Who lives here
10,298
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age51
- Aged 65+33.4%
- Under 2521.9%
- Median household income$1,092/wk
- Median rent$415/wk
Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast suburb where the population skews older than the strip.
Coombabah runs older than the rest of the Gold Coast strip. The median age is 51, and 33.4% of residents are over 65, both well past the coastal average of surfers and backpackers further south. Money follows a similar split: median household income is $1,092 a week, but median family income is $1,461, which says the suburb carries two different economies side by side, retirees on a fixed income and working families still paying off a mortgage. It is a settled, established place, not a suburb still finding its feet.
Coombabah already has 1,350 businesses trading, and a fair few will tell you they have never needed a website because everyone already knows where to find them. It covers a lot fewer customers than it used to. Most people picking a plumber, a physio, an electrician or a real estate agent now start on their phone before they ask a neighbour. Construction alone runs to 15,355 registered businesses across the wider Gold Coast council area, so Coombabah's tradies and service providers are competing inside a market that size, not just against the outfit two doors down. A dated website reads as a business that might not still be around next year, no matter how good the actual work is, and in a suburb this settled, reputation is everything you have to protect.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Coombabah market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Coombabah itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Gold Coast area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,350
businesses in Coombabah (estimated*)
- Gold Coast total83,266
- Solo / non-employing52,343
- 1–4 staff21,663
- 5–19 staff7,072
- 20+ staff2,188
89% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Gold Coast (2025)
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Construction15,355
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Rental, hiring & real estate12,135
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Professional, scientific & technical services11,181
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Health care & social assistance6,713
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Transport, postal & warehousing5,633
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Retail trade5,079
*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 Coombabah 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 who need enquiries to turn into booked jobs, not just a phone that rings less than it used to.
- Quote request form
- Service area & suburb pages
- Click-to-call on mobile
- Before-and-after photo gallery
Professional & Property Site
Typical price
$3,800 – $9,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For agents, brokers and consultants who need a site that reads as credible as the client they're meeting for coffee, with listings or case studies that update easily.
- Listings or portfolio pages
- Lead capture & enquiry forms
- Team & credentials pages
- Easy content updates
Health & Aged Care Booking Site
Typical price
$4,800 – $11,000
Timeline
4–8 weeks
For allied health, home care and clinic providers whose clients are older and less patient with tiny text or fiddly menus, with large type and simple appointment booking.
- Online appointment booking
- Large-type, high-contrast design
- Service & eligibility pages
- Simple contact & callback form
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Why FindDevs in Coombabah
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Coombabah 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 Coombabah's actual customers.
With a median age of 51 and 33.4% of locals over 65, we match developers who design for readability, fast regional connections and easy booking, not design-award vanity.
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
Coombabah questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or service site for a builder or electrician typically runs $3,000 - $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A professional or property services site is usually $3,800 - $9,000. A booking site for health or aged care providers, with online appointments, runs $4,800 - $11,000 and takes 4-8 weeks. You will get three fixed-price quotes from vetted developers before you commit to any of it, so there is no guessing at the final invoice.
They are vetted Australian developers matched to your brief, not necessarily based in Coombabah or on the Gold Coast. What matters is that they have built the kind of site you need, whether that is a trade site, a booking system or a professional services site, and that they can work with your suburb's real customers in mind, including an older audience that expects a site to be fast and easy to read on any device.
Once you submit your brief, you get three fixed-price quotes back within 24 hours, from vetted Australian developers. From there, a straightforward trade or service site usually takes 2-4 weeks to build, a professional or property site 3-5 weeks, and a booking or portal site with online appointments 4-8 weeks, depending on how much content and functionality you need.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Coombabah 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 Coombabah, by registered businesses in Gold Coast. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
15,355
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
12,135
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
11,181
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
6,713
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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