Who lives here
13,133
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age39
- Aged 65+19.6%
- Under 2531%
- Median household income$1,766/wk
- Median rent$300/wk
North West Coast, Tasmania
A working port town on a coast that feeds the state.
Burnie is a port city first, handling a large share of Tasmania's exports, with the agricultural country behind it producing dairy, vegetables and specialty crops. Household income runs $1,766 a week, well above what most people expect of north west Tasmania, and the median age of 39 is younger than the state average. It is a small business community, with 183 construction and 153 health care businesses, which changes what a website is for.
In a town this size, everybody already knows the established operators. Where a website earns its cost is with the people who do not: someone who has just moved, a business further along the coast comparing suppliers, or a mainland buyer deciding whether a Tasmanian producer is worth the freight. That last one matters more than it sounds. For a producer or a specialist manufacturer, the website is often the only thing a mainland customer sees before deciding.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Burnie market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Burnie itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Burnie City Council area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~810
businesses in Burnie (estimated*)
- Burnie City Council total1,254
- Solo / non-employing671
- 1–4 staff350
- 5–19 staff185
- 20+ staff48
81% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Burnie City Council (2025)
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Construction183
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Health care & social assistance153
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Agriculture, forestry & fishing142
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Rental, hiring & real estate134
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Retail trade101
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Other services93
*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 Burnie businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Producer and export site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
3–6 weeks
For producers selling beyond Tasmania, where the site is the only thing a mainland buyer sees first.
- Provenance and process content
- Wholesale and trade enquiry
- Certifications and food safety
- Freight and lead-time clarity
Trade and local service site
Typical price
$2,800 – $7,500
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Deliberately lean for a small market. Ranks across the north west coast and makes the phone ring.
- Local SEO across the north west
- Click-to-call everything
- Job galleries
- Deliberately lean build
Health and professional site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For the 153 health businesses locally. Online booking that takes pressure off a small reception team.
- Online booking with reminders
- Practitioner profiles
- New patient forms online
- Accessible and fast on mobile
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Why FindDevs in Burnie
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Burnie 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 Burnie's actual customers.
The median age in Burnie is 39. 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
Burnie questions.
For serving locals alone, often a modest one is enough and we will say so. Where it genuinely pays is if you sell beyond the north west coast: to Launceston, Hobart or the mainland. In that case the website is doing work no amount of local reputation can do, because the buyer has never heard of you.
Freight cost and lead time, plainly stated, near the top. Mainland buyers assume Tasmanian freight is slow and expensive, and if you do not answer that they assume the worst and leave. Provenance and certification matter too, but the freight question is the one that quietly loses sales.
Trade sites start around $2,800 and run to $7,500. Health and professional builds $3,500 to $9,500. Producer and export sites $4,500 to $12,000. Three fixed quotes inside 24 hours, free.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Burnie 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 Burnie, by registered businesses in Burnie City Council. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
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