Who lives here
14,267
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age40
- Aged 65+15.8%
- Under 2535.3%
- Median household income$3,109/wk
- Median rent$800/wk
Northern Beaches, New South Wales
The suburb with no train line that still has to compete online.
Frenchs Forest sits inland on the Northern Beaches peninsula, away from the beach strip, and its economy runs on professional work: Northern Beaches counts 7,390 professional, scientific and technical services businesses, the largest sector in the council area, with construction close behind at 5,861 across Northern Beaches. Frenchs Forest itself is home to an estimated 1,810 local businesses, and household income runs to $3,109 a week. This is consultants, engineers, allied health workers and tradies servicing a peninsula that has to import almost everything else it needs.
More than a third of the suburb, 35.3%, is under 25, unusually young for a suburb this far from the city centre. Frenchs Forest has no train line, and the only way out is the Spit or the Wakehurst Parkway, both of which back up at peak hour, so plenty of that under-25 crowd studies, apprentices or takes a first job close to home instead of commuting. It makes for a customer base that finds a driving instructor, a personal trainer, a hairdresser or a first landlord by searching on a phone, not by walking past a shopfront near a station, because there isn't one. A website that ranks for those searches earns bookings a print ad never will, and it works while the roads are banked up at five.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Frenchs Forest market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Frenchs Forest itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Northern Beaches area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,810
businesses in Frenchs Forest (estimated*)
- Northern Beaches total33,595
- Solo / non-employing19,575
- 1–4 staff10,466
- 5–19 staff2,850
- 20+ staff704
89% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Northern Beaches (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services7,390
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Construction5,861
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Rental, hiring & real estate3,970
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Health care & social assistance2,195
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Financial & insurance services1,977
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Retail trade1,722
*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 Frenchs Forest businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Construction Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Built for builders, electricians and other trades competing across the Northern Beaches: a fast site that turns a phone search into a quote request, with a gallery that proves the work.
- Quote request form with photo upload
- Project gallery organised by trade
- Service area pages for Northern Beaches
- Mobile-first for on-site browsing
Consultant & Professional Services
Typical price
$3,500 – $8,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For consultants, engineers and advisers who need to look as credible online as they do in a meeting: clean, fast, and built to convert a search into an enquiry.
- Case studies and credentials page
- Booking or enquiry form with calendar
- LinkedIn-ready professional design
- Fast load on mobile networks
Clinic & Allied Health Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For clinics and allied health practices on the Northern Beaches: a bookable site that lets patients pick a time without picking up the phone, with practitioner profiles that build trust before the visit.
- Online appointment booking
- Practitioner bios and specialties
- Health fund and pricing info pages
- SMS or email booking reminders
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Why FindDevs in Frenchs Forest
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Frenchs Forest 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 Frenchs Forest's actual customers.
The median age in Frenchs Forest is 40. 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
Frenchs Forest questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A straightforward trade or service site, the kind a builder or electrician needs to take quote requests, runs $3,000 – $8,000 and takes 2–4 weeks. A professional services site for a consultant or adviser, with case studies and a booking form, is closer to $3,500 – $8,500. A clinic or allied health site with online appointment booking sits at $4,500 – $12,000, because the booking system and practitioner profiles add build time. Every quote is fixed-price and comes from three vetted Australian developers within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing.
Not necessarily, and we don't pretend otherwise. FindDevs matches Frenchs Forest businesses with three vetted Australian developers based on the brief, not the postcode. What matters is that they've built the kind of site you need before, whether that's a booking system for a clinic or a quote form for a trade business, and that they can work with you remotely without it costing you anything in quality. You get three fixed-price quotes to compare, and you pick who you'd rather work with.
It helps more than it used to. Frenchs Forest has no train line, which means a lot of the suburb, including the under-25s who make up 35.3% of it, look things up on a phone rather than walk past a shopfront on the way to a station. A recommendation still starts the conversation, but the customer checks you out online before they call, and a slow or dated site loses that moment. A fast, well-built site with proper local SEO is the cheapest sales rep you'll ever hire, and it keeps working after 5pm when the roads out of here are banked up.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Frenchs Forest 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 Frenchs Forest, by registered businesses in Northern Beaches. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
7,390
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
5,861
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
3,970
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
2,195
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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