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Randwick, New South Wales

The suburb built around one very large university.

Kensington sits between the city and the coast, wrapped around UNSW's main campus, with a population of 11,927 at the last census. The economy around it runs on expertise and property rather than heavy industry: professional, scientific and technical services lead the Randwick council area with 2,695 businesses, and rental, hiring and real estate follows close behind on 1,953, a sign of how much of this part of Sydney is occupied by tenants rather than owners. Household income sits at $2,118 a week, well above the state median, which says more about the professionals living here than about the students renting alongside them.

33.3% of Kensington is under 25, which is what happens when a suburb wraps around a university campus instead of a train line or a beach. Anzac Parade runs straight through to Kingsford, an easy walk, so nobody here is a captive customer: a student comparing two cafes or two removalists does it from the footpath outside both, phone already out. A physio, a property manager, a cleaner or a tutor gets found or gets walked past, and a fast, clear site that answers the obvious questions first is what keeps that from happening. In a suburb this compact, ranking above the business two doors down matters more than ranking well nationally, because that's the only competition that counts.

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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29

The Kensington market, by the numbers.

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

Who lives here
11,927
residents at the 2021 Census
  • Median age32
  • Aged 65+12.9%
  • Under 2533.3%
  • Median household income$2,118/wk
  • Median rent$500/wk
The business scene
~1,270
businesses in Kensington (estimated*)
  • Randwick total14,366
  • Solo / non-employing9,257
  • 1–4 staff4,013
  • 5–19 staff848
  • 20+ staff248

92% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.

Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Randwick (2025)
  • Professional, scientific & technical services2,695
  • Construction2,354
  • Rental, hiring & real estate1,953
  • Health care & social assistance1,685
  • Transport, postal & warehousing773
  • Retail trade700

*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 Kensington businesses actually build.

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

Trade & Construction Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks

A straightforward site for a builder, electrician or other trade working across Randwick, with quote requests, service pages and a number that's easy to find on a phone.

  • Mobile-first quote request form
  • Service area & suburb pages
  • Click-to-call phone number
  • Google Business Profile setup
Clinic & Allied Health Site
Typical price
$4,000 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks

For a physio, dentist or allied health clinic taking bookings across Randwick's health precinct, with online appointment requests, practitioner bios and clear opening hours.

  • Online booking / appointment form
  • Practitioner profile pages
  • Opening hours & location map
  • Patient FAQ & fees page
Property & Rental Portal
Typical price
$5,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks

For a real estate or rental agency managing listings across Kensington and Randwick, with searchable listings, enquiry forms and a site built for high renter turnover.

  • Searchable property listings
  • Enquiry & application forms
  • Suburb & listing landing pages
  • Fast updates for new listings

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Why FindDevs in Kensington

Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.

Three quotes, not one local guess.

Around Kensington 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 Kensington's actual customers.

The median age in Kensington is 32. 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

Kensington questions.

It depends on what the site needs to do. A straightforward trade or service site with a quote form runs $3,000 - $8,000. A clinic or practice that needs online booking sits at $4,000 - $9,500. A property or rental portal with searchable listings runs $5,500 - $12,000. You'll get three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to anything.
Most trade and service sites take 2-4 weeks from brief to launch. A booking site for a clinic or a rental portal with listings and search takes closer to 4-6 weeks, because there's more to build and test. You'll get a firm timeframe with your quote, not just a price, so you know when the site actually goes live before you agree to anything.
No, and that's by design. FindDevs matches you with vetted Australian developers based on what your project needs, not their postcode. What matters is that they understand a suburb like Kensington, with its student turnover, rental churn and hard competition from Kingsford and Randwick two minutes down the road, and build a site that answers those actual conditions rather than a generic template.
Your industry

Developers who have built for your trade before.

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

Professional, scientific & technical services
2,695 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
2,354 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
1,953 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
1,685 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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