Who lives here
9,889
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age44
- Aged 65+21.1%
- Under 2530.4%
- Median household income$1,918/wk
- Median rent$580/wk
Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast suburb built on golf courses and equity, not the beach.
Benowa sits in the older, greener middle of the Gold Coast, well back from the tourist strip and built around golf courses and the Royal Pines precinct rather than a beachfront or a shopping mall. About 9,889 people live here, the median age is 44, and household income runs to $1,918 a week, comfortably ahead of the Gold Coast average. Roughly 1,300 local businesses operate out of the suburb itself, mostly serving homeowners who have been here long enough to have equity, not first-home buyers furnishing a rental.
Ask a builder in Benowa why the website still lists just a mobile number, and the answer is always the same: work comes from the last job and the neighbour's recommendation, not a search bar. That stops working the day a new owner two doors down, who has never met a local tradie, opens Google instead of asking around the street. Construction is the Gold Coast council area's biggest industry by business count, 15,355 firms, and Benowa's renovation-heavy streets are part of that number. Household income here runs to $1,918 a week, enough for a full kitchen and bathroom job, not a lick of paint, and work that size goes to whoever looks capable of running it, which a Facebook page cannot prove. A proper gallery, a clear quote process and a fast site do that proving instead.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Benowa brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Benowa market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Benowa itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Gold Coast area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,300
businesses in Benowa (estimated*)
- Gold Coast total83,266
- Solo / non-employing52,343
- 1–4 staff21,663
- 5–19 staff7,072
- 20+ staff2,188
89% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Gold Coast (2025)
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Construction15,355
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Rental, hiring & real estate12,135
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Professional, scientific & technical services11,181
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Health care & social assistance6,713
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Transport, postal & warehousing5,633
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Retail trade5,079
*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 Benowa businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Renovation Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For builders, renovators, landscapers and pool contractors who get work from finished jobs, not cold calls, and need proof for someone who has never met them.
- Project gallery with before/after shots
- Quote request form, no phone tag
- Google Business Profile setup
- Mobile-first for on-site browsing
Property & Professional Services Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For real estate agents, property managers, accountants and financial advisers competing for the same Gold Coast searches as every other Benowa professional.
- Listings or services page structure
- Enquiry forms routed straight to you
- Local SEO for Benowa & Gold Coast
- Professional design that reads credible
Health & Allied Care Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For physios, dentists, GPs and allied health clinics who need patients booking appointments online instead of playing phone tag during business hours.
- Online booking & appointment requests
- Practitioner profiles & service pages
- Fee & rebate information pages
- Mobile booking for phone-first patients
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Why FindDevs in Benowa
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Benowa 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 Benowa's actual customers.
The median age in Benowa 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
Benowa questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or renovation site with a gallery and quote form runs $3,000 – $8,000. A property or professional services site with listings and enquiry forms runs $3,500 – $9,000. A clinic or allied health site with online booking runs $4,500 – $12,000. You get fixed-price quotes from three vetted developers within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to anything.
No, and no page on this site claims otherwise. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers based on what your project needs, not their postcode. For a Benowa trade, real estate or health business, that means developers experienced in that kind of build, gallery sites, listing pages, booking systems, rather than whoever happens to have an office nearby. You deal with them directly once you have picked from the three fixed-price quotes.
Turnaround depends on scope. A trade or renovation site is typically 2–4 weeks. A property or professional services site with more pages and enquiry routing runs 3–5 weeks. A clinic site with online booking and practitioner profiles takes 4–6 weeks. Every timeline is fixed upfront in the quote, not estimated after the fact, so you know the finish date before work starts.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Benowa 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 Benowa, by registered businesses in Gold Coast. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
15,355
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
12,135
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
11,181
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
6,713
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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