Who lives here
18,503
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age31
- Aged 65+6.9%
- Under 2536.9%
- Median household income$2,125/wk
- Median rent$396/wk
Cardinia, Victoria
The suburb that is still being built, street by street.
Officer's population hit 18,503 at the last census, and the growth shows in what's building around it: construction leads every industry across the Cardinia council area with 2,972 businesses, well ahead of anything else. This is a suburb still being built out, street by street, on Melbourne's south-eastern edge. Household income runs $2,125 a week and the median age is 31, the profile of young families buying a first house and furnishing it room by room, not a settled or retired pocket of the city.
"We're flat out on the tools, the website can wait" is what you'll hear from most trades working Officer right now, and when work already comes from referrals on the same street it's an easy line to believe. Construction leads every industry in the Cardinia council area, streets ahead of anything else, which means an electrician, a plumber, a landscaper and a mortgage broker are all chasing buyers on the same new estates. An estimated 1,920 businesses already operate in Officer itself, and with 36.9% of residents under 25 against just 6.9% aged 65 and over, most buyers are finding a tradesperson on a phone screen, not a noticeboard. Referrals run out once three builders work the same street; the business that ranks in that search gets first look at people who haven't chosen anyone yet.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Officer brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Officer market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Officer itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Cardinia area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,920
businesses in Officer (estimated*)
- Cardinia total12,389
- Solo / non-employing8,298
- 1–4 staff3,026
- 5–19 staff873
- 20+ staff192
91% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Cardinia (2025)
-
Construction2,972
-
Transport, postal & warehousing2,018
-
Rental, hiring & real estate997
-
Professional, scientific & technical services986
-
Administrative & support services745
-
Other services740
*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 Officer businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Builder & Trades Website
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Built for builders, electricians and landscapers working Officer's new estates: a fast site that shows finished work and turns a phone search into a booked quote.
- Quote request form
- Gallery of completed builds
- Service area map for the estates
- Fast load on site 4G
Freight & Logistics Website
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For freight, warehousing and logistics operators serving the Cardinia corridor: a professional site that turns a quote request or booking enquiry into a job, fast.
- Fleet and services overview
- Quote and booking form
- Depot locations and hours
- Mobile-first for drivers on the road
Property & Portal Website
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For property managers, real estate agents and professional services firms handling Officer's new households: a searchable, bookable site that routes enquiries without a phone queue.
- Listing or service search
- Enquiry routing to the right agent
- Appointment booking
- Client portal login
Free · No signup wall · Stay anonymous if you want · 2 minutes
Why FindDevs in Officer
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Officer 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 Officer's actual customers.
The median age in Officer is 31. 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
Officer questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or builder site with a quote form and project gallery runs $3,000 – $8,000. A freight or logistics site with booking and enquiry routing sits at $3,500 – $9,000. A property or portal-style build with client logins and listing search runs $4,500 – $12,000. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers who quote a fixed price up front, so you know the number before any work starts.
Developers matched through FindDevs are vetted Australians, not necessarily based in Officer or the Cardinia council area. What matters for a website build is understanding the brief, not a local postcode: your quote request goes to three developers who build for the industries around here, from trades to logistics to property management, and each returns a fixed-price quote within 24 hours.
Most builds land in two to six weeks depending on scope: a straightforward trade site with a quote form can be live in 2–4 weeks, while a booking or portal-style build with logins and search takes 4–6 weeks. In a suburb adding new households every month, getting found in search matters as much as getting live, so each quote covers local SEO from the start rather than treating it as an add-on later.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Officer 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 Officer, by registered businesses in Cardinia. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Comparing developers in Officer?
Make FindDevs a preferred source and Google will show our guides
more often in Search and in AI answers.