Who lives here
14,690
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age34
- Aged 65+8.1%
- Under 2522.7%
- Median household income$2,330/wk
- Median rent$550/wk
Sydney, New South Wales
A postcode where students and consultants shop the same street.
Newtown runs on King Street and the crowd Sydney University sends down the hill, but the economy underneath is more professional than the terrace houses suggest. Professional, scientific and technical services is the largest industry across the Sydney council area, with 18,661 businesses, and Newtown's cafes, studios and clinics sit inside that broader professional base rather than apart from it. Household income here runs to $2,330 a week, the median age is 34, and the suburb holds close to 14,690 people inside a footprint you can walk end to end in twenty minutes.
You could look at the pubs and the vintage shops on King Street and assume Newtown runs on foot traffic and casual trade. It runs on volume instead: close to 5,830 businesses operate inside the suburb itself, which means a physio, a hairdresser, a solicitor or a web developer is rarely the only one within five minutes' walk. Just 8.1% of residents are over 65 and 22.7% are under 25, so the customer doing the choosing is young, has a phone in hand, and is comparing before they've finished walking past. A shopfront that isn't findable online is competing on foot traffic alone, in a suburb where foot traffic is the least of the advantage.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Newtown market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Newtown itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Sydney area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~5,830
businesses in Newtown (estimated*)
- Sydney total85,193
- Solo / non-employing54,691
- 1–4 staff19,007
- 5–19 staff7,632
- 20+ staff3,863
87% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Sydney (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services18,661
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Financial & insurance services14,993
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Rental, hiring & real estate14,809
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Construction5,943
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Accommodation & food services4,280
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Retail trade4,237
*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 Newtown businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Professional Services Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For solicitors, accountants and physios working out of Newtown, a site that reads as credible as the professional's actual hourly rate.
- Booking or enquiry form
- Mobile-first responsive layout
- Google Business Profile setup
- Fast load speed on mobile data
Cafe, Bar & Retail Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For the cafes, bars and boutiques along King Street, a site that shows the menu, the hours and the room before anyone walks in the door.
- Menu, hours and location upfront
- Online ordering or table booking
- Instagram and Google Maps linked
- Local SEO for King Street searches
Property & Booking Portal
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–8 weeks
For agents and rental operators in a market this tight, a searchable listings or booking portal that updates in real time and never loses a lead overnight.
- Live listings or availability
- Enquiry and lead capture forms
- CRM or inbox integration
- Admin dashboard for updates
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Why FindDevs in Newtown
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Newtown 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 Newtown's actual customers.
The median age in Newtown is 34. 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
Newtown questions.
It depends on scope, but the three project types we quote most often in Newtown run $3,000 – $8,000 for a professional services or trade site, $3,500 – $9,500 for a cafe, bar or retail site, and $4,500 – $12,000 for a booking or listings portal. You get three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours, so you're comparing real numbers, not a ballpark someone made up on a call.
It is competitive: close to 5,830 businesses operate inside the suburb, and most of your direct rivals are a five-minute walk away. That is exactly why it matters. With 22.7% of residents under 25 and only 8.1% over 65, most customers are searching on a phone and choosing from whoever ranks and looks legitimate in the first ten seconds. A site with real service pages and Newtown worked into the right places is how you win searches your competitors are still losing to a Facebook page.
No, and we don't pretend otherwise. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers based on your brief, not your postcode, so the best fit might be working from Melbourne or regional Queensland rather than King Street. What matters is that they build for the customer you actually have here: young, mobile-first, comparing three options before they call. You get fixed-price quotes to compare, and you choose who does the work.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Newtown 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 Newtown, by registered businesses in Sydney. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
18,661
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
14,809
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
5,943
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Accommodation & food services
4,280
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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