- Median age41
- Aged 65+19.4%
- Under 2529.3%
- Median household income$2,497/wk
- Median rent$476/wk
The suburb built on fees, not footfall.
Kew is old money that still works for a living. Household income here is $2,497 a week and family income $3,301, among the highest anywhere in Melbourne, the kind of numbers that come from solicitors, specialists and company directors rather than shift work. Boroondara's economy backs that up: professional, scientific and technical services is the council area's biggest sector, on 5,078 businesses, ahead of real estate and health care. Kew itself carries an estimated 3,920 businesses of its own, doctors in converted terraces, real estate agents working the Georgian piles along Studley Park Road, and consultants running a practice from the home office rather than a CBD tower.
29.3% of Kew is under 25, driven by a run of private schools, Xavier College, Trinity Grammar, Ruyton and Genazzano, that pull families from across Melbourne's east. Many of those families are here for a decade or two rather than a lifetime, so a lot of searches for a tutor, an orthodontist, a music teacher or a uniform supplier come from someone with no history with any local business. A physio near the schools, an architect renovating a period home, or a real estate agent listing a Kew property is pitching to people who expect a website as polished as their own workplace, because a household income of $2,497 a week can afford exactly that standard. A slick, fast site isn't a point of difference in a suburb this wealthy, it's the minimum anyone will take seriously.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Kew brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
The Kew market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Kew itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Boroondara area. This is the market your website sells into.
- Boroondara total27,139
- Solo / non-employing18,473
- 1–4 staff6,171
- 5–19 staff1,948
- 20+ staff547
91% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
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Professional, scientific & technical services5,078
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Rental, hiring & real estate4,969
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Health care & social assistance3,740
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Construction2,690
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Financial & insurance services2,355
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Retail trade1,630
*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.
What Kew businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
A credibility-first site for solicitors, accountants and consultants: team bios, credentials, service pages and a contact form that gets a client talking today, not next week.
- Team and credentials pages
- Enquiry form with instant email
- Mobile-first, fast page loads
- Local SEO for Kew and Boroondara searches
A listings-led site for agents working Kew's period homes and Boroondara's wider market: searchable listings, agent profiles and enquiry tracking that doesn't lose a lead overnight.
- Searchable property listings
- Agent profile pages
- Enquiry and lead tracking
- Built for phone-based browsing
An online booking site for physios, dentists and specialists near the schools, built so a parent can book an appointment from a phone in the school pickup line.
- Online appointment booking
- Practitioner and service pages
- Calendar sync and reminders
- Fast on mobile, no app needed
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Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Around Kew 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.
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.
The median age in Kew is 41. 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.
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.
Kew questions.
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Kew businesses like any other. No hourly rates, no discovery call before you can see a number.
A sharp five-page website that makes a small business look established, live in a fortnight.
See what's includedThe full small-business build: 8–12 pages, booking or quoting flows, and local SEO that actually ranks.
See what's includedThe ranking machine bolted onto your existing site: service pages, suburb pages, schema and reviews, done properly once.
See what's includedHosting, updates, backups, security and monthly changes, all handled, so your site stays fast and safe without you thinking about it.
See what's includedDevelopers who have built for your trade before.
The biggest employers around Kew, by registered businesses in Boroondara. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.