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Bookkeeping for Karratha businesses

The population figure on this page shows growth. As a business takes on more work, card spending, receipts and bills pile up quickly, so we reconcile them each month for Karratha businesses in their own Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file.

  • By Book Keeping Pros
  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

Karratha businesses in figures

Estimated resident population of the Karratha Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
19,659 peopleAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Growth in the estimated resident population of the Karratha Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2024 to 30 June 2025
2.5%Australian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Actively trading businesses whose main business address is in the Karratha Significant Urban Area, June 2025
1,120 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Keeping the books current for Karratha businesses

  • Business cards reconciled

    Credit and debit card accounts are reconciled to their statements just as the bank is, so card spending is recorded steadily instead of in a rush at year end.

  • Receipts attached as you go

    Photograph a receipt when you pay and add it to your software; we attach it to the matching transaction when we reconcile.

  • Bills and invoices kept up with

    As the number of jobs rises, bills and invoices are entered and matched against money in and out, so the balances in your file stay accurate.

Karratha businesses by industry

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

  1. Construction267 businesses
  2. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services159 businesses
  3. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services102 businesses
  4. Other Services102 businesses
  5. Administrative and Support Services71 businesses
  6. Health Care and Social Assistance68 businesses
  7. Transport, Postal and Warehousing65 businesses
  8. Retail Trade63 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Karratha businesses by number of employees

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

  1. Non-employing625 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees279 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees149 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees63 businesses
  5. 200 or more employees6 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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Questions Karratha business owners ask us

Our staff use company cards. How do you handle those?
Each card account is reconciled to its statement, and we match the receipts your staff send in to the purchases they relate to. Purchases without a receipt are listed so you can follow them up.
Is the growth figure about businesses or people?
People. It's the ABS's measure of how the population of the Significant Urban Area has changed. The business count and charts on this page come from a separate ABS series that counts actively trading businesses.
What reports will I see each month?
Once the month is reconciled, your Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file can produce a profit and loss report and a balance sheet built on the reconciled figures. You can run them whenever you like.
We fell behind during a busy period. Can you catch up?
Yes. The oldest unreconciled month is done before the rest, then each later month in order, until the file is current.
How do I get a quote?
Through the contact page. List your bank and card accounts and say roughly how many transactions go through each month, and we'll 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. 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.