Who lives here
7,944
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age43
- Aged 65+19.9%
- Under 2527.3%
- Median household income$2,372/wk
- Median rent$600/wk
Northern Beaches, New South Wales
A beach suburb built on professional money, not tourism.
Collaroy is a beachside suburb of 7,944 people on Sydney's Northern Beaches, and the money here is professional rather than industrial. Professional, scientific & technical services is the largest sector across the Northern Beaches council area, with 7,390 businesses, well ahead of anything else on the books. Median household income in Collaroy runs to $2,372 a week, high for a suburb this size. Locally, an estimated 1,010 businesses trade in Collaroy itself, mostly the cafes, surf shops and trades that work the beach and the strip along Pittwater Road.
Plenty of Collaroy businesses are still trading on a site built years ago, or no site beyond a Facebook page, aimed at a beach crowd that used to be older and slower to compare. Reality has moved past that: 27.3% of the suburb is under 25, checking three options on a phone before they've parked, and a slow site or a dead contact form sends the booking to whoever loads first. A surf instructor, a physio, an electrician or a cafe owner chasing that crowd needs a site that works instantly on mobile, states real opening hours, and takes a booking without a phone call. Median age across Collaroy sits at 43, so the audience isn't uniformly young, but the fastest quarter of it is setting the standard everyone else gets judged against.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Collaroy market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Collaroy itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Northern Beaches area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,010
businesses in Collaroy (estimated*)
- Northern Beaches total33,595
- Solo / non-employing19,575
- 1–4 staff10,466
- 5–19 staff2,850
- 20+ staff704
89% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Northern Beaches (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services7,390
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Construction5,861
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Rental, hiring & real estate3,970
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Health care & social assistance2,195
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Financial & insurance services1,977
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Retail trade1,722
*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 Collaroy businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Service Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For electricians, physios, financial advisers and other Collaroy trades who need a fast mobile site that converts a phone search into a booked job.
- Mobile-first booking form
- Click-to-call phone number
- Service area & pricing pages
- Local SEO for suburb searches
Retail & Hospitality Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For cafes, surf shops and beachfront retailers on Pittwater Road who need real opening hours, menus or stock, and a site that loads fast on the sand.
- Live opening hours & specials
- Menu or product catalogue
- Photo gallery built for mobile
- Google Maps & directions
Property & Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
5–8 weeks
For real estate agents, clinics and professional practices who need online booking or property search, not just a brochure page.
- Online booking or enquiry system
- Property or service listings
- Client account or portal login
- Integrated payments
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Why FindDevs in Collaroy
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Collaroy 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 Collaroy's actual customers.
The median age in Collaroy is 43. 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
Collaroy questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or service site for an electrician, physio or financial adviser typically runs $3,000 - $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A retail or hospitality site for a cafe or surf shop is usually $3,500 - $9,500 over 3-5 weeks. A property or booking site with online enquiries, listings or a client portal runs $4,500 - $12,000 across 5-8 weeks. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers who quote a fixed price against your brief within 24 hours, so you compare real numbers before you commit to any of them.
No. The developers FindDevs matches you with are vetted Australian developers working to your brief, not necessarily based in Collaroy or even on the Northern Beaches. What matters for a beachside suburb like this is a site that loads fast on mobile, works for the share of the market searching on a phone, and ranks for Collaroy and Northern Beaches searches specifically. A developer three suburbs away who understands that brief will outperform a local one who doesn't, so we match on skill and fit rather than postcode.
FindDevs returns fixed-price quotes from three vetted Australian developers within 24 hours of you submitting a brief. Each quote is priced against what you actually need, whether that's a straightforward trade site, a retail site with a live menu or catalogue, or a booking system with online enquiries. You compare the three, pick one, and the build starts on the timeframe quoted, typically 2-8 weeks depending on scope. There's no obligation to proceed and no cost to get the quotes.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Collaroy 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 Collaroy, by registered businesses in Northern Beaches. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
7,390
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
5,861
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
3,970
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
2,195
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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