Who lives here
12,701
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age38
- Aged 65+15.3%
- Under 2522.8%
- Median household income$3,131/wk
- Median rent$650/wk
Woollahra, New South Wales
The suburb where looking amateur costs you the client.
Paddington is a small suburb carrying a lot of business for its size: 12,701 people, and roughly 2,460 local businesses already trading on and off Oxford Street and Five Ways. That ratio is the real story, more galleries, boutiques, clinics and studios per resident than almost anywhere else in Sydney, packed into narrow terraces instead of office towers. Household income runs $3,131 a week and the median age is 38, an established, well-paid crowd rather than a share-house strip. This isn't a suburb building outward. Every terrace already has a use, and taking one over is usually the only way in.
Whoever is about to ring a Paddington business has usually spent the ten minutes before that scrolling, not asking a mate for a name. Woollahra council counts 2,143 professional, scientific and technical services businesses, the largest sector in the area, and that trains the whole population to research before they commit, whether they're hiring a lawyer or picking a hairdresser. Family income here runs $4,686 a week, so the objection is rarely price, it's whether the site in front of them looks like it belongs to someone competent. An architect, a physiotherapist, a real estate agent or a boutique owner on Oxford Street is selling to people who vet everything, including the tradesperson doing their kitchen. A site that loads slowly or reads like a template gets closed before the phone comes out.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Paddington market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Paddington itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Woollahra area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~2,460
businesses in Paddington (estimated*)
- Woollahra total10,449
- Solo / non-employing7,249
- 1–4 staff2,369
- 5–19 staff641
- 20+ staff190
92% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Woollahra (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services2,143
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Rental, hiring & real estate2,129
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Financial & insurance services1,402
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Health care & social assistance1,006
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Construction640
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Retail trade618
*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 Paddington businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Professional Services Website
Typical price
$3,500 – $8,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For solicitors, architects, financial advisers and consultants who need a site that reads as credible as their invoices: team bios, case studies and a proper enquiry form.
- Team & credentials pages
- Case studies or portfolio
- Enquiry form with fast response
- Mobile-first for on-the-go research
Boutique & Gallery Site
Typical price
$4,000 – $9,500
Timeline
3–6 weeks
For the boutiques, galleries and studios around Oxford Street and Five Ways, built to show stock, hours and new arrivals to people already walking past with a phone out.
- Product gallery & lookbook
- Live stock & opening hours
- Instagram feed integration
- Fast-loading image pages
Property & Rental Platform
Typical price
$5,500 – $12,000
Timeline
5–8 weeks
For real estate and rental agencies working Paddington's terrace market, with listings, search filters and enquiry handling built for a fast-moving rental strip.
- Listings with search & filters
- Enquiry or booking system
- Agent profile pages
- CRM or inbox integration
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Why FindDevs in Paddington
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Paddington 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 Paddington's actual customers.
The median age in Paddington 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
Paddington questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A credibility-focused site for a solicitor, architect or consultant runs $3,500 - $8,500. A boutique or gallery site with a product gallery and stock updates runs $4,000 - $9,500. A property or rental platform with listings and an enquiry system runs $5,500 - $12,000. Every quote is fixed-price, from a developer matched to your brief, not an hourly estimate that grows once the project starts.
FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers and you get fixed-price quotes back within 24 hours. You compare the three, pick whoever fits the brief and budget, and the project starts from there. There's no lengthy briefing process or agency pitch deck, just three real quotes from developers who've already read what you need built.
Yes. An estimated 2,460 local businesses already trade in Paddington, so a customer searching for a solicitor, a boutique or a real estate agent is choosing from a page of near-identical results, not a shortlist of two. A site with proper local SEO shows up in that search instead of sitting on page two behind a competitor with a better-built site. Ranking is often the difference between getting the enquiry and never being seen at all.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Paddington 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 Paddington, by registered businesses in Woollahra. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
2,143
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
2,129
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
1,006
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
640
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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