Who lives here
17,633
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age42
- Aged 65+16.1%
- Under 2521.6%
- Median household income$2,372/wk
- Median rent$540/wk
Port Phillip, Victoria
The suburb where professional services outnumber every other industry.
Port Melbourne sits at the point where the city's professional economy meets the bay. Port Phillip council counts 4,784 professional, scientific and technical services businesses, more than any other sector, and it shows in Port Melbourne's own mix: architects, consultants and agencies working out of converted warehouses and new-build offices along Bay Street and nearby industrial strips. The population is 17,633, the median age is 42, and household income runs to $2,372 a week, well above the state median. This isn't a young suburb chasing its first mortgage; it's an established one with money and expectations.
The architect working out of a converted warehouse near Bay Street still sends portfolio PDFs by email, while the practice pitching the same renovation across the road has a site the client can scroll on their phone before the meeting even starts. Professional services is the industry Port Phillip runs on, and in a suburb this size that means every consultant, real estate agent and financial adviser is one search away from being compared against someone with a better front door. Family income here reaches $3,264 a week, so the sale was never about price; it's about who looks like they can be trusted with a large renovation budget or a self-managed super fund. A slow, outdated site quietly tells that buyer to look elsewhere, and they usually do.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Port Melbourne market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Port Melbourne itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2024) for the Port Phillip area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~3,660
businesses in Port Melbourne (estimated*)
- Port Phillip total21,482
- Solo / non-employing14,735
- 1–4 staff4,585
- 5–19 staff1,839
- 20+ staff701
90% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Port Phillip (2024)
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Professional, scientific & technical services4,784
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Rental, hiring & real estate3,587
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Construction2,476
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Financial & insurance services1,851
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Health care & social assistance1,571
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Retail trade1,239
*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 Port Melbourne businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Professional Services Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $8,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
A credibility-first site for consultants, advisers and agencies who need to look established before the first call, not after it.
- Team & expertise pages
- Enquiry form with fast follow-up
- Mobile-first layout
- Local SEO for Port Phillip searches
Property & Real Estate Portal
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–8 weeks
A searchable listings site for agencies and property managers, built to handle rentals, sales and enquiries without a third-party portal fee.
- Searchable property listings
- Enquiry & inspection booking forms
- Agent profile pages
- Map-based search by suburb
Trade & Construction Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
A straightforward site for builders and trades that shows finished work, states service areas and gets the phone ringing.
- Project gallery
- Service area & suburb pages
- Click-to-call on every page
- Quote request form
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Why FindDevs in Port Melbourne
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Port Melbourne 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 Port Melbourne's actual customers.
The median age in Port Melbourne is 42. 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
Port Melbourne questions.
It depends on scope, but three ranges cover most of what we build here. A professional services or consultancy site runs $3,500 – $8,500. A property or real estate portal with listings and enquiry booking runs $4,500 – $12,000. A trade or construction site with a project gallery and quote form runs $3,000 – $8,000. You'll get three fixed-price quotes from vetted developers within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to anything.
Not necessarily, and we don't claim otherwise. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers based on your brief, your budget and your timeline, not your postcode. What matters is that they build to the standard Port Melbourne's professional and property market expects, not where their desk happens to sit. You compare three fixed-price quotes and pick the one that fits.
Port Melbourne has an estimated 3,660 local businesses, and a large share of the surrounding council area works in professional and property services, both categories where clients check a site before they call. A referral gets you considered; a site that loads fast and states clearly what you do and what it costs is what gets you picked over the next name on the list.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Port Melbourne 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 Port Melbourne, by registered businesses in Port Phillip. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
4,784
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
3,587
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
2,476
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
1,571
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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