Health Care and Social Assistance: ABS business counts by industry class
ANZSIC division Q.
- Actively trading businesses in Health Care and Social Assistance (ANZSIC division Q) across Australia, June 2025
- 213,177 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Health Care and Social Assistance (ANZSIC division Q) across Australia, June 2025
- 130,032 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
- Actively trading businesses in Health Care and Social Assistance (ANZSIC division Q) with 1 to 4 employees across Australia, June 2025
- 52,449 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
About these figures
- These ABS figures count actively trading businesses, not workers, sites or venues, each in its main state or territory.
- Each state's figure adds up the ABS counts for the small areas in it. The ABS adjusts those counts slightly to protect confidentiality, so the sums are approximate.
Summary of the ABS division definition
The Health Care and Social Assistance Division includes businesses mainly engaged in providing human health care and social assistance. Businesses engaged in providing these services apply common processes, where the labour inputs of practitioners with the requisite expertise and qualifications are integral to production or service delivery.
The ABS page for division Q gives the full definition.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 213,177 businesses |
| Non-employing | 130,032 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 52,449 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 22,913 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 7,163 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 620 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
By main state or territory
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 70,062 businesses |
| Victoria | 57,665 businesses |
| Queensland | 43,544 businesses |
| Western Australia | 19,707 businesses |
| South Australia | 13,689 businesses |
| Tasmania | 3,647 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 3,426 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 1,355 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Medical and Other Health Care Services
Social Assistance Services
Class profiles
Sources
Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8: Businesses by industry division by Statistical Area Level 2 by employment size ranges (8165DC08.xlsx). Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, 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.
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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