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Bookkeeping for Albany businesses

After Construction, the next largest group in the industry chart below is Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services, a division that covers property operators, real estate services and equipment hire. We record rent, hire income and property costs for Albany businesses in the Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file they own, and reconcile it monthly.

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  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

Albany businesses in figures

Estimated resident population of the Albany Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
38,287 peopleAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Growth in the estimated resident population of the Albany Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2024 to 30 June 2025
1.5%Australian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Actively trading businesses whose main business address is in the Albany Significant Urban Area, June 2025
3,083 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

What we do for Albany businesses

  • Rent matched to the manager's statement

    Where a property manager collects rent, we match the amounts paid into your account to the manager's statement, and record the fees and costs it shows.

  • Hire income recorded

    For hire businesses, customer payments are applied to the invoices they cover, and the cost of repairing or replacing equipment is entered as bills.

  • Property bills kept current

    Rates, insurance and repair bills are entered as they arrive and matched to the payments that clear them.

  • Priced before work begins

    We quote from the number of accounts, properties and transactions involved, before anything starts.

Albany businesses by industry

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

  1. Construction613 businesses
  2. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services371 businesses
  3. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing333 businesses
  4. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services271 businesses
  5. Health Care and Social Assistance236 businesses
  6. Other Services208 businesses
  7. Retail Trade207 businesses
  8. Transport, Postal and Warehousing155 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Albany businesses by number of employees

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-employing1,859 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees750 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees359 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees93 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Payroll tax and long service leave in Western 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.

Annual payroll tax threshold in Western Australia, 2026-27
$1,000,000Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Payroll tax rate in Western Australia, 2026-27
5.5%Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Long service leave in Western Australia: years of service for the full entitlement
10 yearsParliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

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What Albany business owners ask

Our rent goes through a property manager. What do you do with their statements?
We use each statement to record the rent collected, the manager's fees and any costs paid on your behalf, then reconcile the net amount against the deposit in your bank account.
Agriculture shows up in the chart. Do you work with farm businesses?
Yes. The routine doesn't change: bank accounts reconciled to statements, bills entered, and sales tied to the money received for them. Farm income that arrives in large, uneven amounts is recorded as it lands.
What area do the figures on this page describe?
The ABS Significant Urban Area, which groups whole statistical areas around an urban centre or related centres and can include surrounding rural land. The sources section lists where each figure comes from.
Who can tell us about payroll tax in Western Australia?
RevenueWA administers payroll tax in the state, and the threshold and rates shown on this page come from its rules. How they apply to your business is a question for RevenueWA or your accountant.
How do we start?
Tell us through the contact page which software you use, how many properties or accounts are involved and whether the books are current. We'll quote from that before any 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 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. Pay-roll Tax Assessment Act 2002 (WA), version 04-d0-03

    Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Version 04-d0-03, as at 1 July 2019, released 1 July 2019. Checked 15 October 2026.

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

  4. Pay-roll Tax Act 2002 (WA), version 00-d0-02

    Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Version 00-d0-02, as at 14 December 2017, released 14 December 2017. Checked 15 October 2026.

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

  5. Long Service Leave Act 1958 (WA), version 04-m0-00

    Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Version 04-m0-00, as at 31 January 2025, released 30 January 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

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