Who lives here
10,599
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age34
- Aged 65+11.9%
- Under 2537.9%
- Median household income$1,626/wk
- Median rent$300/wk
Townsville, Queensland
Where the first search decides who gets the call.
Kelso sits inside the Townsville council area, and the numbers read like a young family suburb rather than a retirement one: the median age is 34, and 37.9% of residents are under 25. That's a lot of mortgages, prams and school enrolments in one postcode. Construction carries the region economically, with 2,529 businesses across the council area, more than any other sector, which tracks with a place still filling in new streets and renovating older ones. Household income runs to $1,626 a week, solid money for a suburb this age, enough to keep builders, sparkies and plumbers genuinely busy rather than scraping for work.
Kelso is home to 10,599 people, and in the ten minutes before any one of them actually rings a business, they've already searched, scrolled and half-decided. That's the real market here, not the shopfront on the strip. A concreter, a physio, a property manager or a freight operator in Kelso is being judged against whatever else the same search turns up, other outfits from across Townsville with a sharper website and a faster load time. A site that answers the phone number question in one glance, shows real photos of the actual work, and lets someone book or ask without filling in ten fields is the difference between being the first call of the day and the fourth. Build that once and it keeps working every night the office is shut.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Kelso brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Kelso market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Kelso itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Townsville area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~710
businesses in Kelso (estimated*)
- Townsville total13,122
- Solo / non-employing7,408
- 1–4 staff3,547
- 5–19 staff1,664
- 20+ staff503
83% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Townsville (2025)
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Construction2,529
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Health care & social assistance1,546
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Rental, hiring & real estate1,430
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Professional, scientific & technical services1,373
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Transport, postal & warehousing1,045
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Other services1,037
*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 Kelso businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Construction Sites
Typical price
$3,500 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Built for builders, concreters and subbies who win jobs on quotes and reputation, with the site doing the selling before the phone ever rings.
- Instant quote request form
- Photo gallery of completed jobs
- Click-to-call on every page
- Local SEO built in from day one
Health & Allied Booking Sites
Typical price
$5,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For clinics, physios and allied health providers who want patients booking appointments online instead of playing phone tag all day.
- Online appointment booking
- Practitioner profile pages
- Automated booking reminders
- Secure patient enquiry forms
Property & Professional Sites
Typical price
$4,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For agents, brokers, accountants and consultants who need a site that reads as credible as the advice or the properties they're selling.
- Listings or case study pages
- Enquiry forms that qualify leads
- Team and credentials pages
- Fast load on mobile searches
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Why FindDevs in Kelso
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
In a town of ~710 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 Kelso's actual customers.
The median age in Kelso is 34. 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
Kelso questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or construction site with a quote form and job gallery runs $3,500 - $8,000. A booking site for a clinic or allied health practice, with online appointments and reminders, sits at $5,500 - $12,000. A property or professional services site runs $4,500 - $9,500. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers who each quote against your brief, so you compare fixed prices instead of guessing at one.
Not necessarily, and we don't pretend otherwise. FindDevs matches you with vetted Australian developers based on the brief, not the postcode. What matters for a Kelso business is that the developer understands regional customers browsing on mobile data, builds sites that load fast without a big-city studio's overhead, and prices the job properly the first time. You get three fixed-price quotes back within 24 hours and pick whichever developer and price suits the job.
It changes the priorities more than the look. With a median age of 34 and 37.9% of residents under 25, most of your customers are deciding on a phone screen, fast, and they expect the same speed and simplicity they get from every other app they use. A site built mobile-first, with a clear call-to-action and no long forms, does more work here than an elaborate desktop showcase would. The developers we match build for that behaviour, not for a monitor in an office.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Kelso 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 Kelso, by registered businesses in Townsville. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
2,529
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
1,546
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
1,430
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
1,373
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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