Who lives here
12,962
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age37
- Aged 65+19.5%
- Under 2529.1%
- Median household income$1,695/wk
- Median rent$400/wk
Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Closer to tradies and consultants than to the refineries next door.
Altona North is a settled suburb, not a growth corridor. Households have been here long enough to build equity, the median age is 37, and there is real money moving through the place: $1,695 a week in median household income, $2,137 for families. An estimated 1,220 local businesses serve that population, mostly trade and service work rather than big-box retail. This is a suburb already built out and paying its bills, not one betting on next year's land release.
Assume this is a manufacturing suburb because of the refineries down the road, and you would be picturing the wrong economy. Across the Hobsons Bay council area construction is the largest industry by business count, 1,543 firms, ahead of professional, scientific and technical services on 1,280. That is builders, electricians and structural engineers as much as anyone in overalls at a plant. A builder who still relies on a Facebook page loses the render and extension jobs to the outfit with a site that shows finished work and a quote form that works on a phone. The same goes for the engineer or the consultant pitching to other professionals: the site has to read as credible before the phone rings, not after. A physio or a mortgage broker chasing that same crowd needs exactly the same thing, built fast and found first.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Altona North brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Altona North market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Altona North itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Hobsons Bay area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,220
businesses in Altona North (estimated*)
- Hobsons Bay total8,709
- Solo / non-employing5,844
- 1–4 staff1,995
- 5–19 staff646
- 20+ staff224
90% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Hobsons Bay (2025)
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Construction1,543
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Professional, scientific & technical services1,280
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Rental, hiring & real estate1,041
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Transport, postal & warehousing950
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Health care & social assistance645
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Retail trade593
*Suburb business estimate: LGA business count (ABS CABEE, Data by Region) apportioned by the suburb's share of the LGA population at the 2021 Census; rounded to the nearest 10. Sources: ABS Census 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), ABS Data by Region. Refreshed 2026-08-29.
Typical projects
What Altona North businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Construction Website
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
A lead-generation site for builders, electricians and other trades: project gallery, quote form and click-to-call, built to win renovation work searched from a phone.
- Project gallery with real photos
- Quote request form, mobile-first
- Click-to-call and service area map
- Local SEO for trade search terms
Professional Services Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
Built for consultants, engineers and accountants who need to look credible to other professionals before the first call, not just to homeowners.
- Case studies and credentials page
- Booking or enquiry form
- Clean, corporate-grade design
- SEO for professional search terms
Allied Health Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
An online booking and patient intake system for physios, clinics and allied health practices, built to cut phone tag and fill the calendar automatically.
- Online appointment booking
- Patient intake forms
- Practitioner profiles and services
- Automated booking reminders
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Why FindDevs in Altona North
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Altona North the problem isn't finding someone who says they build websites. It's telling who's actually good. We vet so you don't have to, then hand you three written quotes from developers matched to your exact brief, in 24 hours.
All Australian. All vetted.
Every developer holds an ABN, works Australian hours, and passed our vetting: portfolio, communication, and references from Aussie clients. 12% acceptance rate. No offshore hand-offs.
Built for Altona North's actual customers.
The median age in Altona North is 37. Your customers find everything on their phones, usually in a spare minute. We match developers who build mobile-first, fast-loading pages that turn that search into a call or a booking.
Free, with a safety net.
The service costs you nothing. Developers cover our fee from their winning quote, never inflated into your price. And if a matched developer drops the ball mid-project, we step in. Service Guarantee, always.
FAQ
Altona North questions.
It depends on the build. A trade or service site for a builder, electrician or similar runs $3,000 – $8,000 and takes 2–4 weeks. A professional services site for a consultant, engineer or accounting firm is usually $3,500 – $9,000. A booking system for a clinic or allied health practice, with online appointments and patient intake, runs $4,500 – $12,000. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers who quote against your actual brief, so you compare fixed prices rather than guess.
Turnaround depends on scope. A straightforward trade or service site is typically 2–4 weeks from brief to launch. A professional services site with case studies and a booking form runs 3–5 weeks. A full booking or patient-intake build for a clinic takes 4–6 weeks because of the extra testing around appointments and reminders. You get three fixed-price quotes within 24 hours of submitting a brief, each with its own timeline, so you can pick the developer whose schedule actually suits you.
They are vetted Australian developers matched to your brief, not a local agency with a shopfront in Altona North or elsewhere in Hobsons Bay. That matters less than it sounds: a website for a builder, consultant or clinic here is judged on load speed, mobile usability and whether it shows up in local search, not on the postcode of whoever built it. You get three fixed-price quotes within 24 hours and pick the developer whose portfolio and price fit the job.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Altona North businesses like any other. No hourly rates, no discovery call before you can see a number.
Starter Business Website
$1,990
1–2 weeks
A sharp five-page website that makes a small business look established, live in a fortnight.
See what's includedProfessional Business Website
$4,950
2–4 weeks
The full small-business build: 8–12 pages, booking or quoting flows, and local SEO that actually ranks.
See what's includedLocal SEO Build-Out
$2,950
2 weeks
The ranking machine bolted onto your existing site: service pages, suburb pages, schema and reviews, done properly once.
See what's includedWebsite Care Plan
$190
Ongoing monthly
Hosting, updates, backups, security and monthly changes, all handled, so your site stays fast and safe without you thinking about it.
See what's included
Your industry
Developers who have built for your trade before.
The biggest employers around Altona North, by registered businesses in Hobsons Bay. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
1,543
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
1,280
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
1,041
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
645
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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