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Lismore, New South Wales

The suburb that does Lismore's everyday errands.

Goonellabah is Lismore's suburban half: 13,351 people spread across the hill above the CBD, with Goonellabah Village doing the everyday shopping so residents don't have to drive down into town. Across the Lismore council area agriculture is still the largest sector by business count, 939 firms, ahead of construction's 688, but that is the wider LGA's economy, not this suburb's own. Goonellabah's own trade is domestic: schools, sporting clubs, and a median age of 41 that points to a suburb of settled families rather than renters passing through.

A household here earns $1,318 a week, and family income climbs to $1,721, enough to hire out the jobs a stretched budget would put off: a plumber for a leaking ensuite, a physio for a bad shoulder, or a proper quote from a mortgage broker instead of another rate rise absorbed in silence. In the ten minutes before any of that happens, the decision gets made on a phone: three tabs open, three businesses compared, and the one with a slow site or no prices listed loses before the phone rings. With 29.5% of residents under 25 pushing against the 22.4% who are 65 or over, that same site has to work for a young family booking an electrician on their phone and a retiree who wants the number in large print and a call button they can actually see. A site that only speaks to one of those groups is leaving half the suburb's spending on the table.

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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29

The Goonellabah market, by the numbers.

Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Goonellabah itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Lismore area. This is the market your website sells into.

Who lives here
13,351
residents at the 2021 Census
  • Median age41
  • Aged 65+22.4%
  • Under 2529.5%
  • Median household income$1,318/wk
  • Median rent$320/wk
The business scene
~1,330
businesses in Goonellabah (estimated*)
  • Lismore total4,423
  • Solo / non-employing2,920
  • 1–4 staff1,023
  • 5–19 staff391
  • 20+ staff89

89% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.

Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Lismore (2025)
  • Agriculture, forestry & fishing939
  • Construction688
  • Health care & social assistance465
  • Professional, scientific & technical services410
  • Rental, hiring & real estate351
  • Retail trade278

*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 Goonellabah businesses actually build.

Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.

Trade & Service Website
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks

A fast, mobile-first site for a plumber, electrician or builder working Goonellabah and the wider Lismore area, built to convert phone searches into booked jobs.

  • Click-to-call and quote request form
  • Service area and suburb pages
  • Before/after project gallery
  • Google Business Profile setup
Health & Allied Care Booking
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks

An online booking system for a physio, GP clinic or allied health practice, so patients can check availability and book an appointment without calling during work hours.

  • Online appointment booking
  • Patient intake forms
  • Practitioner profile pages
  • Automated booking reminders
Professional Services Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $8,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks

A credibility-first site for a mortgage broker, accountant or consultant, built to show expertise, list services clearly and convert enquiries from people comparing three options on their phone.

  • Service and pricing pages
  • Enquiry form with calendar link
  • Case studies and credentials
  • SEO for local search terms

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Why FindDevs in Goonellabah

Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.

Three quotes, not one local guess.

Around Goonellabah 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 Goonellabah's actual customers.

The median age in Goonellabah 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

Goonellabah questions.

It depends on scope, but a plumber or trade site with click-to-call and service area pages usually runs $3,000 – $8,000. A booking system for a physio or allied health practice, with online scheduling and patient forms, is more like $4,500 – $12,000. A professional services site for a mortgage broker or consultant, built around credibility and enquiries, typically sits at $3,500 – $8,500. FindDevs gets three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers back to you within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to any of them.
Most trade and service sites for Goonellabah businesses take 2–4 weeks from brief to launch. A booking or portal build, such as an online appointment system for a health practice, usually runs 4–6 weeks because of the extra integration work. A professional services site sits in between, at 3–5 weeks. Timelines depend on how quickly you can supply content, photos and any existing branding, and your developer will confirm a schedule once the brief is locked in.
Not necessarily. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers based on your brief, not your postcode, so the right developer for a Goonellabah trade or clinic site might be working from Sydney, Newcastle or anywhere else in the country. What matters is that they understand the brief and price it properly, and every quote is fixed-price so there are no surprises once the job starts.
Your industry

Developers who have built for your trade before.

The biggest employers around Goonellabah, by registered businesses in Lismore. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.

Construction
688 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
465 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
410 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
351 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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