Who lives here
9,251
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age41
- Aged 65+18.4%
- Under 2521.5%
- Median household income$1,822/wk
- Median rent$380/wk
Fremantle, Western Australia
The port town where consultants outnumber deckhands.
Fremantle is a port town that reinvented itself around knowledge work. Professional, scientific and technical services leads the Fremantle council area with 950 businesses, well clear of construction's 559, and the money backs it up: household income runs $1,822 a week. The 9,251 people counted in the suburb proper aren't spread across new estates, they're packed into a working harbour town that now has more consultants and lawyers filing invoices than people repairing boats.
Visitors picture Fremantle as backpackers, students and buskers on the cappuccino strip, but the resident numbers tell a different story: median age is 41, only 21.5% of locals are under 25, and 18.4% are already past 65. This is a suburb of homeowners and career professionals, not a rotating share-house crowd, and family income of $2,713 a week means people here can pay properly for work done well. A café owner near the markets, a marine mechanic on the harbour, a physiotherapist or a family lawyer near the courts needs a site built for someone over 40, not a market that doesn't live here. A slick site is not a luxury in a town this affluent, it is the entry fee.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Fremantle market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Fremantle itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Fremantle area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,460
businesses in Fremantle (estimated*)
- Fremantle total5,227
- Solo / non-employing3,195
- 1–4 staff1,185
- 5–19 staff627
- 20+ staff220
84% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Fremantle (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services950
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Rental, hiring & real estate792
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Construction559
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Health care & social assistance489
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Retail trade334
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Financial & insurance services309
*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 Fremantle businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Professional Services Website
Typical price
$3,500 – $8,500
Timeline
3–4 weeks
For consultants, lawyers, architects and agencies competing on Fremantle's professional-services strip. Case studies, clear service pages and an enquiry form that qualifies the lead before the phone rings.
- Case studies and credentials page
- Enquiry form that qualifies leads
- Fast load for referral traffic
- Local SEO for practice-area searches
Property & Rental Portal
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For real estate agencies and rental managers handling Fremantle's harbourside and heritage-strip listings. Live listings, enquiry and booking forms, and pages built for people searching a specific street.
- Live or manual listings feed
- Enquiry and booking forms
- Street and suburb landing pages
- Mobile-first for on-the-go searches
Retail & Hospitality Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For retailers, cafes and hospitality operators near the Cappuccino Strip and Fremantle Markets. Menu or product pages, online ordering, and opening hours shown clearly for people deciding whether the trip is worth it.
- Menu or product pages with photos
- Online ordering or click and collect
- Opening hours shown up front
- Local SEO for markets and strip searches
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Why FindDevs in Fremantle
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Fremantle 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 Fremantle's actual customers.
The median age in Fremantle is 41. 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
Fremantle questions.
It depends on scope. A professional services site, built for consultants, lawyers or agencies, runs $3,500 – $8,500. A property or rental portal with live listings and enquiry forms runs $4,500 – $12,000. A retail or hospitality site with online ordering runs $3,500 – $9,500. You get three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to anything.
Not necessarily. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers suited to the brief, wherever they're based. What matters is that they've built the kind of site you need, whether that's a booking system for a rental property, an ecommerce store for a retail shop, or a credibility-focused site for a professional practice. Of the 1,460 businesses trading in Fremantle, most compete on being found and trusted online long before a customer walks in, and that doesn't require a developer with a Fremantle postcode.
Most projects run three to six weeks depending on scope. A straightforward professional services or retail site typically takes 3–4 weeks. A property portal or booking system with listings, calendars or online payments usually takes 4–6 weeks. You'll get a fixed timeline as part of your quote, along with the fixed price, 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 Fremantle 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 Fremantle, by registered businesses in Fremantle. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
950
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
792
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
559
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
489
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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