Other Residential Care Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 8609, in the Health Care and Social Assistance division.
- Actively trading businesses in Other Residential Care Services (ANZSIC class 8609) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,148 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Other Residential Care Services (ANZSIC class 8609) across Australia, June 2025
- 436 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Other Residential Care Services (ANZSIC class 8609) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 154 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Other Residential Care Services (ANZSIC class 8609) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 121 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 care (except aged care) combined with either nursing, supervisory or other types of care as required (including medical).
Examples the ABS lists:
- Children’s home operation
- Community mental health hostel
- Crisis care accommodation operation
- Home for the disadvantaged operation n.e.c.
- Hospice operation
- Residential refuge operation
- Respite residential care operation
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing aged care residential services are included in Class 8601 Aged Care Residential Services
- providing juvenile corrective services are included in Class 7714 Correctional and Detention Services
The ABS page for class 8609 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 1,148 businesses |
| Non-employing | 436 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 219 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 223 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 214 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 56 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 | 196 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 240 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 401 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 132 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 65 businesses |
| $10m or more | 114 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 | 1,115 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 154 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 121 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 1,148 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 | 349 businesses |
| Victoria | 249 businesses |
| Queensland | 290 businesses |
| Western Australia | 107 businesses |
| South Australia | 71 businesses |
| Tasmania | 29 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 20 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 32 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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