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Bookkeeping for Capalaba businesses

Construction takes the lead in this page's industry chart, below, compiled from the ABS areas named alongside its figures, and a builder's ledger typically carries materials bills, equipment hire and progress claims for several jobs side by side. Where your software tracks jobs, we code every cost to its job inside whatever Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks company file your business already keeps, so margins can be checked before the next quote is priced.

  • By Book Keeping Pros
  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

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

2,019 businesses

Estimated resident population of the Capalaba SA2 (2021 boundaries), 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
19,277 people
Growth in the estimated resident population of the Capalaba SA2 (2021 boundaries), 30 June 2024 to 30 June 2025
0.8%
The ABS counts businesses and people by Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), not by suburb. This SA2 takes in land outside the suburb as well as all of it.

How we serve Capalaba businesses

  • Job-by-job cost coding

    Materials, hire and other supplier bills are allocated to their job wherever job or project tracking is switched on in your software, letting each job's spend build up in view.

  • Consulting work billed and chased

    For consultancies and design studios, each stage or block of hours is invoiced, paid invoices are ticked off and overdue ones are listed by age monthly.

  • Shop takings matched to deposits

    Card terminal and payment platform payouts are lined up against the sales they relate to, with the fees posted, so gaps between takings and deposits stand out.

Businesses by industry in this SA2

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

  1. Construction505 businesses
  2. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services189 businesses
  3. Retail Trade186 businesses
  4. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services180 businesses
  5. Other Services171 businesses
  6. Manufacturing147 businesses
  7. Health Care and Social Assistance123 businesses
  8. Transport, Postal and Warehousing121 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. Size ranges with a count of zero in the data are not shown.

  1. Non-employing1,055 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees598 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees299 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees61 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Payroll tax and long service leave in Queensland

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. A higher general rate applies above the upper wage band. Regional discounts and the mental health levy may also apply. See the detailed rules and confirm your position with the Queensland Revenue Office or your accountant.

Annual payroll tax threshold in Queensland, 2026-27
$1,300,000Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Lower general payroll tax rate in Queensland, 2026-27
4.75%Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Long service leave in Queensland: years of service for the full entitlement
10 yearsOffice of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

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Questions from Capalaba business owners

Could we check a job's costs part way through?
Yes. Bills and expenses get coded to their job as we enter them, provided your software has job or project tracking, and a job report sets costs beside amounts invoiced so far.
Our shop sells over the counter and through its website. How do those sales get recorded?
Every settlement from your card provider or payment platform is matched to the sales it pays out, fees included. Stock bought in is entered from each supplier invoice, while stock on hand gets the value your accountant specifies.
What's an SA2, and why do the figures use them?
SA2 stands for Statistical Area Level 2. Those are the units the ABS uses for its business numbers and population estimates, rather than suburbs, and each figure names the SA2s behind it.
Which packages do you work in?
Yours, so long as that's Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks. Everything happens in the file you run today, with no data to move and your reports keeping their history.
We'd like a quote. What do you need?
Using the contact page, tell us which software you're on, which banks and cards feed into it and whether reconciliations are up to date or lagging. Our quote comes back to you before any work starts.

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 Act 1971 (Qld), reprint current as at 1 July 2026

    Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel. Reprint current as at 1 July 2026, released 1 July 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Sourced from the Queensland Legislation website (www.legislation.qld.gov.au), licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  4. Industrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld), reprint current as at 1 January 2026

    Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel. Reprint current as at 1 January 2026, released 22 December 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Sourced from the Queensland Legislation website (www.legislation.qld.gov.au), licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.