Who lives here
8,244
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age31
- Aged 65+4.1%
- Under 2536.4%
- Median household income$2,636/wk
- Median rent$450/wk
Unincorporated ACT, Australian Capital Territory
One of the youngest, highest-earning suburbs in the capital.
Harrison is one of Gungahlin's younger suburbs: median age 31, and 36.4% of residents are under 25. Household income runs to $2,636 a week, high enough that price is rarely the sticking point when a local business quotes a job. Professional, scientific and technical services is the largest sector across Unincorporated ACT, with 7,347 businesses, the working reality behind Canberra's public-service reputation: policy staff, contractors and small consultancies who work from home offices and shared spaces rather than a CBD tower. Harrison is built for people who work in an office of one.
A physio setting up in Harrison right now is competing for attention in a suburb of 8,244 people that didn't exist twenty years ago, most of whom found their last three services on a phone, not a signpost. Nobody has fifteen years of word of mouth here yet, because the suburb is too new for it; every plumber, dog groomer and family lawyer is starting from close to zero, and the ones who rank on Google get the calls the others never see. With an estimated 670 businesses already competing for a population that size, invisible is worse than mediocre. A site that loads fast, works on a phone and shows up in a local search does more for a Harrison business in its first year than a shopfront sign ever will.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Harrison brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Harrison market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Harrison itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Unincorporated ACT area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~670
businesses in Harrison (estimated*)
- Unincorporated ACT total36,927
- Solo / non-employing21,547
- 1–4 staff10,687
- 5–19 staff3,588
- 20+ staff1,105
87% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Unincorporated ACT (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services7,347
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Construction6,787
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Rental, hiring & real estate3,636
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Transport, postal & warehousing3,429
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Health care & social assistance3,423
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Administrative & support services1,985
*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 Harrison 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
For the plumbers, electricians and builders working Gungahlin's new estates. A clean site with your services, service area and a number that's easy to find on a phone.
- Mobile-first design
- Google Business Profile setup
- Service area & contact page
- Photos of completed jobs
Consultant & Professional Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Built for the policy consultants, engineers and small firms behind Unincorporated ACT's 7,347 professional services businesses. A credible site that reads as established as the work you do.
- Professional bio & case studies
- Booking or enquiry form
- Fast load on mobile data
- SEO for Canberra searches
Allied Health Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
3–6 weeks
For physios, dentists and clinics serving Harrison's young families. Online booking, appointment reminders and payment built in, not bolted on.
- Online appointment booking
- Automatic reminders
- Secure online payments
- Patient intake forms
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Why FindDevs in Harrison
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
In a town of ~670 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 Harrison's actual customers.
The median age in Harrison is 31. 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
Harrison questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or consultant site, the kind most Harrison businesses want, runs $3,000 - $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A booking site for an allied health or professional practice, with online appointments and payments, runs $4,500 - $12,000 and takes 3-6 weeks. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers and you get fixed-price quotes back within 24 hours, so you're comparing real numbers, not estimates that move once work starts.
More than in an older one. Harrison has 8,244 residents and an estimated 670 local businesses already trading, but almost none of them have the years of word of mouth that older Canberra suburbs run on. New residents default to a Google search for anything they need, from a physio to a fencing quote, and the business that ranks first gets treated as the local default, regardless of how long they've actually been open.
Most projects with FindDevs run 2-4 weeks for a standard trade or consultant site, and 3-6 weeks for a booking or portal build with online payments. You start by getting three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours of sending your brief, so the clock on the build itself only starts once you've picked the quote you want.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Harrison 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 Harrison, by registered businesses in Unincorporated ACT. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
7,347
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
6,787
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
3,636
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
3,423
local businesses
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