Who lives here
15,056
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age45
- Aged 65+24.4%
- Under 2527.9%
- Median household income$1,335/wk
- Median rent$285/wk
Campaspe, Victoria
The river port that still runs on paddocks, not postcards.
Echuca sits on the Murray, and the river explains the postcard: paddle steamers still run out of the wharf precinct, and the crowds that come for them cross back and forth to Moama all weekend. But the ledger behind the tourist strip is agricultural. Agriculture, forestry and fishing leads every industry across the Campaspe council area with 1,336 businesses, construction follows at 749, and between them they say this is a farming district that happens to have a heritage port attached, not the other way round. 15,056 people live in the town itself, and a median age of 45 puts Echuca a decade or more older than a growth-corridor suburb, a place that has settled rather than one still filling in.
Someone deciding whether to ring a builder, a vet or the physio here has already looked the business up on their phone, checking the site loads and the hours are right before they dial. Echuca skews older, with 24.4% of the population over 65 against 27.9% under 25, so that check happens on a screen held at arm's length as often as one held six inches from someone's face: text has to hold up either way, no pinch-zooming, no popups blocking the phone number. Family income of $1,720 a week says plenty of that audience can pay for the job done properly, whether that's a builder pricing a renovation near the river, an accountant serving the district's farmers, or one of the roughly 1,710 businesses in Echuca competing for the same search. A dated site here does not just look old, it reads as a business that stopped trying.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Echuca market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Echuca itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Campaspe area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,710
businesses in Echuca (estimated*)
- Campaspe total4,374
- Solo / non-employing2,764
- 1–4 staff1,088
- 5–19 staff427
- 20+ staff95
88% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Campaspe (2025)
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Agriculture, forestry & fishing1,336
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Construction749
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Rental, hiring & real estate342
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Other services265
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Retail trade249
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Professional, scientific & technical services235
*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 Echuca businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Farm Services Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For builders, farm suppliers and trade contractors working the Campaspe district, with quote forms and a mobile layout built for job-site browsing.
- Quote request form
- Service area & suburb list
- Mobile-first for job sites
- Google Business Profile setup
Wharf & High Street Storefront
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For cafes, retailers and tourism operators around the wharf precinct and High Street, built to convert weekend visitors and locals checking hours before they walk in.
- Photo-led homepage
- Trading hours & location map
- Menu or product pages
- Mobile enquiry & booking form
Booking & Online Store
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–8 weeks
For houseboat hire, accommodation and farm-supply retailers who need online payments or bookings, not just a brochure, plus stock or calendar management.
- Online payments
- Booking calendar
- Stock or availability sync
- Automated confirmation emails
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Why FindDevs in Echuca
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Echuca 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 Echuca's actual customers.
The median age in Echuca is 45. 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
Echuca questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A straightforward trade or farm services site, the kind a builder or contractor needs for quotes and contact details, runs $3,000 - $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A retail or hospitality storefront around the wharf or the main shopping strip sits at $3,500 - $9,500. A booking or online store, for houseboat hire or a farm-supply retailer taking payments, runs $4,500 - $12,000. You get three fixed quotes from vetted developers, not an hourly estimate that grows.
No. FindDevs matches your project to three vetted Australian developers based on the brief, not on postcode. They build for Echuca's audience, from farmers browsing on a paddock's mobile signal to retirees who want text they can read without zooming, but the developer doing the work can be based anywhere in Australia. What matters is the fixed-price quote and the finished site, not where the desk sits.
Timeframes track the size of the build. A trade or farm services site is usually 2-4 weeks. A retail or hospitality storefront with photos and menu or product pages runs 3-5 weeks. A booking system or online store with payments, calendars or stock sync takes longer, typically 4-8 weeks, because there is more to test before it goes live. You get a firm timeline with your fixed-price quote, before any work starts.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Echuca 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 Echuca, by registered businesses in Campaspe. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
749
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
342
local businesses
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Retail trade
249
local businesses
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Professional, scientific & technical services
235
local businesses
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