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Social enterprise sector snapshot
Home | About Social Enterprise | What is a Social Enterprise | Social Enterprise Sector Snapshot
Home | About Social Enterprise | What is a Social Enterprise | Social Enterprise Sector Snapshot
Social enterprises are businesses that trade to intentionally tackle social problems, improve communities, provide people access to employment and training, or help the environment.
Finding Australia’s Social Enterprise Sector (FASES) is the first and to date only CENSUS of social enterprise in Australia.
Through identifying and mapping the social enterprise sector in Australia with the FASES 2010 and FASES 2016 research, it was found:
There are an estimated 20,000 social enterprises operating across all industry sectors
73% are small businesses, 23% are medium sized and 4%
are large organisations
38% have been in operation for 10 years and 34% in operation for between 2-5 years
35% target people with disabilities, 33% target young people and 28% disadvantaged women
Level 1, 333 Exhibition St
Melbourne
VIC 3001
PO Box 24074
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We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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