Who lives here
8,678
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age37
- Aged 65+12.7%
- Under 2533.8%
- Median household income$1,826/wk
- Median rent$390/wk
Cairns, Queensland
The suburb carrying Cairns' construction boom home every night.
Mount Sheridan sits inside the Cairns council area, where construction leads the business count with 2,699 businesses, more than any other industry in the region. The suburb itself is young for Queensland: 33.8% of residents are under 25, against a population of 8,678. Household income runs to $1,826 a week, well above what plenty of Queensland suburbs report, and that money is chasing new builds, renovations and the tradies who service both.
Most of the builders, electricians and plumbers already working these streets stop at a Facebook page and a mobile number, and that costs them jobs to whoever ranks for 'builder Mount Sheridan' or 'electrician Cairns southside' instead. With an estimated 780 businesses in the suburb and a median family income of $2,018 a week, there's money here for a job done properly, but the sale only happens if the business is findable in the ten seconds before someone rings three quotes. A physiotherapist, a real estate agent, a mortgage broker or a freight operator trading out of Mount Sheridan all need the same thing: a site that loads fast, shows finished work and books a call before the tab closes. A website that answers the phone properly is worth more here than a full-page ad in the local paper, and it never clocks off.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Mount Sheridan brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Mount Sheridan market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Mount Sheridan itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Cairns area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~780
businesses in Mount Sheridan (estimated*)
- Cairns total15,166
- Solo / non-employing8,938
- 1–4 staff3,991
- 5–19 staff1,733
- 20+ staff504
85% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Cairns (2025)
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Construction2,699
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Rental, hiring & real estate1,817
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Professional, scientific & technical services1,608
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Health care & social assistance1,460
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Transport, postal & warehousing1,428
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Other services951
*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 Mount Sheridan businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Construction Website
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
A straightforward site for a builder, electrician or plumber working the Cairns growth corridor: services, gallery of finished jobs, and a quote form that goes straight to your phone.
- Mobile-first quote request form
- Gallery of completed jobs
- Google Business Profile setup
- Local SEO for trade searches
Property & Rental Listings Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
Built for agents and rental managers across Cairns: searchable listings, enquiry forms per property, and admin access to update stock without calling a developer.
- Searchable property listings
- Per-listing enquiry forms
- Self-managed admin panel
- Map view of active listings
Allied Health Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $11,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For a physio, clinic or allied health practice: online booking, service pages that explain what you actually treat, and intake forms patients fill in before they arrive.
- Online appointment booking
- Service and condition pages
- Patient intake forms
- SMS or email booking reminders
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Why FindDevs in Mount Sheridan
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
In a town of ~780 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 Mount Sheridan's actual customers.
The median age in Mount Sheridan 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
Mount Sheridan questions.
It depends on what you need. A trade or services site for a builder, electrician or plumber runs $3,000 – $8,000 and takes 2–4 weeks. A property or rental listings build runs $4,500 – $12,000. A booking site for a physio or allied health practice runs $4,500 – $11,000, both closer to 4–6 weeks. You get three fixed-price quotes from vetted developers before you commit to any of it, so there's no guessing what the final invoice will look like.
Timelines depend on scope, not distance. A trade or services website is usually the fastest, 2–4 weeks from brief to launch. Anything with bookings, listings or an admin panel, like a property site or a clinic booking system, generally runs 4–6 weeks once content and photos are supplied. The three quotes you get up front each state a firm timeframe, so you know before you sign anything how long your Mount Sheridan project will actually take.
Not necessarily, and that's by design. FindDevs matches your brief to three vetted Australian developers based on who's right for the job, not who's closest to Mount Sheridan. That gets you better options than whoever happens to have an office nearby, and every developer still works to Australian standards, in Australian business hours, on a fixed price agreed before work starts.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Mount Sheridan 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 Mount Sheridan, by registered businesses in Cairns. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
2,699
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
1,817
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
1,608
local businesses
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Health care & social assistance
1,460
local businesses
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