Who lives here
10,039
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age36
- Aged 65+16.8%
- Under 2535.3%
- Median household income$1,737/wk
- Median rent$360/wk
Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
The side of Bathurst that's still being built.
Kelso is Bathurst's growth suburb, 10,039 people on the flat land east of the river where the city has spent two decades expanding. Construction leads the Bathurst Regional council area with 807 businesses, and it shows on the ground here: new estates still filling in, tradies' utes parked three deep on quiet streets, timber stacked outside half-built garages. Median family income runs to $2,040 a week, well up on what plenty of regional towns manage, and at a median age of 36 this is a young suburb raising kids and paying mortgages, not one full of retirees after a tree change.
Most of the businesses already trading in Kelso built their website, if they have one, for an audience that isn't the one walking in the door now. 35.3% of the suburb is under 25, and a 22 year old renter checking a builder's site from her phone at 9pm does not have patience for a menu that breaks on mobile, a phone number buried in a footer, or a contact form that times out before she finishes typing. A builder, a real estate agent, a dentist or an accountant in Kelso is increasingly selling to people who compare, book and pay on a phone, not people ringing from a landline during business hours. Fix the mobile experience and a competitor's tired site becomes the reason someone rings you instead.
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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 Bathurst Regional area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~870
businesses in Kelso (estimated*)
- Bathurst Regional total3,802
- Solo / non-employing2,260
- 1–4 staff1,040
- 5–19 staff416
- 20+ staff86
87% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Bathurst Regional (2025)
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Construction807
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Agriculture, forestry & fishing624
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Rental, hiring & real estate340
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Professional, scientific & technical services309
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Health care & social assistance307
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Other services246
*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.
Builder & Trade Website
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For builders, landscapers and trade contractors around Kelso and Bathurst, built to turn a phone search into a quote request, with a gallery that shows the work instead of describing it.
- Quote request form
- Project photo gallery
- Service area coverage map
- Mobile-first layout
Property & Rental Listings Site
Typical price
$5,000 – $11,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For real estate and rental agencies covering the Kelso and Bathurst market, with searchable listings, enquiry forms and appraisal requests that work as well on a phone as a desktop.
- Searchable property listings
- Enquiry and appraisal forms
- Agent profile pages
- Map-based search
Clinic Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $9,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For clinics, physios and allied health practices in Kelso, with online booking that cuts down phone tag and intake forms clients fill in before they arrive.
- Online appointment booking
- Digital patient intake forms
- Practitioner profile pages
- Automated booking reminders
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Why FindDevs in Kelso
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Kelso 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 Kelso's actual customers.
The median age in Kelso is 36. 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 straightforward trade or service site, the kind most builders and contractors need, runs $3,000 - $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A property or rental listings site with search and enquiry forms is $5,000 - $11,000 over 4-6 weeks. A clinic booking site with online appointments sits at $4,500 - $9,000 over 3-5 weeks. You get three fixed-price quotes from vetted developers within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to anything.
Most projects for Kelso businesses run 2-6 weeks depending on scope. A trade or service site is the fastest, 2-4 weeks, because it's mostly pages, a gallery and a contact form. A property listings site or a clinic booking system takes longer, 4-6 weeks, because search, enquiry and booking functions need testing before they go live. Your FindDevs match will give you an exact timeline once they've seen the brief, and it's fixed once the quote is agreed, not a moving target.
No. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers based on the brief, not the postcode. What matters is that they understand the work and price it properly, not that they can drive past your shopfront. You'll deal with them directly by phone, email or video call, the same as you would with a local contractor, and nothing about the process assumes you're in Bathurst or anywhere near it.
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 Bathurst Regional. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
807
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
340
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
309
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
307
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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