Who lives here
13,794
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age33
- Aged 65+8.2%
- Under 2534.2%
- Median household income$1,940/wk
- Median rent$360/wk
Salisbury, South Australia
Built around a lake, a campus and a technology park.
Mawson Lakes was built around its lake and the University of South Australia campus, with Technology Park anchoring the western edge, but the numbers describe a suburb that leans on freight and building work as much as research. It sits inside the City of Salisbury, where transport, postal and warehousing is the largest industry, 2,332 businesses, more than any other sector in the council area. Locally the population is 13,794, the median age is 33, and household income runs to $1,940 a week, comfortable for a suburb built this recently.
Median age here is 33, and 34.2% of residents are under 25, a mix of the university crowd and young families buying into the newer estates. Plenty of the roughly 990 businesses in the suburb are still running sites built for a different customer: slow on a phone, no price in sight, no way to book online. A site like that isn't a shopfront, it's a business card nobody reads. A freight operator working the depots, a builder chasing the new releases, a physiotherapist near the campus or a property manager handling the rental stock is selling to people who compare three options before they finish their coffee. Family income runs to $2,220 a week, so the market can pay for a proper job, it just needs to see one before it calls.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Mawson Lakes market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Mawson Lakes itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Salisbury area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~990
businesses in Mawson Lakes (estimated*)
- Salisbury total10,590
- Solo / non-employing7,693
- 1–4 staff1,817
- 5–19 staff786
- 20+ staff294
90% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Salisbury (2025)
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Transport, postal & warehousing2,332
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Construction2,142
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Rental, hiring & real estate840
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Administrative & support services771
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Health care & social assistance643
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Other services622
*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 Mawson Lakes businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Freight Business Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For a builder, an electrician or a freight operator working the depots around Salisbury. A fast site with a phone number that works, a quote form, and photos of finished jobs, not paragraphs about your mission.
- Mobile-first quote request form
- Google Business Profile setup
- Local SEO for depot & trade searches
- Photo gallery of completed jobs
Allied Health Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For a physiotherapist, GP clinic or allied health practice near the campus. Online booking, appointment reminders and patient intake forms that work on a phone between classes or shifts.
- Online appointment booking
- Automated SMS/email reminders
- Patient intake forms online
- Practitioner profiles & bios
Property & Rental Listings Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For a property manager or real estate office handling the rental stock in and around Mawson Lakes. Listings that update themselves, an enquiry form, and a site that looks credible to a landlord comparing three agencies.
- Live rental listings feed
- Landlord enquiry form
- Suburb & school catchment pages
- Mobile-friendly listing search
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Why FindDevs in Mawson Lakes
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Mawson Lakes 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 Mawson Lakes's actual customers.
The median age in Mawson Lakes is 33. 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
Mawson Lakes questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A straightforward trade or service site runs $3,000 – $8,000 and takes 2–4 weeks. A booking system for a clinic or allied health practice is $4,500 – $12,000, because online booking and reminders take more build time. A property or rental listings site sits around $3,500 – $9,500. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers who each quote a fixed price against your brief, so you compare three real numbers instead of guessing.
No, and we don't pretend otherwise. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers based on your brief and budget, not your postcode. What matters is that they build a site that works for a Mawson Lakes customer: fast on a phone, clear about price, easy to book. You get three fixed-price quotes within 24 hours and pick whichever developer and quote suits the job.
Yes. Median age here is 33 and 34.2% of residents are under 25, so the same site has to work for a student booking an appointment between lectures and a parent comparing three quotes from the couch. That means mobile-first design, a phone number that's visible without scrolling, and a form that doesn't ask for more detail than the job needs. Family income here runs to $2,220 a week, so price isn't the barrier, a developer who skips real testing on a phone is.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Mawson Lakes 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 Mawson Lakes, by registered businesses in Salisbury. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
2,142
local businesses
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Rental, hiring & real estate
840
local businesses
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Administrative & support services
771
local businesses
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Health care & social assistance
643
local businesses
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