Who lives here
16,296
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age38
- Aged 65+15.5%
- Under 2521.5%
- Median household income$3,164/wk
- Median rent$725/wk
Northern Beaches, New South Wales
Where the ferry crowd decides your reputation before you get a call.
Manly runs on two things: the beach economy that pulls day trippers off the ferry every weekend, and a resident base that mostly works somewhere else and pays well to live here anyway. Northern Beaches counts 7,390 professional, scientific and technical businesses, more than any other industry in the council area, and that says plenty about what the money here actually does for a living: it consults, it advises, it manages other people's money, then it comes home to the Corso. Population is 16,296, median household income runs to $3,164 a week, and family income climbs higher again to $4,266. That is not surf shack money, and it never really was.
Walk along the Corso and plenty of what is trading runs on a shopfront first and a website as an afterthought, built for an older idea of Manly than the one that lives here now. The median age is 38, and 21.5% of residents are under 25, a crowd that books everything on a phone between one wave and the next and will not wait for a slow page on patchy ferry wifi. A physiotherapist near the surf club, a real estate agent working the Fairlight end, a personal trainer on the beachfront or a cafe owner chasing the day trip crowd all need a site that loads fast on mobile and states price and hours without a phone call. The ferry crowd forgives a lot; the customer earning $3,164 a week does not forgive a website that looks free.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Manly market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Manly itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Northern Beaches area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~2,070
businesses in Manly (estimated*)
- Northern Beaches total33,595
- Solo / non-employing19,575
- 1–4 staff10,466
- 5–19 staff2,850
- 20+ staff704
89% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Northern Beaches (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services7,390
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Construction5,861
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Rental, hiring & real estate3,970
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Health care & social assistance2,195
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Financial & insurance services1,977
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Retail trade1,722
*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 Manly businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Consulting Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For consultants, financial advisers, physios and other professional operators along the Northern Beaches who need a site that reads as credible as the fee they charge.
- Mobile-first booking and enquiry forms
- Fast load on ferry and beach wifi
- Local SEO for Manly and Fairlight searches
- Clear pricing, hours and credentials
Retail & Cafe Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–6 weeks
For shopfronts and cafes on the Corso and beachfront competing for the weekend day-trip crowd, with menus, trading hours and stock that stay current.
- Live trading hours and menu updates
- Photo-led design built for mobile
- Click-to-call and map directions
- Google Business and review integration
Booking & Rental Portal
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
5–8 weeks
For real estate and rental agencies, health clinics or fitness studios that need online booking, listings or payments, not just a brochure page.
- Online booking and calendar sync
- Property or class listings search
- Secure payments and deposits
- Client accounts and booking history
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Why FindDevs in Manly
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Manly 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 Manly's actual customers.
The median age in Manly is 38. 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
Manly questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A straightforward site for a consultant, physio or trade business runs $3,000 - $8,000 and takes 3-5 weeks. A retail or cafe site with menus and trading hours is $3,500 - $9,500 over 3-6 weeks. A booking portal or property listings site with payments or accounts runs $4,500 - $12,000 over 5-8 weeks. You get three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to any of them.
No, and we would not claim otherwise. FindDevs matches your project to three vetted Australian developers based on what the brief needs, not on their postcode. What matters for a Manly business is a developer who understands mobile-first sites for a mixed local and visitor audience, fast page loads and local SEO, not a physical office nearby. All quotes are fixed-price and delivered within 24 hours regardless of where the developer is based.
Yes. A site built for Manly has to handle traffic spikes from day trippers checking hours, menus or availability on patchy ferry and beachfront mobile signal, not just steady local searches. We brief developers to build for mobile speed first, with trading hours, click-to-call and location details that load fast even on a weak connection, so a Saturday crowd checking your site from the wharf does not just give up and walk to the next shopfront.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Manly 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.
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Your industry
Developers who have built for your trade before.
The biggest employers around Manly, by registered businesses in Northern Beaches. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
7,390
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
5,861
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
3,970
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
2,195
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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