Who lives here
23,252
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age48
- Aged 65+24.9%
- Under 2527.3%
- Median household income$2,710/wk
- Median rent$600/wk
Bayside (Vic.), Victoria
Where Bayside's professional class has always lived.
Brighton sits inside the Bayside council area, where professional, scientific and technical services lead every other sector: 3,045 businesses, well ahead of rental, hiring and real estate on 2,158. Lawyers, architects, financial advisers and real estate agents anchor the local economy, the kind of professional base you would expect from a suburb where the median age is 48 and most people have owned property here for years, not months. Brighton itself carries an estimated 3,080 businesses of its own, built around serving that settled, professional population rather than passing trade.
You would assume a suburb this settled runs on reputation alone, word of mouth passed between people who have known each other for decades. It does not, not any more. Median household income here is $2,710 a week, and median family income runs to $3,778, which means the local customer can afford to be selective and still expects to do that selecting on a phone. A financial planner, a physiotherapist, a builder renovating a period home and a real estate agent chasing a listing are all judged in the same few seconds: does this look like a business that fits a suburb bringing home that much a week. A site that looks thrown together answers that question badly.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Brighton market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Brighton itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Bayside (Vic.) area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~3,080
businesses in Brighton (estimated*)
- Bayside (Vic.) total13,555
- Solo / non-employing9,075
- 1–4 staff3,296
- 5–19 staff938
- 20+ staff246
91% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Bayside (Vic.) (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services3,045
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Rental, hiring & real estate2,158
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Construction1,607
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Health care & social assistance1,300
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Financial & insurance services1,110
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Retail trade816
*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 Brighton businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Professional Services Website
Typical price
$3,200 – $8,200
Timeline
3–4 weeks
A credibility-first site for financial planners, lawyers and architects: clear service pages, staff bios, and a contact path that converts a Bayside browser into a booked meeting.
- Service pages built around each offer
- Staff bios and credentials up front
- Booking or enquiry form integration
- Fast load on mobile for on-the-go searches
Property & Real Estate Website
Typical price
$4,800 – $11,500
Timeline
4–6 weeks
Listing-heavy sites for agents and rental managers, built to handle a live feed of properties, enquiry forms for every listing, and a search that works as well as the big portals.
- Live or synced property listings
- Suburb and price-range search filters
- Enquiry form on every listing
- Agent profile and contact pages
Builder & Renovation Website
Typical price
$3,500 – $8,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
A portfolio-led site for builders and renovators working Bayside's period homes: before-and-after galleries, licensing details, and a quote request that filters serious enquiries.
- Before-and-after project gallery
- Licensing and insurance details shown
- Quote request form with job details
- Mobile-first for on-site browsing
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Why FindDevs in Brighton
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Brighton 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 Brighton's actual customers.
The median age in Brighton is 48. 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
Brighton questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A professional services site for a planner, lawyer or architect runs $3,200 – $8,200. A property or real estate site with live listings and search filters runs $4,800 – $11,500. A builder or renovation site with a project gallery and quote form runs $3,500 – $8,500. All three are fixed-price quotes from three vetted developers, so you can compare before you commit to any of them.
FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers and returns fixed-price quotes within 24 hours of your brief. You are not waiting weeks for a single agency proposal, and you are not chasing developers for a number they will not commit to. You get three real prices, from developers who build for businesses like yours, and you choose.
Some things here matter more than average. Median household income is $2,710 a week and median family income is $3,778, so customers expect a level of polish that matches what they are used to seeing elsewhere. Close to a quarter of residents, 24.9%, are 65 or older, which means clear type, obvious navigation and a phone number that is easy to find matter as much as anything visual. A site that looks cheap will read as cheap to both groups.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Brighton 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 Brighton, by registered businesses in Bayside (Vic.). Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
3,045
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
2,158
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
1,607
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
1,300
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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