Who lives here
7,512
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age38
- Aged 65+19.7%
- Under 2530.6%
- Median household income$1,407/wk
- Median rent$390/wk
Wollongong, New South Wales
The suburb wedged between the escarpment and sea.
Fairy Meadow sits on the narrow coastal shelf between the Illawarra escarpment and the sea, a few minutes north of the Wollongong CBD, and it runs on the same trade Wollongong itself runs on. Construction is the largest sector in the Wollongong council area, 3,185 businesses, well ahead of anything else, and that shows in the mix of renovators, sparkies and shopfitters working the strip along Princes Highway. Around 7,512 people live in the suburb itself, median age 38, household income $1,407 a week, comfortable without being flush. This is a suburb that works for a living, not one running on tourism or a single big employer.
Fairy Meadow runs the same corridor every suburb on this stretch of coast does: escarpment on one side, ocean and rail line on the other, so the useful catchment for a local business is long and thin, not a wide circle. A builder or electrician here can't cast a five-kilometre net the way a tradie on flat land can; customers are strung out along the highway rather than spread evenly around a centre, and plenty of them will search for a Fairy Meadow electrician by name before they search anything wider. That makes local search worth more here than in a town with an open catchment: a physio, a mechanic, a real estate agent or an accountant who wins the suburb-specific search picks up trade a generic Wollongong-wide site would lose to whoever's closer. A website that just says servicing the Illawarra is leaving the easiest searches on the table.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Fairy Meadow brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Fairy Meadow market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Fairy Meadow itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Wollongong area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~570
businesses in Fairy Meadow (estimated*)
- Wollongong total16,278
- Solo / non-employing9,270
- 1–4 staff4,894
- 5–19 staff1,691
- 20+ staff423
87% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Wollongong (2025)
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Construction3,185
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Professional, scientific & technical services2,331
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Health care & social assistance1,873
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Rental, hiring & real estate1,723
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Transport, postal & warehousing1,106
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Other services946
*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 Fairy Meadow businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Construction Website
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
A lead-generating site for builders, electricians and renovators working the Fairy Meadow to Corrimal strip, built to rank for suburb-specific searches and show finished jobs.
- Suburb-specific local SEO setup
- Job gallery with before/after photos
- Quote request form with job details
- Mobile-first for on-site browsing
Professional Services Website
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
Built for accountants, consultants and agents who need to look as credible online as they do in a client meeting, with case studies and a proper enquiry funnel.
- Case studies and credentials page
- Booking or enquiry form built in
- Professional copywriting pass
- Google Business Profile setup
Health & Allied Health Booking
Typical price
$4,500 – $11,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
An online booking system for clinics and allied health practices, so patients book a slot directly instead of calling during business hours.
- Online appointment booking
- Patient intake forms
- SMS or email reminders
- Practitioner profile pages
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Why FindDevs in Fairy Meadow
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
In a town of ~570 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 Fairy Meadow's actual customers.
The median age in Fairy Meadow is 38. 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
Fairy Meadow questions.
It depends on scope. A trade or services site for a builder or electrician runs $3,000 - $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A professional services site with case studies and an enquiry funnel is $3,500 - $9,000 over 3-5 weeks. A clinic or allied health booking system runs $4,500 - $11,000 across 4-6 weeks. You get fixed-price quotes from three vetted developers before you commit to any of it.
No, and we don't pretend otherwise. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers based on the brief, not their postcode. What matters for a Fairy Meadow business is that the site is built to rank for local searches, load fast, and handle the enquiry the way you actually work, not that the developer drinks coffee on the same strip you do.
Timeline depends on the project. A straightforward trade site is 2-4 weeks from brief to launch. A professional services build with case studies and copywriting runs 3-5 weeks. A booking system for a clinic or allied health practice, with patient intake and reminders wired up, takes 4-6 weeks. Delays almost always come from the client side, content and photos, not the developer's calendar.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Fairy Meadow 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 Fairy Meadow, by registered businesses in Wollongong. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
3,185
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
2,331
local businesses
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Health care & social assistance
1,873
local businesses
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Rental, hiring & real estate
1,723
local businesses
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