Who lives here
8,603
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age44
- Aged 65+24%
- Under 2527.7%
- Median household income$1,246/wk
- Median rent$230/wk
Burdekin, Queensland
The shire's service centre, built on sugar cane.
Ayr is the service centre for a shire built on sugar. Agriculture, forestry and fishing leads Burdekin Shire with 970 businesses, more than four times construction's 209, and everything else in town exists to keep the cane industry moving: parts suppliers, mechanics, the mill contractors, the agronomists. Population is 8,603, and household income runs to $1,246 a week, a number that moves with the season and the sugar price rather than with a diversified local economy.
'Everyone in Ayr already knows me' is the honest answer most local owners would give if you asked why they've never sorted out a website. With 24.0% of the population 65 or over and a median age of 44, this has always been a town where trade gets built on cane season handshakes and being the same face at the produce store for thirty years. But 27.7% of Ayr is under 25, and that slice of the town has never once chosen a mechanic, a physio or an accountant by asking around. They search on a phone, compare two results, and book whoever looks like they know the job. A cane farm mechanic, an ag accountant, a physio treating harvest-season shoulders, or the plumber on call in the wet season all lose that half of the market to whoever answers the search first. A site that still loads on two bars out past the cane fields is worth more here than a clever one.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Ayr market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Ayr itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Burdekin area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,050
businesses in Ayr (estimated*)
- Burdekin total2,049
- Solo / non-employing1,241
- 1–4 staff544
- 5–19 staff215
- 20+ staff49
87% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Burdekin (2025)
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Agriculture, forestry & fishing970
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Construction209
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Rental, hiring & real estate166
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Other services133
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Retail trade107
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Transport, postal & warehousing82
*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 Ayr businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Ag Business Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
A mobile-first site for mechanics, ag contractors and trade businesses, built to take a quote request from a ute on the way to the next job.
- Quote request form
- Mobile-first for job-site browsing
- Google Business Profile setup
- Service area pages for the shire
Retail Shopfront Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For Ayr retailers and produce stores, with stock, opening hours and location front and centre for shoppers who searched before they drove in.
- Product or range showcase
- Opening hours and location map
- Mobile-first checkout-ready design
- Local SEO for Ayr and Burdekin searches
Property & Professional Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
A booking and enquiry portal for real estate agents, accountants and other professional services handling appointments across the shire.
- Online enquiry and booking forms
- Property or service listings
- Client portal or document upload
- Integration with calendar and CRM
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Why FindDevs in Ayr
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Ayr 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 Ayr's actual customers.
The median age in Ayr is 44. 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
Ayr questions.
It depends on scope. Most Ayr projects land in the $3,000 - $12,000 range overall. A trade or ag services site with a quote form typically runs $3,000 - $8,000, a retail shopfront $3,500 - $9,500, and a booking portal for property or professional services $4,500 - $12,000. You'll get fixed-price quotes from three vetted Australian developers within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to anything.
Most projects run 2-4 weeks for a straightforward trade or ag services site, 3-5 weeks for a retail build with product or range listings, and 4-6 weeks for a booking or property portal with more moving parts. Timelines depend on how quickly you get content and photos back to the developer, agriculture and cane season being what they are. Once you accept a quote, work starts straight away and you get a fixed delivery date up front, not a moving target.
FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers suited to your project brief, not necessarily based in Ayr or the Burdekin. What matters is that they've built the kind of site you need before, whether that's a trade quoting tool, a retail shopfront or a booking portal, and that they can work remotely without you losing time explaining the basics. You get three fixed-price quotes to compare within 24 hours, and you choose who does the work.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Ayr 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 Ayr, by registered businesses in Burdekin. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
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