Who lives here
8,088
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age36
- Aged 65+9.9%
- Under 2535.3%
- Median household income$2,004/wk
- Median rent$410/wk
Frankston, Victoria
A Frankston suburb where more than a third of the population is under 25.
Skye had 8,088 people at the last census, most of them raising families on the growing edge between established development and open paddock. The median household here earns $2,004 a week, comfortably above the state figure. Construction is what built the suburb and what still drives it: across the Frankston council area, 3,122 businesses work in construction, more than any other industry. Skye itself is home to an estimated 660 businesses of its own, trades and services more than shopfronts.
35.3% of Skye is under 25. Young customers do not tolerate a slow, dated site. Apprentices buying their first ute, share-house tenants furnishing a first home, and young families running a tight budget check a business out on a phone before they ring it. A plumber, an electrician, a physio or a real estate agent working this side of Frankston is judged in the first three seconds of a mobile load, not on a follow-up desktop visit. Skye doesn't have an established retail strip to lean on the way older suburbs do, so digital is where the suburb actually meets its market. A site that loads fast on a phone is worth more to a Skye tradie than a logo redesign will ever be.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Skye market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Skye itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Frankston area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~660
businesses in Skye (estimated*)
- Frankston total11,516
- Solo / non-employing6,924
- 1–4 staff3,194
- 5–19 staff1,124
- 20+ staff274
88% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Frankston (2025)
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Construction3,122
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Professional, scientific & technical services1,270
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Rental, hiring & real estate1,101
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Health care & social assistance939
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Retail trade760
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Other services720
*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 Skye businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Construction Website
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Built for builders, electricians and plumbers working the new estates around Skye: quote requests, job galleries and a phone number that's one tap away.
- Mobile-first quote form
- Job photo galleries
- Click-to-call on every page
- Local SEO for trade searches
Professional & Real Estate Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For agents, consultants and financial advisers around Frankston who need a site that reads as credible as the office they work from, not a template.
- Listings or case-study pages
- Booking or enquiry forms
- Fast load on mobile data
- Professional, credible design
Health & Allied Care Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For physios, clinics and allied health practices that need online booking, service pages and a site that works as well on a phone as a laptop.
- Online appointment booking
- Service and pricing pages
- SMS or email reminders
- Accessible, large-type design
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Why FindDevs in Skye
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
In a town of ~660 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 Skye's actual customers.
The median age in Skye 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
Skye questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or service site with a quote form runs $3,000 – $8,000 and takes 2–4 weeks. A professional or real estate site with listings or case studies runs $3,500 – $9,000 over 3–5 weeks. A booking site for a clinic or allied health practice, with online appointments and reminders, runs $4,500 – $12,000 over 4–6 weeks. FindDevs matches you with three vetted developers who quote your specific brief, so you compare fixed prices rather than guess from a range.
Not necessarily, and that's the point. FindDevs matches Australian developers to your brief on skill and price, not postcode. You get three fixed-price quotes within 24 hours from vetted developers who build for outer suburbs like Skye, where most business comes through a phone screen rather than passing foot traffic. You review the quotes, pick one, and the build starts. There's no obligation to accept any of them, and no call centre in between you and the person actually building the site.
A straightforward trade or service site is typically 2–4 weeks from brief to launch. A booking or portal build with online payments or appointment scheduling takes longer, usually 4–6 weeks, because there's more to test. You'll get three fixed-price quotes within 24 hours of submitting a brief, each with its own timeline, so you can pick the developer whose schedule and price suit the job before committing to anything.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Skye 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 Skye, by registered businesses in Frankston. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
3,122
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
1,270
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
1,101
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
939
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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