Who lives here
15,497
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age35
- Aged 65+15.5%
- Under 2534%
- Median household income$1,152/wk
- Median rent$280/wk
Greater Geelong, Victoria
The suburb built to keep working, north of Geelong's centre.
Corio sits on Corio Bay in the Greater Geelong council area, where construction leads every industry with 4,837 businesses, the legacy of a corridor built on refineries, freight and heavy industry. Around 15,497 people live in the suburb itself, with household income at $1,152 a week and family income a touch higher at $1,347, a working suburb's numbers rather than a professional one's. The businesses that do well here are the ones the suburb runs on daily: a diesel mechanic, a panel beater, a locksmith, a spare-parts supplier, the trades and services a working population calls on a weekly cycle rather than an occasional home-office job.
34.0% of Corio's residents are under 25, and the median age across the suburb is 35, nowhere near retirement. Picture the ten minutes before someone rings a locksmith, a mechanic, a plumber or a nail technician: they are on a phone, comparing two or three names, checking whether each one looks like a business that is still open. A site that has not been touched since 2015, or no site at all, quietly loses that job to whoever looks current. In a suburb this young a fast, mobile-first website is not a nice-to-have, it is the whole sales pitch. With 15.5% of locals over 65 as well, there is little reason to design for a desktop-first, larger-type audience here; build for the phone in someone's hand at the bus stop or on a lunch break.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Corio market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Corio itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Greater Geelong area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,350
businesses in Corio (estimated*)
- Greater Geelong total23,558
- Solo / non-employing15,162
- 1–4 staff5,675
- 5–19 staff2,126
- 20+ staff595
88% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Greater Geelong (2025)
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Construction4,837
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Professional, scientific & technical services2,746
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Transport, postal & warehousing2,722
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Health care & social assistance2,439
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Rental, hiring & real estate2,294
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Retail trade1,398
*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 Corio 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
$3,200 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Built for diesel mechanics, panel beaters, locksmiths and other trades that quote by the job, with a form that gets the details before the phone rings.
- Instant quote request form
- Service area pages for Geelong suburbs
- Click-to-call and mobile-first layout
- Before/after job gallery
Allied Health Booking Site
Typical price
$5,500 – $11,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For physios, GPs and allied health providers who need real online booking, not just a phone number and a fax machine nobody checks.
- Online appointment booking
- Practitioner and service pages
- Patient intake forms
- SMS and email reminders
Equipment Hire & Trade Supply Site
Typical price
$4,800 – $10,500
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For hire yards and trade suppliers serving the construction sites around Corio, with stock and availability a customer can check before they drive over.
- Live stock and availability listing
- Trade account and quote requests
- Delivery area and pricing pages
- Fast search by equipment type
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Why FindDevs in Corio
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Corio 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 Corio's actual customers.
The median age in Corio is 35. 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
Corio questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or service site for a mechanic, locksmith or panel beater runs $3,200 - $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A booking site for a physio or allied health clinic runs $5,500 - $11,000 over 3-5 weeks, and a hire yard or trade supply site with live stock runs $4,800 - $10,500 over 4-6 weeks. You get a fixed-price quote from three vetted developers before you commit to any of it.
The developers we match you with are vetted Australian developers, not a Corio-based team, so the match is on the brief rather than the postcode. What matters more for a suburb like this is a site that works fast on a phone, because that is how most locals search before they call anyone. You get three fixed-price quotes within 24 hours and pick whichever developer fits the job.
Given the age profile here, mobile matters more than desktop. 34.0% of residents are under 25 and the median age is 35, so a site that loads fast on a phone, shows opening hours and a phone number without scrolling, and lets someone request a quote in under a minute will out-perform a slower, image-heavy showcase site every time.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Corio 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 Corio, by registered businesses in Greater Geelong. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
4,837
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
2,746
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
2,439
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
2,294
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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