Combined Primary and Secondary Education: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 8023, in the Education and Training division.
- Actively trading businesses in Combined Primary and Secondary Education (ANZSIC class 8023) across Australia, June 2025
- 590 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Combined Primary and Secondary Education (ANZSIC class 8023) across Australia, June 2025
- 84 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Combined Primary and Secondary Education (ANZSIC class 8023) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 15 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Combined Primary and Secondary Education (ANZSIC class 8023) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 15 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
About these figures
- These ABS figures count actively trading businesses, not workers, sites or venues, each in its main state or territory.
- Entries and exits compare two 30 June counts. They are not counts of openings and closures.
- The ABS adjusts its counts slightly to protect confidentiality, so a small number or a zero is approximate, not proof that no such business exists.
Summary of the ABS class definition
In this class, the ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in providing both primary and secondary school education.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Agricultural high school operation (combined primary/secondary school)
- Area school operation (combined primary/secondary school)
- Boarding school operation (combined primary/secondary school)
- Central school operation (combined primary/secondary school)
- District school operation (combined primary/secondary school)
- Secondary college operation (combined primary/secondary school)
- Secondary school operation (combined primary/secondary school)
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing student accommodation (except boarding schools) are included in Class 4400 Accommodation
The ABS page for class 8023 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 590 businesses |
| Non-employing | 84 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 34 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 41 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 277 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 154 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
By turnover
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| Zero to less than $50k | 53 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 49 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 52 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 51 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 73 businesses |
| $10m or more | 312 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 3, June 2025. Checked 16 Oct 2026.
Entries and exits, 2024-25
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| At the start of the year | 590 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 15 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 15 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 590 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
By main state or territory
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 189 businesses |
| Victoria | 137 businesses |
| Queensland | 114 businesses |
| Western Australia | 62 businesses |
| South Australia | 63 businesses |
| Tasmania | 15 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 4 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 6 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 0 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Sources
Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2: Businesses by main state by industry class by employment size ranges (8165DC02.xlsx). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2021 to June 2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 16 December 2025, checked 15 October 2026.
Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 3: Businesses by main state by industry class by turnover size ranges (8165DC03.xlsx). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2021 to June 2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 16 December 2025, checked 16 October 2026.
Correspondence, GCCSA 2021 to GCCSA 2026 (CG_GCCSA_2021_GCCSA_2026.csv). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 4, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 22 July 2026, checked 15 October 2026.
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas digital boundary file, 2026 (GCCSA_2026_AUST_SHP_GDA2020.zip). Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 4, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 22 July 2026, checked 15 October 2026.
Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (Revision 2.0): the detailed classification. Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (Revision 2.0), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 26 June 2013, checked 16 October 2026.
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