Canberra for Small and Medium Enterprises
With a young, vibrant and growing population Canberra provides a ready market for your business. Population totalled 353,000 in 2010, and is projected to increase by 42 per cent to over 500,000 by 2050. With a well-educated and well-heeled population (and the highest average disposable incomes in Australia), Canberra’s retail sector is growing strongly, ahead of the national average.
These days, around 25,000 businesses operate in the ACT and well over 50 per cent of Canberra’s workforce is employed in the private sector. They’re highly educated and highly productive, with a per capita output 30 per cent above the national average and lowest rate of industrial disputation. If you’re looking for a fresh start in a thriving business environment, Canberra has so much to offer.
