Who lives here
11,680
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age38
- Aged 65+16.5%
- Under 2523.2%
- Median household income$1,756/wk
- Median rent$420/wk
Sydney, New South Wales
11,680 people, 4,630 businesses trading among them.
Glebe is a small suburb carrying an unusually large number of businesses: an estimated 4,630 trade out of the suburb against a population of just 11,680, a ratio outer suburbs never get close to. That density comes from proximity, not size: the University of Sydney and Broadway sit on the doorstep, and the terraces along Glebe Point Road double as shopfronts for the whole strip. Across the City of Sydney council area, professional, scientific and technical services lead every other industry with 18,661 businesses, and Glebe's own mix of consultants, small studios and specialist trades reflects that skew. Family income here reaches $2,947 a week, well above what you'd expect from a suburb this size, which says the businesses trading out of it aren't chasing volume.
'Everyone around here already knows us' is the reasoning behind a lot of Glebe businesses skipping a proper website, and the demographics don't back it up. Median age is 38, but 23.2% of residents are under 25, a share pushed up by the University of Sydney crowd renting through the terraces, while another 16.5% are over 65 and have lived here since long before the students arrived. A site built for only one of those groups loses the other: the student wants to book and pay from a phone between lectures, the long-term local wants a phone number that's easy to find and text large enough to read without squinting. A cafe owner, a physiotherapist, a locksmith or a share-house letting agent in Glebe is effectively running two different customer bases through one shopfront, and a website is the only place built to serve both at once.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Glebe market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Glebe itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Sydney area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~4,630
businesses in Glebe (estimated*)
- Sydney total85,193
- Solo / non-employing54,691
- 1–4 staff19,007
- 5–19 staff7,632
- 20+ staff3,863
87% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Sydney (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services18,661
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Financial & insurance services14,993
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Rental, hiring & real estate14,809
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Construction5,943
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Accommodation & food services4,280
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Retail trade4,237
*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 Glebe businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Professional Services Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $8,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For consultants, solicitors and specialists trading out of home offices and small suites near Broadway, built to convert a Google search into an enquiry, not just look presentable.
- Enquiry form with instant email alert
- Credentials and case studies laid out
- Local SEO for 'near Glebe' searches
- Mobile-first for phone browsing
Cafe & Restaurant Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For the kitchens and cafes along Glebe Point Road competing for uni students and weekend crowds, with a menu, photos and booking link that load fast on a phone outside the venue.
- Menu that updates without a call
- Online booking or table enquiry
- Photos that load fast on mobile
- Google Maps and opening hours
Property & Letting Portal
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
5–8 weeks
For agents managing the churn of student and share-house rentals near the university, with searchable listings, enquiry routing and a portal landlords and tenants can both log into.
- Searchable listings with filters
- Enquiry routing to the right agent
- Landlord and tenant login areas
- Built to handle high listing turnover
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Why FindDevs in Glebe
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Glebe 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 Glebe's actual customers.
The median age in Glebe 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
Glebe questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A professional services site with an enquiry form and case studies runs $3,500 - $8,500. A cafe or restaurant site with a menu, photos and booking runs $3,500 - $9,000. A property or letting portal with listings and a tenant and landlord login runs $4,500 - $12,000. All three are indicative ranges based on scope, not the final invoice, and you get a fixed-price quote from three vetted developers before anything starts.
Timeframes track the project. A professional services site is usually 3-5 weeks, a cafe or restaurant site with online booking is also 3-5 weeks, and a property or letting portal with listings and separate landlord and tenant logins takes 5-8 weeks. Those numbers assume you can turn around content, photos and feedback promptly, since slow replies on your end are the most common reason a build runs longer than quoted.
No, and that's not the point. FindDevs matches your brief to three vetted Australian developers based on the skills and experience the project needs, not their postcode. For a suburb this size, that pool matters: a specialist who has built ten booking systems interstate will do a better job on your reservations page than whoever happens to have an office two streets over. You get three fixed-price quotes to compare before you commit to any of them.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Glebe 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 Glebe, by registered businesses in Sydney. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
18,661
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
14,809
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
5,943
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Accommodation & food services
4,280
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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