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Bookkeeping for Macedon Ranges businesses

Construction outranks professional, scientific and technical services in the industry chart below covering the Macedon Ranges Local Government Area, and building firms carry merchant accounts and progress claims that must be matched job by job. Your bookkeeping lives in Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks, inside the company file you already hold, so you can open it whenever you like and see which claims are paid and which are waiting.

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  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

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

5,538 businesses

Estimated resident population of the Macedon Ranges Local Government Area (2025 boundaries), 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
54,464 people
Growth in the estimated resident population of the Macedon Ranges Local Government Area (2025 boundaries), 30 June 2024 to 30 June 2025
1.6%
These are the ABS figures for the Macedon Ranges Local Government Area as its boundaries stood in 2025.

How we serve Macedon Ranges businesses

  • Progress claims matched

    Each progress claim sits under its job, where your software tracks jobs, and is paired with the payment that settles it, so outstanding claims are easy to spot at month end.

  • Farm sales and costs by activity

    With tracking categories in your software, sales of livestock or produce and costs like feed, seed and machinery repairs are coded to each farming activity, so each enterprise shows its own result.

  • Gaps filled from the earliest month

    Where months are missing, the oldest gap is tackled before anything newer, and each account is reconciled as the file moves forward.

Businesses by industry in the Macedon Ranges Local Government Area

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

  1. Construction1,226 businesses
  2. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services750 businesses
  3. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing588 businesses
  4. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services437 businesses
  5. Health Care and Social Assistance349 businesses
  6. Retail Trade312 businesses
  7. Other Services309 businesses
  8. Manufacturing222 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Businesses by number of employees in the Macedon Ranges Local Government Area

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

  1. Non-employing3,479 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees1,517 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees439 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees101 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 Victoria

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. Regional employer discounts and payroll tax surcharges may apply. See the detailed rules and confirm your position with the State Revenue Office or your accountant.

Annual payroll tax threshold in Victoria, 2026-27
$1,000,000Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Victoria. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Standard payroll tax rate in Victoria, 2026-27
4.85%Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Victoria. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Long service leave in Victoria: years of continuous employment before leave is due, or paid on leaving for any reason
7 yearsOffice of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Victoria. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

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What Macedon Ranges business owners ask

Are these figures for the region as we know it?
They're the ABS's figures for the Macedon Ranges Local Government Area, worked out on the boundaries that LGA had in 2025, with the population estimate included. What everyone means by the name may not match that boundary, so the figures describe the Local Government Area only.
Our farm is paid through sale statements. How do you record them?
Each sale is entered from its sale statement, showing the gross amount and the charges taken out of it, in the accounts your accountant specifies.
We're a builder with accounts at several merchants. Can you check them?
Yes. At month end we hold each merchant's statement against your recorded bills and note any gap, duplicate or payment put against the wrong bill.
Is our existing software fine?
It is, provided it's Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks. Every entry goes into the file you keep now, so nothing has to move.
Where should we start?
Send your software name, the accounts you'd want looked after and the month the books stop at, using the contact page. Our quote comes from those details, and it reaches you before work begins.

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 Act 2007 (Vic), Authorised Version No. 041

    Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Victoria. Authorised Version No. 041, as at 1 May 2026, released 1 May 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © State of Victoria (Government Printer) Licence: Victorian Legislation copyright notice: copyright, State of Victoria.

  4. Long Service Leave Act 2018 (Vic), Authorised Version No. 006

    Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Victoria. Authorised Version No. 006, as at 12 December 2025, released 12 December 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © State of Victoria (Government Printer) Licence: Victorian Legislation copyright notice: copyright, State of Victoria.