Who lives here
7,270
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age37
- Aged 65+18%
- Under 2533.6%
- Median household income$1,571/wk
- Median rent$465/wk
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
New estate streets, not old beach shacks. Caloundra West is still being built.
Caloundra West is one of the newer suburbs feeding the Sunshine Coast's growth corridor, all curving new-estate streets a short run inland from the beaches everyone associates with the name. Construction dominates the council area, 8,376 businesses, the biggest sector by a wide margin, and that trade base shows up locally in the still-arriving driveways and half-finished landscaping. An estimated 820 businesses already operate in the suburb itself, mostly trades and home-based operators rather than a shopping strip, and the population skews young: median age 37, and 33.6% of residents under 25. This is a suburb still filling in, not one that finished growing years ago.
At 7,270 people, Caloundra West doesn't have the depth of a shopping strip to browse in person, so most of the decision happens on a phone before anyone dials: two or three sites open in tabs, compared before a single call gets made. Household income runs to $1,571 a week and family income to $1,800, comfortable enough that price rarely settles the decision, and with 18.0% of residents 65 or older alongside a much younger bulk of the suburb, that comparison happens across very different phones and patience levels. A landscaper, an electrician, a physiotherapist or a family day-care operator working these new streets is up against whoever answers that scroll first, and a slow or dated site loses the job before the phone even rings.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Caloundra West brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Caloundra West market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Caloundra West itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Sunshine Coast area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~820
businesses in Caloundra West (estimated*)
- Sunshine Coast total39,239
- Solo / non-employing23,573
- 1–4 staff10,973
- 5–19 staff3,703
- 20+ staff990
88% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Sunshine Coast (2025)
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Construction8,376
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Professional, scientific & technical services5,346
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Rental, hiring & real estate4,953
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Health care & social assistance3,645
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Retail trade2,341
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Other services2,144
*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 Caloundra West businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Construction Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Built for builders, electricians and landscapers working the new estates: a quote request that doesn't get lost, a gallery of finished jobs, and a site that loads fast on site Wi-Fi.
- Quote request form that emails you
- Before-and-after project gallery
- Mobile-first for on-site browsing
- Local SEO for suburb-level searches
Family & Health Services Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For physios, dentists, day-care operators and allied health practices serving young families, built to book an appointment in two taps and reassure a parent scrolling on their phone.
- Online booking or enquiry form
- Clear service and fee pages
- Staff and practitioner profiles
- Fast load on mobile data
Property & Professional Portal
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For real estate agents, property managers and consultants who need listings, client logins or a booking system doing real work, not just a brochure page.
- Listings or client portal login
- Automated enquiry routing
- Document or form uploads
- Built to scale with more listings
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Why FindDevs in Caloundra West
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Caloundra West 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 Caloundra West's actual customers.
The median age in Caloundra West is 37. 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
Caloundra West questions.
It depends on scope. A trade or service site for a builder, electrician or landscaper working the new estates runs $3,000 – $8,000. A booking site for a physio, dentist or family day-care operator runs $3,500 – $9,500. A property portal or client login system for an agent or consultant runs $4,500 – $12,000. FindDevs sends three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours, so you compare before committing to anything.
Most projects here run two to six weeks depending on scope. A straightforward trade or service site takes 2–4 weeks. A booking site for a health, day-care or family service takes 3–5 weeks. A property portal or system with client logins and listings takes 4–6 weeks. Each of the three fixed-price quotes you get comes with its own timeline, so there's no guessing once you decide to go ahead.
No, and that's the point. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers based on what your business needs, not their postcode. Caloundra West has an estimated 820 local businesses already competing for the same searches, so you want whoever builds the best fixed-price site for the brief, not just whoever's nearest. You still get a developer who understands an Australian small business, three quotes to compare, and a decision inside 24 hours.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Caloundra West 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 Caloundra West, by registered businesses in Sunshine Coast. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
8,376
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
5,346
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
4,953
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
3,645
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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