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Northern Beaches, New South Wales

A postcode where word of mouth only gets you so far.

Narrabeen sits on the Northern Beaches without being the postcard part of it: the lagoon and the surf break pull the visitors, but the numbers say something different about who actually works here. Professional, scientific and technical services leads the Northern Beaches with 7,390 businesses, more than construction, more than real estate, more than anything else in the council area. The suburb itself holds 8,255 people, a median age of 48, and a household income of $1,780 a week. An architect, a financial planner, a physiotherapist or a builder is a more typical Narrabeen business than a surf shop, whatever the postcard suggests.

'Everyone round here already knows me' is what plenty of Narrabeen operators tell themselves, and in a suburb of 8,255 it can feel true for a while. It stops being true the moment someone new moves onto the peninsula, or a regular's kid takes over the search because their parents don't do the online part. With 1,050 businesses already trading in Narrabeen, word of mouth reaches its ceiling fast, and everyone left outside your circle is Googling instead of asking around. Median family income here is $2,543 a week, and 31.1% of residents are 65 or over, so whatever gets built needs to be as easy to use as it is to find, plain type, obvious buttons, a phone number instead of a form. A cafe owner, a builder, a physio or a real estate agent all draw on the same pool of people looking something up before they call, and only one of them shows up first.

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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29

The Narrabeen market, by the numbers.

Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Narrabeen itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Northern Beaches area. This is the market your website sells into.

Who lives here
8,255
residents at the 2021 Census
  • Median age48
  • Aged 65+31.1%
  • Under 2520%
  • Median household income$1,780/wk
  • Median rent$565/wk
The business scene
~1,050
businesses in Narrabeen (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)
  • Professional, scientific & technical services7,390
  • Construction5,861
  • Rental, hiring & real estate3,970
  • Health care & social assistance2,195
  • Financial & insurance services1,977
  • 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 Narrabeen 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

For builders and tradies working the Northern Beaches: a site that shows the work, takes enquiries from mobile, and ranks for the suburbs you actually service.

  • Photo gallery of completed jobs
  • Mobile quote request form
  • Service area pages by suburb
  • Click-to-call on every page
Professional Services Website
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks

For consultants, advisers and specialists who trade on credibility: a site that reads as established, not homemade, with clear ways to book a first conversation.

  • Team bios and credentials page
  • Online enquiry and booking form
  • Case studies and client results
  • Secure contact and file upload
Property & Health Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks

For real estate agents, allied health and clinics: booking calendars, listings or appointment forms, built plain enough for an older client to use without any help figuring it out.

  • Online appointment booking
  • Property or service listings
  • Large type, high contrast design
  • Simple menus, no clutter

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Why FindDevs in Narrabeen

Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.

Three quotes, not one local guess.

Around Narrabeen 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 Narrabeen's actual customers.

With a median age of 48 and 31.1% of locals over 65, we match developers who design for readability, fast regional connections and easy booking, not design-award vanity.

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

Narrabeen questions.

It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or construction site with a gallery and quote form runs $3,000 – $8,000 and takes 2–4 weeks. A professional services site with booking and case studies is $3,500 – $9,500 over 3–5 weeks. A property or health booking site with online appointments and listings is $4,500 – $12,000 over 4–6 weeks. We match you with three vetted Australian developers who each quote a fixed price against your brief, so you compare real numbers, not estimates that move once the invoice arrives.
No. The developers we match are Australian, and they build to the same standard wherever they happen to be based. What matters more in a suburb of 8,255 is that the site is fast on a phone, easy to read for the 31.1% of residents who are over 65, and set up to rank for the suburb names your customers actually search. None of that requires a local office, it requires someone who has built for a coastal, older-skewing market before.
Most Narrabeen projects run 2–6 weeks depending on scope. A straightforward trade or services site is 2–4 weeks. A professional services site with booking and case studies takes 3–5 weeks. A property or health booking build with listings or appointment calendars takes 4–6 weeks. You get three fixed-price quotes within 24 hours of sending the brief, so the timeline is set before any work starts, not renegotiated halfway through.
Your industry

Developers who have built for your trade before.

The biggest employers around Narrabeen, 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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