Who lives here
8,982
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age37
- Aged 65+17%
- Under 2532.4%
- Median household income$1,726/wk
- Median rent$300/wk
Rockhampton, Queensland
Where Rockhampton's construction boom quietly outgrows word of mouth.
Frenchville is a residential suburb of Rockhampton, and Rockhampton's economy still runs on building things: construction is the largest sector across the council area, 945 businesses deep, well ahead of agriculture, forestry and fishing and the rental, hiring and real estate trade that follow it. Frenchville itself counted 8,982 people at the 2021 census, a median age of 37, and a household income of $1,726 a week, the profile of a suburb built for working families rather than retirees.
A lot of Rockhampton's builders and subcontractors still sell through a ute sign and word of mouth, which worked when everyone found a tradie the same way. It breaks down once 32.4% of Frenchville is under 25 and checks a name on a phone before ringing anyone. Rental, hiring and real estate counts 554 businesses across the council area and health care and social assistance another 548, proof plenty of local spending already runs through a business with a working website. Frenchville itself counts an estimated 620 businesses, and a builder stuck on Facebook alone loses the quote to whoever's site answers first. A plumber, an electrician or a property manager here is competing for someone who typed the search, not someone who remembers the ute, and a fast site with a straight price is the cheapest sales rep a trade business will ever hire.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Frenchville brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Frenchville market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Frenchville itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Rockhampton area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~620
businesses in Frenchville (estimated*)
- Rockhampton total5,723
- Solo / non-employing3,332
- 1–4 staff1,491
- 5–19 staff700
- 20+ staff200
84% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Rockhampton (2025)
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Construction945
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Agriculture, forestry & fishing739
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Rental, hiring & real estate554
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Health care & social assistance548
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Other services533
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Transport, postal & warehousing465
*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 Frenchville businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Contractor Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
A fast site for builders, electricians and plumbers working Rockhampton's construction boom, built to convert a phone search into a booked quote, not just look good on a business card.
- Mobile-first quote request form
- Service area & suburb pages
- Before/after job gallery
- Click-to-call phone number
Property & Rental Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $11,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
Built for property managers and rental agencies working Rockhampton's rental and real estate trade, with listings, enquiry forms and tenant portals that cut down phone tag.
- Live listings with search filters
- Tenant & owner enquiry forms
- Maintenance request portal
- Integrates with your CRM
Clinic & Allied Health Booking
Typical price
$4,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–6 weeks
For GPs, physios and allied health clinics in Frenchville and Rockhampton, with online booking that works for patients under 25 searching by phone and older patients calling in.
- Online appointment booking
- Practitioner profile pages
- Patient intake forms
- SMS & email reminders
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Why FindDevs in Frenchville
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
In a town of ~620 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 Frenchville's actual customers.
The median age in Frenchville is 37. 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
Frenchville questions.
Most Frenchville and Rockhampton projects we quote land between $3,000 and $11,000, depending on the build. A trade or contractor site with a quote form typically runs $3,000 – $8,000 over 2–4 weeks. A property or rental site with listings and tenant portals is $4,500 – $11,000 over 3–5 weeks. A clinic booking site with online appointments sits around $4,500 – $9,500 over 3–6 weeks. You get three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to anything.
Tell us what you need built and we match you with three vetted Australian developers suited to the job, whether that's a trade site, a rental listings platform or a clinic booking system. Each one sends back a fixed-price quote within 24 hours, so you're comparing real numbers on the same day rather than waiting weeks for one agency to get back to you. You pick the quote and the developer that suit the job, and work starts straight away.
The developers we match you with are Australian and work with businesses across the country, not just Rockhampton, so they won't claim to have grown up down the road. What they bring is experience building for towns this size: sites that load fast on a phone, list a real service area, and make it easy for the 32.4% of Frenchville under 25 to book without picking up the phone. That matters more than local familiarity, and it's what actually gets a job quoted.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Frenchville 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 Frenchville, by registered businesses in Rockhampton. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
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