storage | 4.5% | 3.7% | 6.7% | 4.4% | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| Communication Services | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 1.8% | 1.4% |
| Finance and Insurance | 3.1% | 2.5% | 0.0% | 3.0% | 4.9% | 4.3% |
| Property and Business Services | 18.2% | 14.8% | 13.3% | 17.8% | 19.5% | 18.9% |
| Education |
0.6% |
2.5% |
0.0% |
0.8% |
0.8% |
0.8% |
| Health and Community Services |
4.0% |
2.5% |
13.3% |
4.1% |
3.4% |
3.6% |
| Cultural Recreational Services | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1.8% |
| Personal and Other Services | 5.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 4.6% |
| TOTAL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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Source: |
ABS Catalog 8165.0 Counts of Australian Businesses Downloaded from www.abs.gov.au on 25 November 2010 |
Turnover
The majority (42.7%) of businesses in the city had turnovers of less than $75,000 per annum in June 2007. The main types of businesses making between $2 million and $10 million were Retail Trade (48 businesses), Construction (42 businesses) and Manufacturing (39 businesses).
Of the businesses that have a turnover range over $10 million, manufacturing was the most represented, succeeded by the retail trade industry. The table below show the main categories of business and their annual turnover ranges.
Businesses by Annual Turnover
| 2006-07 | |||||||
| Industry category | <$75k | $75 - $200k | $200 - $500k | $500k - $2m | $2m - $10m | $10m+ | Total |
| Agriculture Forestry and Fishing | 11.2% | 7.0% | 9.2% | 6.4% | 6.1% | 5.3% | 9.0% |
| Mining | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.3% | 0.2% |
| Manufacturing | 7.0% | 7.3% | 7.6% | 11.3% | 15.9% | 26.3% | 8.0% |
| Electricity Gas Water Supply | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Construction | 21.4% | 32.2% | 22.5% | 18.1% | 17.1% | 10.5% | 24.2% |
| Wholesale Trade | 2.3% | 3.0% | 4.2% | 6.7% | 11.0% | 5.3% | 3.5% |
| Retail Trade | 7.8% | 8.6% | 17.3% | 24.2% | 19.5% | 15.8% | 11.5% |
| Accomm Cafes Restaurants | 0.9% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 4.9% | 10.5% | 1.6% |
| Transport and Storage | 9.2% | 5.0% | 5.6% | 2.8% | 1.2% | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| Communication Services | 2.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.4% |
| Finance and Insurance | 4.7% | 4.2% | 3.2% | 3.7% | 6.1% | 10.5% | 4.3% |
| Property and Business Services | 20.4% | 20.8% | 16.9% | 13.2% | 11.0% | 5.3% | 18.9% |
| Education | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.8% |
| Health and Community Services | 2.7% | 2.9% | 5.4% | 6.4% | 4.9% | 0.0% | 3.6% |
| Cultural Recreational Services | 2.5% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 1.8% |
| Personal and Other Services | 6.0% | 4.5% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 4.6% |
| TOTAL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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Source: |
ABS Catalog 8165.0 Counts of Australian Businesses Downloaded from www.abs.gov.au on 25 November 2010 |
