Who lives here
7,393
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age55
- Aged 65+33.6%
- Under 2522.8%
- Median household income$1,552/wk
- Median rent$540/wk
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Where the driveway is the jetty and the buyers have already retired.
Pelican Waters is a canal community built around water, not a town that grew into one. The population is 7,393, and a median age of 55 says people move here once they've already made their money, not to start out. Household income runs to $1,552 a week, comfortable rather than stretched. Construction leads the Sunshine Coast council area with 8,376 businesses, and the boats, pontoons and waterfront renovations here are exactly what keeps that trade in work.
7,393 people is not a lot of market. A marine mechanic, a physiotherapist or a real estate agent here lives on repeat custom, not passing trade. Much of that custom comes from residents who bought into the canal for the water rather than the crowd, and 33.6% of them are 65 or older. Design for that: large type, real contrast, buttons a thumb can hit from a boat deck rather than a font that only reads well on a designer's laptop. Median family income of $1,717 a week says these customers can afford to pay properly, and a site that still leans on a stock photo of a jetty undersells a suburb where half the customers have the real thing out the back.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Pelican Waters market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Pelican Waters itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Sunshine Coast area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~840
businesses in Pelican Waters (estimated*)
- Sunshine Coast total39,239
- Solo / non-employing23,573
- 1–4 staff10,973
- 5–19 staff3,703
- 20+ staff990
88% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Sunshine Coast (2025)
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Construction8,376
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Professional, scientific & technical services5,346
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Rental, hiring & real estate4,953
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Health care & social assistance3,645
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Retail trade2,341
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Other services2,144
*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 Pelican Waters businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Service Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For marine mechanics, physios, builders and other trades working the canal estate: a fast site that turns a phone search into a booked job.
- Mobile-first, large-type layout
- Click-to-call and quote form
- Google Business Profile setup
- Service area & suburb pages
Property & Rental Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
Built for agents and rental managers selling canal-front properties: listings, enquiry forms and a map search that works on a phone at an open home.
- Live property listings feed
- Map-based search & filters
- Enquiry & inspection booking
- Agent profile pages
Café & Retail Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For waterfront cafes, boutiques and retailers along the canal: a menu, trading hours and gallery that loads fast for a browsing weekend crowd.
- Online menu with daily specials
- Table or click-and-collect booking
- Photo gallery of the space
- Trading hours & map widget
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Why FindDevs in Pelican Waters
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
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Around Pelican Waters 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 Pelican Waters's actual customers.
With a median age of 55 and 33.6% 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
Pelican Waters questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or service site for a mechanic, physio or builder runs $3,000 – $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A property or rental site with listings and enquiry forms runs $4,500 – $12,000 over 4-6 weeks, and a café or retail site with online menus and bookings runs $3,500 – $9,500 over 3-5 weeks. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers who quote against your actual brief, so you compare real fixed prices rather than guessing from a rate card.
Yes, and design matters more here than in a younger suburb. 33.6% of Pelican Waters residents are 65 or older, and older customers still search on their phones before they call, they just need the result to be legible: large type, real contrast, a phone number that's easy to find and tap. A cluttered, clever site loses this customer faster than it loses a 25-year-old. The developers FindDevs matches you with build for the audience you actually have, not a stock template built for someone else's suburb.
An estimated 840 businesses trade in and around Pelican Waters, so you are not the only search result, but most of them still don't have a proper website. Health care, professional services and rental and real estate are among the biggest sectors across the wider Sunshine Coast council area, and a site that ranks locally and loads fast on a phone will beat a competitor running on a Facebook page alone. Three quotes from vetted developers, compared side by side, is the fastest way to find out what that actually costs.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Pelican Waters 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 Pelican Waters, by registered businesses in Sunshine Coast. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
8,376
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
5,346
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
4,953
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
3,645
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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