Who lives here
7,874
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age47
- Aged 65+27.2%
- Under 2526.8%
- Median household income$1,068/wk
- Median rent$360/wk
Shoalhaven, New South Wales
The Basin town built for two different generations.
Sanctuary Point sits on St Georges Basin in the Shoalhaven, and the census sets out plainly what kind of town this is: 7,874 people, a median age of 47, and 27.2% of residents aged 65 or older. Household income runs to $1,068 a week, modest by state standards, which fits a place built on retirees, part-time work and the tradies who service the lake rather than a nine-to-five commuter run. This isn't a suburb feeding peak-hour trains into the city. It's a town people move to once, and mostly stay.
A boat mechanic working the Basin still takes bookings between jobs on a mobile that goes to voicemail after hours, and misses every enquiry from the 26.8% of Sanctuary Point under 25, the age bracket that won't leave a message and won't ring back a second time. The rest of the town pulls the other way: retirees and the pre-retirement crowd who make up 27.2% of residents want a number that gets answered, not a chatbot. A site built here has to do both jobs at once: large legible type and a phone number that works for the older customer, an instant online booking form for the customer who found you on their phone and won't wait. Construction is the backbone of the wider Shoalhaven economy, 2,087 businesses on the books, and every deck, boat shed and renovation around the Basin eventually needs a tradie who can be found on a phone, not just listed in one.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Sanctuary Point brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Sanctuary Point market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Sanctuary Point itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Shoalhaven area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~600
businesses in Sanctuary Point (estimated*)
- Shoalhaven total8,294
- Solo / non-employing4,583
- 1–4 staff2,601
- 5–19 staff916
- 20+ staff194
87% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Shoalhaven (2025)
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Construction2,087
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Professional, scientific & technical services839
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Rental, hiring & real estate803
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Health care & social assistance676
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Retail trade551
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Accommodation & food services539
*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 Sanctuary Point 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 builders, boat mechanics and landscapers working St Georges Basin: a mobile-first site with a quote form that works from a work van, not just a desktop.
- Mobile-first quote form
- Google Business Profile setup
- Before-and-after project gallery
- Click-to-call phone number
Holiday Letting & Property Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For property managers and holiday letting agents around the Basin: a booking calendar, enquiry form and gallery built to convert browsers into bookings, not just page views.
- Live availability calendar
- Direct enquiry & booking form
- Property photo galleries
- Google Maps & directions
Allied Health Booking Site
Typical price
$3,800 – $9,500
Timeline
3–4 weeks
For physios, podiatrists and GPs serving an older population: online booking, appointment reminders and large, legible type that works without pinching or zooming.
- Online appointment booking
- SMS/email reminders
- Large, legible type
- Accessible contrast & tap targets
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Why FindDevs in Sanctuary Point
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 Sanctuary Point's actual customers.
The median age in Sanctuary Point is 47. 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
Sanctuary Point questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or service site, the kind a builder or boat mechanic needs, runs $3,000 - $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A holiday letting or property site with a live booking calendar runs $4,500 - $12,000 over 3-5 weeks. A clinic or allied health booking site sits at $3,800 - $9,500, usually 3-4 weeks. FindDevs gets you three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to any of them.
No. The developers FindDevs matches you with are vetted Australians working across the country, not necessarily based in Sanctuary Point or the Shoalhaven. What matters is that they've built the kind of site your business needs, whether that's a booking system for a clinic or a quote form a tradie can run from a work van. You get three fixed-price quotes matched to your brief within 24 hours, and you pick the developer, not us.
Sanctuary Point has an estimated 600 local businesses, which is enough competition that a business without a proper website is easy to overlook, especially for anyone searching from a phone. The town's population leans older, with 27.2% of residents 65 or over, and a working phone number and clear type matter as much as design. A site built for both the older customer and the phone-first customer under 25 is what separates a business that gets found from one that doesn't.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Sanctuary Point 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 Sanctuary Point, by registered businesses in Shoalhaven. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
2,087
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
839
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
803
local businesses
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Health care & social assistance
676
local businesses
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