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Bookkeeping for Bundaberg businesses

Agriculture sits alongside construction, property and health care on the industry chart for Bundaberg businesses, and farm books rarely move at an even pace. We keep the records in your own Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file and reconcile them every month, through the busy stretches and the quiet ones.

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  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

Bundaberg businesses in figures

Estimated resident population of the Bundaberg Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
79,283 peopleAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Growth in the estimated resident population of the Bundaberg Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2024 to 30 June 2025
1.1%Australian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Actively trading businesses whose main business address is in the Bundaberg Significant Urban Area, June 2025
5,178 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

How we serve Bundaberg businesses

  • Uneven income, recorded as it lands

    Farm and fishing income can arrive in large, irregular payments rather than a steady weekly flow. We record each receipt when it reaches the bank and match it to the sales invoice it settles where an invoice exists, so the file stays current even when months look very different from each other.

  • Equipment finance in step with the lender

    Repayments on machinery, vehicles and other equipment are entered each month and checked against the lender's statement. The loan balance in your file then agrees with the figure the lender holds.

  • Clinic deposits matched

    Health care and social assistance also ranks high on the chart. For a practice, we match deposits from patients and health funds to the invoices they clear and enter supplier bills as they come in.

Bundaberg businesses by industry

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

  1. Construction910 businesses
  2. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services654 businesses
  3. Health Care and Social Assistance644 businesses
  4. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing464 businesses
  5. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services397 businesses
  6. Other Services368 businesses
  7. Retail Trade337 businesses
  8. Transport, Postal and Warehousing248 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Bundaberg businesses by number of employees

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

  1. Non-employing2,908 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees1,404 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees694 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees176 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 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 Bundaberg business owners

Our income is seasonal. Does the bookkeeping change between busy and quiet months?
The method stays the same: each month the bank accounts are reconciled to their statements and payments are matched to the invoices and bills they settle. Busy months simply carry more entries. We look at that pattern in your file when we quote, before work starts.
What area do these ABS figures cover?
The ABS Significant Urban Area, a statistical area grouping an urban centre or related centres and surrounding land. Each figure's source is listed at the bottom of the page.
Who else can open the file while you keep the books?
Your accountant can have their own access to the same Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file, so they read the records we keep without waiting for exports. They look after their part of the year's work, and we keep the books current for them.
We've fallen behind over a busy season. Can you catch us up?
Yes. We go back to where the reconciled records stop and work through each month in order until the file is up to date, then move to the regular monthly routine.
How do we get started?
Use the contact page to tell us your software, how many bank and loan accounts you have and how current the books are. We look at the file and quote before work starts.

Sources

  1. Population estimates by LGA, Significant Urban Area, Remoteness Area and electoral division, 2001 to 2025 (32180DS0004_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.