Who lives here
13,453
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age37
- Aged 65+17%
- Under 2533.5%
- Median household income$1,297/wk
- Median rent$325/wk
Port Stephens, New South Wales
The gateway town the rest of Port Stephens drives through.
Raymond Terrace is the gateway town at the western edge of Port Stephens, where the road to Nelson Bay and the coast peels off the highway. Construction is the largest industry across Port Stephens by a wide margin, 1,136 businesses, and that shows in the estates still spreading out toward Medowie and Heatherbrae. The population is 13,453, the median age is 37, and just over a third of residents, 33.5%, are under 25: a young, working town, not a retirement address.
'We're flat out with work as it is, why spend money on a website' is what a lot of Raymond Terrace trades and shopfronts say when the subject comes up. But household income here is $1,297 a week, and family income $1,535, solid but not high for a town this size, so customers weigh up every quote before they commit. A sparky working the new estates toward Medowie, a real estate agent handling the rental turnover, a bookkeeper serving the trades, or a removalist shifting people in and out of town are all selling to buyers who compare price and credibility on a phone before they call anyone. On a tight budget, the business that looks most legitimate online wins the job, not the one that shouts loudest, which is a reason to build something plain and fast rather than something expensive.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Raymond Terrace market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Raymond Terrace itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Port Stephens area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~940
businesses in Raymond Terrace (estimated*)
- Port Stephens total5,254
- Solo / non-employing2,857
- 1–4 staff1,647
- 5–19 staff579
- 20+ staff171
86% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Port Stephens (2025)
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Construction1,136
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Rental, hiring & real estate578
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Professional, scientific & technical services565
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Transport, postal & warehousing404
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Other services354
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Health care & social assistance353
*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 Raymond Terrace businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Service Website
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Built for builders, sparkies and plumbers working the estates around Raymond Terrace and Medowie: a site that shows finished jobs, takes a quote request and ranks for the trade searches locals actually type.
- Mobile-first quote request form
- Gallery of finished jobs
- Local SEO for trade searches
- Google Business Profile setup
Property & Rental Website
Typical price
$4,500 – $11,000
Timeline
3–6 weeks
For agents and property managers handling the steady rental turnover in Port Stephens: live listings, enquiry forms and an application process that works properly on a phone.
- Live listings with search filters
- Online enquiry and application forms
- Portal integration for rent listings
- Fast load on mobile data
Professional Services Website
Typical price
$3,500 – $8,500
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For bookkeepers, brokers and consultants trading on trust: clear service pages, a booking calendar and the local SEO to beat the practice two suburbs over.
- Booking calendar integration
- Clear service and pricing pages
- Local SEO for Port Stephens searches
- Contact forms routed to your inbox
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Why FindDevs in Raymond Terrace
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Raymond Terrace 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 Raymond Terrace's actual customers.
The median age in Raymond Terrace is 37. 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
Raymond Terrace questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or service site for a builder or sparky runs $3,000 – $8,000 and takes 2–4 weeks. A property or rental site with listings and application forms runs $4,500 – $11,000 over 3–6 weeks. A professional services site for a bookkeeper, broker or consultant typically runs $3,500 – $8,500. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers who quote against your actual brief, not a generic package, so the number reflects the job in front of you.
The developers matched to your project are Australian and work remotely, so they are not necessarily based in Raymond Terrace or Port Stephens. What matters more than a local office is that they build for your actual customers: the trades, renters and families searching for services here, and the traffic passing through on the highway. You brief them on the town and the customer, and the site gets built around that brief, not a generic template.
Most trade and service sites take 2–4 weeks once the brief is confirmed, and larger builds like a property portal or booking system run 3–6 weeks. You get quotes from three vetted developers within 24 hours of sending your brief, so the slow part is usually deciding what you want, not waiting on a quote. From there it is a matter of content and revisions, not searching for someone to do the work.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Raymond Terrace 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 Raymond Terrace, by registered businesses in Port Stephens. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
1,136
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
578
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
565
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
353
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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