Female Owned Family Businesses

In reply to the Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Leader of the Opposition) ((23 June 2022).). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. A. MICHAELS (Enfield—Minister for Small and Family Business, Minister for Consumer and Business Affairs, Minister for Arts): I have been advised:

The latest ABS data release (for the period 2014-15 to 2018-19) reports that in 2018-19 there were 59,400 female owner managers of unincorporated enterprises in South Australia with 40,500 of these in Greater Adelaide and 19,000 in regional South Australia. For the same period, females accounted for 39.5 per cent of all owner managers of unincorporated enterprises in South Australia.