Who lives here
13,072
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age36
- Aged 65+13.4%
- Under 2518.4%
- Median household income$2,145/wk
- Median rent$500/wk
Sydney, New South Wales
Thirteen thousand people, next to a market that's far bigger than the suburb.
Redfern sits two kilometres from the CBD, close enough that professional, scientific and technical services leads the City of Sydney council area with 18,661 businesses, and rental, hiring and real estate follows at 14,809, the trade that comes with a suburb full of terraces still being renovated and re-sold. Population here is 13,072, and household income runs to $2,145 a week, well above what a suburb this size usually holds. This is inner-city money living in old housing stock, not a retail strip pulling crowds off a highway.
Thirteen thousand people is not enough customers to run a business on foot traffic alone, so a Redfern business is really competing for people who work in the CBD, live in Waterloo or Alexandria, or pass through Redfern station and decide where to eat, get a haircut or book a physio on the way home. A solicitor, a physio treating the office crowd, a barber on the main strip and a real estate agent handling the terrace turnover are all selling into a market bigger than the suburb itself. Median age is 36 and only 13.4% of locals are over 65, so this is a market that searches on a phone before it walks in anywhere. A website that still reads like a business card is invisible to a customer who has already decided before they reach the door, and in a suburb this small, invisible is the same as closed.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Redfern market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Redfern itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Sydney area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~5,190
businesses in Redfern (estimated*)
- Sydney total85,193
- Solo / non-employing54,691
- 1–4 staff19,007
- 5–19 staff7,632
- 20+ staff3,863
87% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Sydney (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services18,661
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Financial & insurance services14,993
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Rental, hiring & real estate14,809
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Construction5,943
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Accommodation & food services4,280
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Retail trade4,237
*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 Redfern 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
For a builder, electrician or plumber working Redfern's renovation cycle: booking form, service area, gallery of finished work, and a mobile-first layout that loads fast on site.
- Enquiry form that texts you the lead
- Gallery of completed jobs
- Mobile-first, fast on 4G
- Local SEO for suburb searches
Professional Practice Website
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For a solicitor, accountant or physio treating the CBD office crowd: a credible profile, clear services, online booking and a site that holds up next to a city firm's.
- Booking or enquiry calendar
- Staff and services pages
- Credibility-first design
- Fast load for commuter searches
Property & Rental Portal
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
5–8 weeks
For a real estate agency or property manager handling the terrace turnover: searchable listings, enquiry capture and integration with the portals buyers already use.
- Searchable property listings
- Enquiry and inspection booking
- Portal feed integration
- Agent profile pages
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Why FindDevs in Redfern
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Redfern 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 Redfern's actual customers.
The median age in Redfern is 36. 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
Redfern questions.
It depends on scope. A trade or service site for a builder or electrician runs $3,000 – $8,000 and takes 2–4 weeks. A professional practice site for a solicitor, accountant or physio runs $3,500 – $9,000 over 3–5 weeks. A property or rental portal with searchable listings runs $4,500 – $12,000 over 5–8 weeks. We match you with three vetted Australian developers and you get fixed-price quotes within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to any of them.
No. FindDevs matches you with vetted Australian developers based on the brief, not the postcode. For a suburb this close to the CBD that works in your favour: you are drawing from the whole Sydney developer pool rather than whoever happens to have an office on the strip, and you still get fixed-price quotes back within 24 hours.
Most projects for Redfern businesses run 2–8 weeks depending on scope. A straightforward trade or service site is the fastest, 2–4 weeks. A professional practice site with booking sits at 3–5 weeks. A property portal with listings and integrations takes longest, 5–8 weeks. You get three fixed-price quotes within 24 hours, so the exact timeline is confirmed before any work starts, not guessed at afterwards.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Redfern 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 Redfern, by registered businesses in Sydney. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
18,661
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
14,809
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
5,943
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Accommodation & food services
4,280
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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