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Monash, Victoria

A suburb where the tradies and the consultants compete for the same search.

Oakleigh sits inside the Monash council area, where professional, scientific and technical services lead the business count at 3,655, just ahead of construction on 3,442. Consultants, engineers and architects outnumber builders here, which says something about the kind of economy the suburb sits inside. Locally, an estimated 1,120 businesses trade to serve Oakleigh's own population of 8,442, a compact, established suburb rather than a fringe estate still filling in.

A median age of 38 puts Oakleigh at the younger end of Melbourne's inner suburbs, and 28.0% of residents under 25 against 15.7% over 65 means the customer base skews toward people who search first and call second. Household income here runs to $1,926 a week and family income to $2,455, so those searchers can pay properly once they've found someone worth booking. An engineer running a private practice, a builder renovating Oakleigh's older housing stock, or a leasing agent working the rental market are all selling into the same expectation: a site that loads fast, explains the service plainly, and takes a booking without a phone call. Rental, hiring and real estate is the third-largest sector in the Monash council area at 3,352 businesses, and every landlord and property manager competing for tenants is judged on the listing before anyone reads the price.

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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29

The Oakleigh market, by the numbers.

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

Who lives here
8,442
residents at the 2021 Census
  • Median age38
  • Aged 65+15.7%
  • Under 2528%
  • Median household income$1,926/wk
  • Median rent$410/wk
The business scene
~1,120
businesses in Oakleigh (estimated*)
  • Monash total25,641
  • Solo / non-employing16,975
  • 1–4 staff6,024
  • 5–19 staff1,933
  • 20+ staff709

90% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.

Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Monash (2025)
  • Professional, scientific & technical services3,655
  • Construction3,442
  • Rental, hiring & real estate3,352
  • Transport, postal & warehousing2,567
  • Health care & social assistance2,245
  • Retail trade1,976

*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 Oakleigh businesses actually build.

Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.

Trade & Service Website
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks

A builder, an electrician or a renovator working Oakleigh's older housing stock needs a site that shows finished jobs and takes a quote request without a phone call.

  • Before-and-after photo gallery
  • Quote request form
  • Service area and Google Maps
  • Mobile-first design
Professional Practice Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks

For an engineer, accountant or consultant working under Monash's professional services banner, the site needs to carry the same credibility as the qualification.

  • Staff bios and credentials
  • Secure enquiry form
  • Case studies and services pages
  • Local SEO for Oakleigh searches
Rental & Property Portal
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks

A leasing agent or property manager competing for tenants across Monash's rental market needs listings that update the moment a property leases.

  • Live property listing feed
  • Online enquiry and viewing form
  • Tenant and landlord login areas
  • Map search by suburb

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Why FindDevs in Oakleigh

Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.

Three quotes, not one local guess.

Around Oakleigh 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 Oakleigh's actual customers.

The median age in Oakleigh is 38. 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

Oakleigh questions.

It depends on what the site needs to do. A straightforward trade or service site for a builder or electrician runs $3,000 - $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A professional practice site for an engineer, accountant or consultant runs $3,500 - $9,000. A rental or property listings portal with live feeds and login areas runs $4,500 - $12,000 and takes longer to build properly. You get three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to anything.
You describe the project and FindDevs matches it to three vetted Australian developers who have built similar sites before. Each one prices the job and comes back with a fixed quote within 24 hours, so you are comparing real numbers against the same brief rather than chasing agencies for estimates. You choose whoever fits the budget and the timeline and the build starts from there. There is no obligation to choose any of the three if none of them are right for the job.
The developers matched to your project are Australian and experienced in the kind of site your industry needs, whether that is a trade site, a professional services site or a property portal. They are not necessarily based in Oakleigh or Monash, but they are briefed on the suburb, the competition and who you are trying to reach, and the site is built around that brief rather than a generic template.
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