For larger businesses, there may be a Management Unit for each 'line of business' or 'division' that the business operates. Structurally, Management Units consist of one or more Locations, so their industry code will reflect the predominant activity of their Locations, and their employment will be the sum of the employment of their Locations. For an agricultural unit, the Location is usually the property, even though this may consist of a number of separate holdings. The Location is the lowest-level business unit recorded on the Register. Employment Size Six standard employment size ranges are used in ABS Business Register statistical information.
Statistics based on other employment size ranges are available on request.
This is done on the basis of the predominant economic activity of the business unit. At the Divisional level, the main purpose is to provide a limited number of categories which will provide a broad overall picture of the economy. The Subdivision, Group and Class levels then provide increasingly detailed dissections of the broad categories. SLAs cover the whole of Australia, and either equate to Local Government Areas or can be aggregated to Local Government Areas. Data are also available for postcodes and aggregates of SLAs.