Who lives here
7,599
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age43
- Aged 65+23%
- Under 2528.9%
- Median household income$1,177/wk
- Median rent$250/wk
Collie, Western Australia
The town that builds things and grows things, in that order.
Collie is a South West town of 7,599 people that still makes things and grows things for a living. Construction is the largest sector across the Collie council area with 86 businesses, agriculture close behind with 76, and between them they set the pace of the place: tradies, contractors, farmers and the suppliers who service both. The median age is 43, older than a capital-city suburb but not retired, and it reads as a working-age town rather than a retirement one.
Construction accounts for 86 businesses across the Collie council area, more than any other sector, and building work is won on quotes and referrals, not walk-in trade. A builder or a contractor here needs a site that turns an enquiry into a scoped quote, with a gallery of finished jobs and a form that doesn't lose leads to a Facebook message. The same goes for the farmers, the mechanics and the physios booking out clinics: 350 businesses are already chasing a population of 7,599, and a site that ranks locally beats one that just looks nice. A website that loads fast on patchy regional mobile signal and answers the phone-call question before someone rings is the difference between winning the job and being the second quote.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Collie brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Collie market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Collie itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Collie area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~350
businesses in Collie (estimated*)
- Collie total418
- Solo / non-employing231
- 1–4 staff113
- 5–19 staff63
- 20+ staff11
82% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Collie (2025)
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Construction86
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Agriculture, forestry & fishing76
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Other services46
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Retail trade38
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Health care & social assistance26
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Professional, scientific & technical services23
*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 Collie businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Contractor Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Built for builders, contractors and farm suppliers who win work on quotes, not walk-ins. A gallery of finished jobs and a form that captures every enquiry, even after hours.
- Quote request form
- Project gallery
- Mobile-first for job sites
- Local SEO for near me searches
Shopfront & Services Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For the retailers, mechanics and other services businesses filling Collie's main street, a site that shows up in local search and gets the phone ringing before a competitor answers first.
- Online booking
- Service pages
- Google Maps integration
- Click-to-call button
Booking & Client Portal
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–8 weeks
For clinics, allied health and any business booking appointments, an online portal that takes bookings and payments without a receptionist on the phone all day.
- Appointment scheduling
- Client accounts
- Payment integration
- Automated reminders
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Why FindDevs in Collie
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
In a town of ~350 businesses there might be one or two people building websites, if they're taking work on. We put your brief in front of vetted developers across Australia and hand you three written quotes to compare, 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 Collie's actual customers.
The median age in Collie 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
Collie questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A straightforward trade or services site for a builder, farmer or mechanic runs $3,000 – $8,000 and takes 2–4 weeks. A retail or professional services site with online enquiries sits at $3,500 – $9,500. A booking portal with appointments and payments, the kind a clinic or allied health business needs, runs $4,500 – $12,000. FindDevs matches you with three vetted developers who quote a fixed price for your brief within 24 hours, so you're comparing real numbers, not estimates.
No. FindDevs matches Australian developers to the brief, not the postcode. What matters more in a town this size is that the site works on the mobile signal locals actually have, loads fast, and ranks for searches like plumber Collie or cafe Collie, not that the developer has driven down the main street. Every developer we match is vetted, and you get quotes from three of them so you can compare price and approach before committing.
Most trade and services sites take 2–4 weeks once the brief is locked in. Sites with online booking or payment take longer, typically 4–8 weeks, because there's more to build and test. You'll get fixed-price quotes from three vetted developers within 24 hours of submitting your brief, and the timeline is agreed upfront as part of that quote, so there are no surprises once work starts.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Collie 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 Collie, by registered businesses in Collie. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
86
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Retail trade
38
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
26
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
23
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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