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Bookkeeping for Penrith businesses

On the industry chart below, prepared for the ABS areas its figures name, rental, hiring and real estate services take top place ahead of construction, and for a property owner that means rent landing on a steady cycle while repairs and management fees turn up whenever they like. We keep that activity inside your ledger, whether that's Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks, reconciled, current and ready whenever your accountant asks for it.

  • By Book Keeping Pros
  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

Actively trading businesses whose main business address is in the Penrith SA2 (2021 boundaries), June 2025

2,283 businesses

Estimated resident population of the Penrith SA2 (2021 boundaries), 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
20,292 people
Growth in the estimated resident population of the Penrith SA2 (2021 boundaries), 30 June 2024 to 30 June 2025
2.2%
The ABS counts businesses and people by Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), not by suburb. This SA2 lies wholly inside the suburb, and part of the suburb lies in other SA2s.

How we serve Penrith businesses

  • Every property kept distinct

    Rent receipts, repair invoices, insurance premiums and management fees are posted to their property, provided your software can track by property.

  • Clinic receipts reconciled to billing

    Receipts from patients, and from any other payer, are matched to the clinic's invoices, leaving a clear month-end view of what's still unpaid.

  • Catch-up from the earliest gap

    A file that's slipped behind is worked forward month by month from the oldest gap until it's current.

Businesses by industry in this SA2

The ABS may perturb small counts to protect confidentiality, so the figures need not add up exactly.

  1. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services348 businesses
  2. Construction293 businesses
  3. Health Care and Social Assistance258 businesses
  4. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services257 businesses
  5. Retail Trade184 businesses
  6. Other Services175 businesses
  7. Accommodation and Food Services150 businesses
  8. Transport, Postal and Warehousing138 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Businesses by number of employees in this SA2

The ABS may perturb small counts to protect confidentiality, so the figures need not add up exactly.

  1. Non-employing1,185 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees622 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees359 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees109 businesses
  5. 200 or more employees3 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Payroll tax and long service leave in New South Wales

Each state and territory sets its own payroll tax and long service leave rules. The payroll tax figures are for the 2026-27 financial year.

Annual payroll tax threshold in New South Wales, 2026-27
$1,200,000Revenue NSW. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Payroll tax rate in New South Wales, 2026-27
5.45%Revenue NSW. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Long service leave in New South Wales: years of service for the full entitlement
10 yearsNSW Industrial Relations. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

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What Penrith business owners ask

Equipment hire and some rental properties both run through our business. Can they share a file?
That works. Hire income and rent each get their own income account, and costs are kept per property or per hired item if the software allows it, so each side reports separately.
Our clinic is paid partly by patients and partly by other payers. Does that complicate things?
Not much. Whoever pays, the receipt is matched to the invoice behind it, and any gap between billed and received amounts is kept on a running list for you to chase.
Where do this page's figures stop?
At the edges of the ABS areas they name. Business numbers and population estimates are issued for each Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) and not for suburbs, so every figure lists the SA2s it's based on.
Will you work inside our current software?
Yes, if your business runs Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks. Logging in to your file as it stands, we leave your records and their history where they are.
How is a quote put together?
Write to us through the contact page, mentioning your software, the accounts it holds and how many months still need reconciling. We price from those details, and the quote reaches you before work begins.

Sources

  1. Population estimates by SA2 and above, 2001 to 2025 (32180DS0003_2001-25.xlsx)

    Australian Bureau of Statistics. Estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001 to 2025 (2022 to 2024 revised, 2025 preliminary), released 31 March 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, 2024-25 financial year, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8: Businesses by industry division by Statistical Area Level 2 by employment size ranges (8165DC08.xlsx)

    Australian Bureau of Statistics. Actively trading businesses at 30 June 2025, released 16 December 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

    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 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  3. Payroll tax thresholds and rates

    Revenue NSW. 2025-26 and 2026-27, released 1 July 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © State of New South Wales through Revenue NSW Licence: Revenue NSW terms of use: copyright, State of New South Wales.

  4. Long Service Leave Guide (NSW), March 2026

    NSW Industrial Relations. First published March 2026, released 2 March 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © State of New South Wales 2026 Licence: All rights reserved, State of New South Wales.