Aged Care Residential Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 8601, in the Health Care and Social Assistance division.
- Actively trading businesses in Aged Care Residential Services (ANZSIC class 8601) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,891 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Aged Care Residential Services (ANZSIC class 8601) across Australia, June 2025
- 833 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Aged Care Residential Services (ANZSIC class 8601) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 153 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Aged Care Residential Services (ANZSIC class 8601) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 134 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 residential aged care combined with either nursing, supervisory or other types of care as required (including medical).
Examples the ABS lists:
- Accommodation for the aged operation
- Aged care hostel operation
- Nursing home operation
- Residential care for the aged operation
The ABS page for class 8601 gives the full definition.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 1,891 businesses |
| Non-employing | 833 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 235 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 184 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 451 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 188 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 | 327 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 285 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 575 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 144 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 198 businesses |
| $10m or more | 362 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 | 1,872 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 153 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 134 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 1,891 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 | 563 businesses |
| Victoria | 574 businesses |
| Queensland | 372 businesses |
| Western Australia | 137 businesses |
| South Australia | 186 businesses |
| Tasmania | 32 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 18 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 9 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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