Who lives here
9,137
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age42
- Aged 65+20.4%
- Under 2527%
- Median household income$1,927/wk
- Median rent$390/wk
Melville, Western Australia
A suburb built on professional services, not passing trade.
Kardinya carries an estimated 930 businesses of its own, serving a population of 9,137. Zoom out to the City of Melville and professional, scientific and technical services lead the council area with 1,916 businesses, more than any other sector. Household income here runs to $1,927 a week, which says most residents are in steady, well-paid work rather than punting on the next big thing. Nobody runs a business here to catch passing trade; there's no highway strip or tourist drawcard doing the marketing for you. What there is instead is a stable, established population that already knows what good service costs and expects a business to prove itself before the phone gets picked up.
A large share of Kardinya hasn't picked a regular tradesperson yet. 27.0% of residents are under 25, an age bracket still comparing three options on a phone rather than ringing whoever their parents used, and 20.4% are over 65, a generation that wants a phone number that works and text that doesn't need pinching to read. The businesses that win here are the ones both groups can use without friction: the professional and real estate firms that already dominate the City of Melville, alongside the physios, builders and financial advisers working the established streets. Median age is 42 and family income runs to $2,255 a week, so trust matters more than a discount price. A tidy, fast website is the cheapest way an accountant or a physio here looks like they charge what they are worth.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Kardinya brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Kardinya market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Kardinya itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Melville area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~930
businesses in Kardinya (estimated*)
- Melville total10,852
- Solo / non-employing7,123
- 1–4 staff2,529
- 5–19 staff935
- 20+ staff265
89% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Melville (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services1,916
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Rental, hiring & real estate1,705
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Construction1,454
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Health care & social assistance1,415
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Financial & insurance services680
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Retail trade589
*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 Kardinya businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Professional Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
A straightforward site for a builder, electrician, accountant or financial adviser: what you do, who you've done it for, and a way to get quoted.
- Service pages that rank locally
- Quote request form
- Mobile-first layout
- Google Business Profile link
Allied Health Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–8 weeks
An online booking system for a physio, dentist or clinic, so patients can book a slot without ringing during opening hours.
- Online appointment booking
- Practitioner profile pages
- Automated reminder emails
- Patient intake forms
Property Listings Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
A searchable listings site for a real estate or rental agency, built to show current stock and put an enquiry in front of the right agent fast.
- Searchable property listings
- Agent contact per listing
- Enquiry and appraisal forms
- Map-based search
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Why FindDevs in Kardinya
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Kardinya 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 Kardinya's actual customers.
The median age in Kardinya is 42. 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
Kardinya questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A straightforward site for a trade or professional service, an accountant, an electrician, a financial adviser, runs $3,000 – $8,000 and takes 2–4 weeks. A booking system for a clinic or allied health practice runs $4,500 – $12,000. A searchable property or rental listings site sits around $3,500 – $9,500. We send three fixed-price quotes from vetted developers within 24 hours so you can compare before committing to anything.
No, and that's the point. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers based on your brief, not your postcode, so you get whoever is the right fit for a professional-services or real estate style build rather than whoever happens to have an office nearby. They work remotely, quote fixed prices, and are used to building for suburbs like Kardinya where clients expect a site that looks as credible as the business itself.
You get three fixed-price quotes within 24 hours of sending through your brief. Each comes from a vetted Australian developer who has already looked at what you're asking for, so the quotes are specific to your project, not a generic price list. From there, a typical trade or professional site takes 2–4 weeks to build, and a booking or listings site with more moving parts takes 4–8 weeks.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Kardinya 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 Kardinya, by registered businesses in Melville. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
1,916
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
1,705
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
1,454
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
1,415
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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