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Bookkeeping for Adelaide Hills businesses

For the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area, construction and professional, scientific and technical services lead the industry chart below, and a building job's books can run for months between the quote, the variations and the final claim. Where your software handles jobs, we keep each job's invoices and costs together, using Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks records that remain the business's own, so a job's position is clear before the last claim goes out.

  • By Book Keeping Pros
  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

Actively trading businesses whose main business address is in the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area (2025 boundaries), June 2025

4,394 businesses

Estimated resident population of the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area (2025 boundaries), 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
42,875 people
Growth in the estimated resident population of the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area (2025 boundaries), 30 June 2024 to 30 June 2025
1%
These are the ABS figures for the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area as its boundaries stood in 2025.

How we serve Adelaide Hills businesses

  • Farm sales entered from the sale statement

    Livestock, grain, fruit or grape sales are entered from each sale statement, with the commission and charges it lists treated as your accountant directs.

  • Variations and claims kept with their job

    If your software handles jobs, each variation, progress claim and supplier bill is filed under its job, so income and spend for that job read side by side.

  • Card and equipment loan accounts reconciled

    Business cards, equipment loans and transaction accounts are each checked against the bank's or lender's statement monthly, with any difference we can't trace listed for you.

Businesses by industry in the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area

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

  1. Construction805 businesses
  2. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services650 businesses
  3. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing527 businesses
  4. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services459 businesses
  5. Health Care and Social Assistance384 businesses
  6. Manufacturing213 businesses
  7. Retail Trade204 businesses
  8. Financial and Insurance Services191 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Businesses by number of employees in the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area

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-employing3,010 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees966 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees326 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees91 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Payroll tax and long service leave in South Australia

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 variable rate applies between the exemption threshold and the full-rate threshold. See the detailed rules and confirm your position with RevenueSA or your accountant.

Annual payroll tax threshold in South Australia, 2026-27
$1,500,000RevenueSA (Government of South Australia). Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Full payroll tax rate in South Australia, 2026-27
4.95%RevenueSA (Government of South Australia). Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Long service leave in South Australia: years of service for the full entitlement
10 yearsSafeWork SA (Government of South Australia). Checked 15 Oct 2026.

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Questions from Adelaide Hills business owners

Is this the same region that people talk about?
Possibly not. The figures are the ABS's own for the Adelaide Hills Local Government Area within its 2025 boundaries, population estimates included, and that area can differ from what the name means in everyday use.
We farm as well as run a trade business. Can the books keep them apart?
Yes. They can sit in separate files, or in the same file with the farm and the trade work tracked separately where your software supports it, whichever your accountant prefers.
How do you handle variations on a building job?
A variation is invoiced and, where your software handles jobs, coded to its own job, the same way as a progress claim. Receipts are applied as they arrive, and unpaid claims appear on the aged list you get at month end.
Would we have to leave our current software?
No. Whether the books are kept in MYOB, QuickBooks or Xero, the work carries on in the file you run now, so records and bank feeds stay where they are.
How does it begin?
Write to us using the contact page and include the software, which accounts are in use and the latest month that's entered. A quote follows, and nothing is done before you've seen it.

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 10: Businesses by Local Government Area by industry division by employment size ranges (8165DC10.xlsx)

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

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 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 rates and thresholds

    RevenueSA (Government of South Australia). Rates from 1 January 2019, deduction from 1 July 2009, released 8 July 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © Government of South Australia, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU Licence: CC BY 3.0 AU.

  4. Long service leave: accruing leave

    SafeWork SA (Government of South Australia). Page modified 20 September 2026, released 20 September 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © Government of South Australia, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU Licence: CC BY 3.0 AU.