Who lives here
11,678
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age37
- Aged 65+17.1%
- Under 2528.4%
- Median household income$2,064/wk
- Median rent$440/wk
Brisbane, Queensland
The suburb with the income to pay properly, still finding it by phone.
Carina is inner-south Brisbane's quiet middle: established brick-and-tile streets a short run from the CBD, not a strip that trades on scenery or passing tourists. Population is 11,678, and household income runs to $2,064 a week, comfortably above what a fringe suburb pulls in. Professional, scientific and technical services is the single largest sector across the Brisbane council area, 26,208 businesses, and Carina's own economy runs off that same white-collar spending rather than a passing crowd. On the ground the suburb carries an estimated 1,350 businesses of its own, mostly clinics, tradies and shopfronts serving people who already live here.
Take the physiotherapist on Old Cleveland Road still taking bookings by phone because her contact form broke months ago and nobody noticed. Household income here is $2,064 a week, well above what would make people price-shop on Facebook Marketplace, so the locals walking past can pay a proper rate for care, coaching or repairs. What they won't do is hunt for her: a search for "physio Carina" now surfaces competitors with online booking first. An electrician rewiring the brick-and-tile houses, a dentist near the local shops, or a mortgage broker working the surrounding streets face the same test. With 28.4% of residents under 25 and only 17.1% over 65, this suburb expects a booking in two taps, not a callback next Tuesday.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Carina brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Carina market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Carina itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Brisbane area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,350
businesses in Carina (estimated*)
- Brisbane total145,916
- Solo / non-employing91,188
- 1–4 staff36,539
- 5–19 staff13,340
- 20+ staff4,849
88% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Brisbane (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services26,208
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Rental, hiring & real estate19,638
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Construction18,377
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Health care & social assistance15,180
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Transport, postal & warehousing12,139
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Financial & insurance services8,759
*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 Carina businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Construction Website
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
A mobile-first site for electricians, builders and other trades working Carina's brick-and-tile streets, built to convert a phone search into a booked quote.
- Click-to-call and quote form
- Job gallery with local photos
- Google Business Profile setup
- Fast load on regional 4G
Clinic & Allied Health Booking
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–8 weeks
An online booking system for physios, dentists and allied health clinics, letting patients pick a time and pay a deposit without a phone call.
- Online appointment booking
- Deposit and payment handling
- Patient intake forms
- Calendar sync for staff
Local Shopfront & Services Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
A polished site for cafes, real estate offices and retail shopfronts along Carina's local strips, built to look as good as the shopfront itself.
- Menu or listings showcase
- Location and trading hours
- Mobile-first design
- Local SEO for near-me searches
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Why FindDevs in Carina
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Carina 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 Carina's actual customers.
The median age in Carina 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
Carina questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A straightforward trade or services site for an electrician or builder runs $3,000 - $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A clinic or allied health practice that needs online booking and deposits sits at $4,500 - $12,000 over 4-8 weeks. A cafe, real estate office or retail shopfront wanting a polished showcase site is $3,500 - $9,500 over 3-5 weeks. Every quote is fixed price, agreed before work starts, and you get three quotes from vetted developers to compare within 24 hours.
No, and we wouldn't claim that. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers based on your brief, not your postcode. What matters is that they've built the kind of site you need, whether that's a booking system for a clinic or a shopfront for a retail strip, not whether they've had a coffee on Carina's main road. You compare their fixed-price quotes and pick the one who understands the job.
Yes, that's the point of local SEO rather than a generic template. With 28.4% of Carina's residents under 25, most searches for a trade, a clinic or a local shop start on a phone, and the developers build page structure and Google Business Profile setup to match how people actually search nearby. It won't manufacture demand from nothing, but it stops a real search for what you do from landing on a competitor instead.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Carina 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 Carina, by registered businesses in Brisbane. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
26,208
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
19,638
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
18,377
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
15,180
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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