Who lives here
9,911
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age40
- Aged 65+20.3%
- Under 2526.5%
- Median household income$2,539/wk
- Median rent$630/wk
Woollahra, New South Wales
Where the harbour view is free and the advice isn't.
Rose Bay's harbour view doesn't explain how the suburb earns its living. Across Woollahra, professional, scientific and technical services lead the council area with 2,143 businesses, and rental, hiring and real estate follows close behind on 2,129, the two trades that turn harbourside real estate into fee income. Around 9,911 people live in Rose Bay itself, and the median household brings in $2,539 a week, well past what buys a lifestyle suburb elsewhere. This is a place built on advice rather than retail: solicitors, agents, brokers and consultants who bill by the hour and live five minutes from where they work.
You'd assume that kind of income buys patience, that Rose Bay's customers are happy to wait for a callback and won't mind a website that still says 2019. The opposite holds: a household income of $2,539 a week means most of these customers manage staff, budgets and software vendors for a living, and they judge a tradesperson's site by the same standard they hold their own suppliers to. Rose Bay already counts 1,920 local businesses chasing that same audience, so a plumber, a physiotherapist, a mortgage broker or a boat mechanic working the marina needs a site that loads fast and puts the phone number on the first screen. With 20.3% of the suburb aged 65 and over and 26.5% under 25, that site has to work for a retiree scrolling slowly and a 24 year old who won't wait three seconds for it to load.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Rose Bay market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Rose Bay itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Woollahra area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,920
businesses in Rose Bay (estimated*)
- Woollahra total10,449
- Solo / non-employing7,249
- 1–4 staff2,369
- 5–19 staff641
- 20+ staff190
92% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Woollahra (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services2,143
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Rental, hiring & real estate2,129
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Financial & insurance services1,402
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Health care & social assistance1,006
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Construction640
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Retail trade618
*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 Rose Bay businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Professional Services Website
Typical price
$3,800 – $8,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
A credibility-first site for solicitors, brokers, consultants and agents, built to read as sharp as the harbourside address and rank for the searches locals actually type.
- Clean, credible design for professionals
- Local SEO for Rose Bay searches
- Fast load on mobile and desktop
- Booking or enquiry form built in
Property & Rental Listings Site
Typical price
$5,200 – $11,000
Timeline
4–7 weeks
A searchable listings and portal build for agents and property managers working the rental and real estate market that dominates Woollahra, with enquiry tracking from day one.
- Searchable property listing pages
- Enquiry and appraisal request forms
- Integration with agency CRM tools
- Map-based suburb search
Allied Health Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $9,800
Timeline
3–6 weeks
An online booking build for physios, dentists and clinics, with calendar sync, clear pricing pages and large, legible type that works for every age group in the suburb.
- Online appointment booking
- Calendar sync with your clinic system
- Large, legible type for all ages
- Clear service and pricing pages
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Why FindDevs in Rose Bay
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Rose Bay 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 Rose Bay's actual customers.
The median age in Rose Bay is 40. 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
Rose Bay questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A professional services or consultancy site for a solicitor, broker or agent typically runs $3,800 - $8,500. A property or rental listings build with search and enquiry tracking sits at $5,200 - $11,000. A booking site for a clinic or allied health practice is usually $4,500 - $9,800. Timeframes run from three to seven weeks depending on scope, and every quote is fixed price before work starts, so there is no surprise invoice at the end.
No, and we don't pretend otherwise. FindDevs matches your project to three vetted Australian developers based on the brief, not the postcode. What matters is that they understand a Rose Bay audience: a household income of $2,539 a week and customers who compare your site to the software they use at work. You get three fixed-price quotes to compare within 24 hours, and you choose who builds it.
Most projects here run three to seven weeks from brief to launch, depending on complexity. A straightforward professional services site is closer to three weeks. A property listings portal with CRM integration or a clinic booking system with calendar sync takes longer, usually five to seven weeks. You will get a specific timeframe with your fixed-price quote, not an estimate that slips.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Rose Bay 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 Rose Bay, by registered businesses in Woollahra. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
2,143
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
2,129
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
1,006
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
640
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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