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Bookkeeping for Shepparton businesses

Transport, postal and warehousing appears among the larger industry groups for Shepparton businesses, alongside construction, property and health care. We keep the books for operators like these inside their own Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file, reconciled each month. Further down are the ABS figures and the Victorian employer rules.

  • By Book Keeping Pros
  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

Shepparton businesses in figures

Estimated resident population of the Shepparton - Mooroopna Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
55,332 peopleAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Growth in the estimated resident population of the Shepparton - Mooroopna Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2024 to 30 June 2025
0.7%Australian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Actively trading businesses whose main business address is in the Shepparton - Mooroopna Significant Urban Area, June 2025
5,242 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

How we serve Shepparton businesses

  • Fuel cards reconciled

    Fuel card statements are reconciled line by line and each charge is recorded against vehicle running costs, so the card balance in the file matches the provider's statement.

  • Freight invoices and remittances

    Where customers pay against freight invoices, each remittance is matched to the invoices it covers, and short payments are flagged for you to follow up.

  • Vehicle and trailer finance

    Repayments on vehicle and trailer finance are checked against each lender's statement, keeping the loan balances in your file correct.

  • Hire businesses too

    Equipment hire falls within the property and hire group on the chart. For hire businesses we record each hire invoice and match it to its payment.

Shepparton businesses by industry

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

  1. Construction900 businesses
  2. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services652 businesses
  3. Health Care and Social Assistance504 businesses
  4. Transport, Postal and Warehousing490 businesses
  5. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services428 businesses
  6. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing363 businesses
  7. Other Services360 businesses
  8. Retail Trade340 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Shepparton businesses by number of employees

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

  1. Non-employing3,235 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees1,301 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees539 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees129 businesses
  5. 200 or more employees15 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 Shepparton business owners ask

We run several vehicles on fuel cards. Can you keep up with the statements?
Yes. Each fuel card statement is reconciled to its account in Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks, and where your file tracks costs by vehicle, we record them that way.
Can you raise our freight invoices?
Yes. We can raise them in your software from the run sheets or job details you send, or track the invoices you raise yourself. Either way, the aged list shows what each customer still owes.
Why do the figures cover more than the town centre?
They cover the ABS Significant Urban Area, which groups whole statistical areas around an urban centre or related centres. It can include surrounding rural land and is not a council boundary. The population and business counts on this page use that boundary, so they can be larger than a count of the centre alone.
Who can tell us whether payroll tax applies?
The State Revenue Office Victoria or your accountant. This page shows the threshold and rate from the Victorian rules, and either of them can explain how those figures relate to your own wages bill.
How do you quote for a transport business?
We look at how many vehicles, fuel cards and bank accounts the file covers, how many invoices go out and how current the books are. The quote comes before any work.

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 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.