Who lives here
8,722
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age38
- Aged 65+13%
- Under 2533.6%
- Median household income$1,853/wk
- Median rent$360/wk
Moreton Bay, Queensland
Petrie's income says more than its growth corridor label suggests.
Construction is the story north of Brisbane right now, and Petrie sits right in the middle of it: Moreton Bay's largest industry by business count is construction, 7,624 firms, and the estates going up around Petrie's train line and its university campus are a big part of why. The suburb itself is small, 8,722 people, median age 38, but with 33.6% of residents under 25 it reads like a suburb still filling up rather than one that's settled.
Petrie looks like a starter-home suburb from the population and age figures alone, the kind of place where budgets are stretched and every purchase gets weighed twice. The household income says otherwise: $1,853 a week, rising to $2,086 for a family, well ahead of what a new-build corridor this size usually pays its residents. That money sits behind the letterboxes on those new estates, held by people who search on a phone before they ask a neighbour. A physio near the station, an electrician wiring the new builds, a mortgage broker chasing first-home buyers or a childcare centre serving all those under-25 households are selling into a suburb that can actually afford what they charge. None of them need a design masterpiece. They need to be the first result when someone new to the estates searches for the job, and right now most Petrie businesses aren't.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Petrie market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Petrie itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Moreton Bay area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~600
businesses in Petrie (estimated*)
- Moreton Bay total33,587
- Solo / non-employing19,717
- 1–4 staff9,851
- 5–19 staff3,168
- 20+ staff851
88% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Moreton Bay (2025)
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Construction7,624
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Professional, scientific & technical services4,173
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Transport, postal & warehousing3,054
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Rental, hiring & real estate2,959
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Health care & social assistance2,793
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Other services2,284
*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 Petrie businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Builder Website
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For the builders, electricians and landscapers working Petrie's new estates. A quote request form, project gallery and local search setup that turns a Google search into a booked job.
- Mobile quote request form
- Project gallery for recent jobs
- Google Business Profile setup
- Local SEO for trade searches
Clinic & Allied Health Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For physios, dentists and childcare centres serving Petrie's young families. Online booking and service pages built to fill an appointment book without a receptionist glued to the phone.
- Online appointment booking
- Service and pricing pages
- Booking reminders by SMS/email
- Fast, mobile-first design
Professional Services Website
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–4 weeks
For mortgage brokers, property managers and consultants selling into a suburb with real income behind it. A fast, credible site that closes the trust gap before the first phone call.
- Lead capture forms
- Credibility-first design
- Local service area pages
- Fast load on mobile data
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Why FindDevs in Petrie
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
In a town of ~600 businesses there might be one or two people building websites, if they're taking work on. We put your brief in front of vetted developers across Australia and hand you three written quotes to compare, 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 Petrie's actual customers.
The median age in Petrie 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
Petrie questions.
It depends on what you're building. A trade or builder site for the businesses working Petrie's new estates typically runs $3,000 – $8,000 over 2–4 weeks. A clinic or allied health site with online booking sits at $4,500 – $12,000 over 3–5 weeks, and a professional services site for a broker or property manager runs $3,500 – $9,500 over 3–4 weeks. You'll get three fixed-price quotes from vetted developers within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to anything.
You'll have three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours of submitting your brief. Once you pick one, a straightforward trade or service site usually takes 2–4 weeks, and a booking system for a clinic or allied health practice takes 3–5 weeks. Timelines depend on how much content and how many pages you need, but the developer works direct with you until the site is live, not through an agency queue.
No, and nobody should claim they are. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers based on your brief, not their postcode. They won't pretend to have grown up around Petrie, but they will build a site around the searches Petrie residents actually type, and set up the Google Business Profile you need to show up in local results, whether your customers are down the road or across Moreton Bay.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Petrie 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 Petrie, by registered businesses in Moreton Bay. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
7,624
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
4,173
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
2,959
local businesses
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Health care & social assistance
2,793
local businesses
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