Who lives here
10,879
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age37
- Aged 65+14.5%
- Under 2535.1%
- Median household income$2,044/wk
- Median rent$430/wk
Port Stephens, New South Wales
A growth corridor built by tradies, not town planners.
Medowie sits on the growth edge of Port Stephens, close enough to Newcastle for a daily commute and far enough out that blocks are still bigger than the suburbs behind it. The census counted 10,879 people, and a median age of 37 says most of them are still raising kids rather than downsizing. Household income runs to $2,044 a week, solid money for a place that was mostly bushland twenty years ago, and the suburb now carries an estimated 760 businesses of its own. This is a suburb built by new arrivals, not one that grew slowly around an old main street.
Take the landscaper who turns up once the builders finish, laying turf and paving yards on one new estate block after another. That work comes through a builder's contract, not a customer's phone call, so a website has never mattered. It's about to. Port Stephens counts 1,136 construction businesses across the council area, more than any other sector, and once an estate is handed over the new owners want their own driveway, retaining wall or pool fence quoted, not whatever came bundled with the build. They search for that on a phone at night, and a one-truck outfit with no website looks the same as one about to fold. The same shift is coming for the electrician who has only ever wired new builds. A website that shows finished work and a rough price turns an estate handover into a direct booking instead of another subcontract.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Medowie market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Medowie itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Port Stephens area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~760
businesses in Medowie (estimated*)
- Port Stephens total5,254
- Solo / non-employing2,857
- 1–4 staff1,647
- 5–19 staff579
- 20+ staff171
86% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Port Stephens (2025)
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Construction1,136
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Rental, hiring & real estate578
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Professional, scientific & technical services565
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Transport, postal & warehousing404
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Other services354
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Health care & social assistance353
*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 Medowie businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Construction Sites
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For builders, electricians, landscapers and other trades working the new estates, built to convert once builder referrals dry up.
- Quote request form on every page
- Gallery of finished work
- Mobile-first for on-site browsing
- Local SEO for suburb searches
Property & Rental Sites
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For real estate and rental agents managing listings across Port Stephens, with search, enquiry forms and property galleries built in.
- Searchable property listings
- Enquiry & booking forms
- Photo galleries per listing
- Agent contact on every page
Professional Services Sites
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For accountants, engineers, consultants and other professional operators who need a site that reads as credible as their invoice.
- Clear services breakdown
- Booking or enquiry form
- Credentials & experience shown
- Fast load on mobile data
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Why FindDevs in Medowie
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
In a town of ~760 businesses there might be one or two people building websites, if they're taking work on. We put your brief in front of vetted developers across Australia and hand you three written quotes to compare, 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 Medowie's actual customers.
The median age in Medowie is 37. 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
Medowie questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or service website for a builder, electrician or landscaper runs $3,000 – $8,000 over 2–4 weeks. A property or rental listings site with search and enquiry forms runs $4,500 – $12,000 over 4–6 weeks. A professional services site for an accountant, engineer or consultant sits in the same $3,000 – $8,000 range. We match you with three vetted Australian developers who quote against your actual brief, so the number you get is fixed to the job, not a guess.
Our developers are vetted Australians matched to your brief, not necessarily based in Medowie or Port Stephens. What matters more than a local address is whether they've built for the kind of business you run, whether that's a trade site with a quote form, a property listings site, or a professional services site. You brief them on your customers and what you need the site to do, and three of them come back with fixed-price quotes within 24 hours so you can compare properly before committing to anyone.
It can, if it's built for the searches people actually type. Medowie's median age is 37 and 35.1% of residents are under 25, so a lot of your customers are searching on a phone rather than asking a neighbour. A site with local SEO, clear service pages and a fast mobile load shows up when someone searches for a trade, a property manager or a professional service in Port Stephens, rather than relying on word of mouth from the new estates alone.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Medowie 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 Medowie, by registered businesses in Port Stephens. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
1,136
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
578
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
565
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
353
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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