Who lives here
23,992
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age40
- Aged 65+18.7%
- Under 2528.2%
- Median household income$1,919/wk
- Median rent$430/wk
Kingston (Vic.), Victoria
A council economy built on builders and consultants, not one big employer.
Cheltenham belongs to Kingston, a council area whose business base runs on construction first, 3,339 firms, and professional, scientific and technical services second, 2,452: builders and consultants, not one dominant employer. The suburb itself holds an estimated 2,810 businesses, a separate, smaller count built on serving the people who live here rather than the wider council economy. Household income is $1,919 a week, comfortably above what you would expect in a suburb this size, and it buys real spending power for anyone selling locally.
Cheltenham holds 23,992 people, plenty to keep a local trade busy without ever making it easy to be found. Take the electrician working the streets around Bay Road: no shortage of callouts, but a search for 'electrician Cheltenham' turns up directory listings and near-identical templates, nothing that shows who is actually free this week or what a job costs. The same gap sits under the real estate agents and the physios competing along the same strip. A referral still gets the phone to ring, but the first thing anyone does after hearing a name is search it, and a site that looks like it was built in an afternoon undoes the referral before the call connects. Family income here runs to $2,543 a week, so the money to pay a trade properly is there. What is missing is a reason to pick you over the next name on the list.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Cheltenham market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Cheltenham itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Kingston (Vic.) area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~2,810
businesses in Cheltenham (estimated*)
- Kingston (Vic.) total18,673
- Solo / non-employing11,366
- 1–4 staff4,826
- 5–19 staff1,820
- 20+ staff661
87% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Kingston (Vic.) (2025)
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Construction3,339
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Professional, scientific & technical services2,452
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Rental, hiring & real estate2,200
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Retail trade1,590
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Transport, postal & warehousing1,331
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Health care & social assistance1,118
*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 Cheltenham businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Service Website
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Built for builders, electricians and plumbers working the Kingston area: a site that shows services, prices and availability instead of a phone number and a hope.
- Mobile-first booking form
- Service area & pricing pages
- Google Business Profile setup
- Local SEO for trade searches
Professional Services Website
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For consultants, engineers and accountants who compete on credibility as much as price: a site that reads as professional as the meetings they already win.
- Service pages that build trust
- Booking or enquiry forms
- Case studies & credentials
- SEO for consultant searches
Property & Real Estate Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For agents and rental firms in Kingston, where rental, hiring and real estate businesses number 2,200 across the council area: listings, enquiry forms and a site built to rank locally.
- Property listings with search
- Enquiry & appraisal forms
- Agent profiles & branding
- Map-based suburb search
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Why FindDevs in Cheltenham
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham's actual customers.
The median age in Cheltenham is 40. 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
Cheltenham questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or service website for a builder or electrician usually runs $3,000 - $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A professional services site for a consultant or accountant is typically $3,500 - $9,000 over 3-5 weeks. A property or real estate site with listings and search sits at $4,500 - $12,000 across 4-6 weeks. FindDevs sends you three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours, so you are comparing real numbers, not estimates that move once work starts.
No. The developers matched to your project are Australian and understand local SEO, but the work itself happens remotely, the same way most software is built now. What matters more than a postcode is that the site is built to rank for searches like 'plumber Cheltenham' or 'accountant Kingston', and that whoever builds it understands the trades and services that actually work in this council area. FindDevs matches you with three vetted developers and lets you compare fixed-price quotes rather than picking a name off a map.
Timeframes depend on scope. A straightforward trade or service site is usually 2-4 weeks from brief to launch. A professional services site with case studies and credentials runs 3-5 weeks. A property site with listings, search and enquiry forms takes 4-6 weeks because there is more to build and test. FindDevs gets you three fixed-price, fixed-timeline quotes within 24 hours of your brief, so you know the schedule before any work starts, not halfway through it.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Cheltenham 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.
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Your industry
Developers who have built for your trade before.
The biggest employers around Cheltenham, by registered businesses in Kingston (Vic.). Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
3,339
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
2,452
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
2,200
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Retail trade
1,590
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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