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Whitehorse, Victoria

The suburb Deakin University put on the map.

Burwood is built around Deakin University's Melbourne campus, and it shows in the numbers: 15,147 people and a median age of 34, younger than most of Melbourne's east. Professional, scientific and technical services is the largest sector across the Whitehorse council area, 3,120 businesses, the kind of work a university suburb generates in consultants, tutors and small agencies working out of home offices and shared space near campus. Household income runs $1,684 a week, the income of people still building a career, not coasting on one.

33.2% of Burwood is under 25, and that share doesn't drive far for anything: Deakin's campus and the shops along Burwood Highway are both walkable from most of the suburb, so a business here is competing inside a catchment measured in blocks, not kilometres. A student near campus and a family in the older housing behind the shops compare the same three results on a phone before choosing a tutor, a physio, a mechanic or a café. Family income across Burwood runs $2,242 a week, so the money to pay properly is there, but the decision happens fast and on a screen, and a slow or dated site loses the booking before the business ever hears about it. A tight, well-built local site is the cheapest way to win that decision, and it works whether the search starts in a share house or a house three streets over.

Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Burwood brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.

Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29

The Burwood market, by the numbers.

Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Burwood itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Whitehorse area. This is the market your website sells into.

Who lives here
15,147
residents at the 2021 Census
  • Median age34
  • Aged 65+16.1%
  • Under 2533.2%
  • Median household income$1,684/wk
  • Median rent$411/wk
The business scene
~1,720
businesses in Burwood (estimated*)
  • Whitehorse total19,480
  • Solo / non-employing12,959
  • 1–4 staff4,755
  • 5–19 staff1,415
  • 20+ staff351

91% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.

Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Whitehorse (2025)
  • Professional, scientific & technical services3,120
  • Construction2,782
  • Rental, hiring & real estate2,411
  • Health care & social assistance1,863
  • Retail trade1,577
  • Transport, postal & warehousing1,395

*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 Burwood businesses actually build.

Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.

Consultant & Professional Services Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks

A credibility site for a consultant, adviser or small agency working near Deakin: clear services, a proper bio, and a way to book a first meeting without a phone call.

  • Services and pricing laid out clearly
  • Booking form for a first meeting
  • Mobile-first for phone research
  • Fast load on 4G for on-the-go search
Allied Health Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks

An online booking system for a physio, dentist or psychologist near campus, so a patient can find a slot and confirm it in under a minute, no phone tag required.

  • Live appointment booking calendar
  • Patient intake forms online
  • SMS and email confirmations
  • Practitioner bios and services
Retail & Café Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
2–4 weeks

A shopfront-strength site for a café, boutique or specialty retailer on Burwood Highway, built to show up first when someone two streets over searches on their phone.

  • Menu or product catalogue online
  • Google Maps and trading hours
  • Mobile ordering or enquiry form
  • Local SEO for nearby searches

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Why FindDevs in Burwood

Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.

Three quotes, not one local guess.

Around Burwood 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 Burwood's actual customers.

The median age in Burwood is 34. 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

Burwood questions.

It depends on what the site needs to do. A consultant or professional services site with clear pricing and a booking form runs $3,000 - $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A clinic or allied health practice that needs live appointment booking and patient intake forms is a bigger build, $4,500 - $12,000 over 4-6 weeks. A café, boutique or retailer wanting a catalogue and local search visibility sits at $3,500 - $9,500 over 2-4 weeks. We match you with three vetted developers who quote against your actual brief, not a generic package.
The developers are Australian and matched to your brief, not assigned because they live nearby. What matters more for Burwood is that they understand the market: 33.2% of the suburb is under 25, most searches and bookings happen on a phone, and a slow or cluttered site loses the sale before anyone calls. We brief every developer on your suburb's numbers and your customers, and match you with three who have built the kind of site your business actually needs.
No. Burwood has an estimated 1,720 local businesses and a population of 15,147, plus everyone who passes through for Deakin University on top of that. That's plenty of competition and plenty of customers, and most of the decision between the two happens on a phone before anyone walks in. A site that loads fast, states a price range and takes a booking is what separates the businesses that get chosen from the ones that get scrolled past.
Your industry

Developers who have built for your trade before.

The biggest employers around Burwood, by registered businesses in Whitehorse. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.

Professional, scientific & technical services
3,120 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
2,782 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
2,411 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
1,863 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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