Who lives here
14,292
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age29
- Aged 65+6.4%
- Under 2533.9%
- Median household income$1,818/wk
- Median rent$470/wk
Brisbane, Queensland
A postcode built on galleries, offices and apartments, not driveways.
South Brisbane sits across the river from the CBD and functions almost like an extension of it: the South Bank Parklands, QPAC and GOMA anchor one edge, Griffith University's city campus sits on the other, and the blocks between are stacked with apartment towers and offices rather than backyards. The population is 14,292, the median age is 29, and 33.9% of residents are under 25, so this reads as a suburb of renters, students and young professionals rather than settled families. Household income runs $1,818 a week, comfortable enough that a lot of that population eats out, uses services and pays for convenience rather than doing it themselves.
Professional, scientific and technical services lead the Brisbane council area with 26,208 businesses, and in a suburb this small that dominance shows up as proximity, not scale: an architect, a consultant or a physiotherapist working South Brisbane can have three direct competitors inside the same city block, not the same suburb. A shopfront on Grey Street or a fitout on Merivale Street doesn't buy the isolation a business gets further out, so the website has to show the work, name the price band and load fast for someone comparing tabs on the walk from South Bank station. A site that looks assembled from a template reads as amateur before anyone's even called, and in a market this dense that's a fatal first impression.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a South Brisbane brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The South Brisbane market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for South Brisbane itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Brisbane area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,650
businesses in South Brisbane (estimated*)
- Brisbane total145,916
- Solo / non-employing91,188
- 1–4 staff36,539
- 5–19 staff13,340
- 20+ staff4,849
88% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Brisbane (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services26,208
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Rental, hiring & real estate19,638
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Construction18,377
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Health care & social assistance15,180
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Transport, postal & warehousing12,139
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Financial & insurance services8,759
*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 South Brisbane businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Consultancy & Professional Services
Typical price
$3,500 – $8,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
Built for architects, consultants and advisers competing block by block: a portfolio of past work, clear service pages and a fast contact path for someone comparing three firms on their phone.
- Case studies of past projects
- Clear service and pricing pages
- Fast-loading on mobile
- Enquiry form wired to your inbox
Property & Real Estate Listings
Typical price
$4,500 – $11,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For agents and property managers in a suburb dense with apartment stock: searchable listings, inspection times and enquiry forms that convert a scroll into a booking.
- Searchable property listings
- Inspection time bookings
- Agent profile pages
- Enquiry alerts by email or SMS
Allied Health Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $10,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For physiotherapists, psychologists and clinics near South Bank: online booking, practitioner bios and information patients can read before they call.
- Online appointment booking
- Practitioner bios and specialties
- Health fund and pricing info
- Mobile-first booking flow
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Why FindDevs in South Brisbane
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around South Brisbane 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 South Brisbane's actual customers.
The median age in South Brisbane is 29. 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
South Brisbane questions.
It depends on scope, but the three project types we quote most often for South Brisbane sit in clear bands: a professional services or consultancy site runs $3,500 – $8,500, a property or real estate listings site with search and inspection bookings runs $4,500 – $11,000, and an allied health booking site runs $4,500 – $10,500. Every quote is fixed price, agreed before any work starts, so there's no surprise invoice at the end. You'll have three quotes from vetted developers to compare within 24 hours of sending your brief.
Once you approve a quote, most builds take 3–6 weeks depending on the project: a consultancy or services site is usually the quickest at 3–5 weeks, while a property listings site with search and booking features takes closer to 4–6 weeks. You'll get three fixed-price quotes within 24 hours of sending your brief, so the slow part is choosing a developer, not waiting to hear back. In a suburb this dense, the business that goes live first usually wins the search traffic while competitors are still deciding.
The developers we match are vetted, working Australian developers matched to your brief and your industry, not local staff based in South Brisbane. FindDevs doesn't have an office or past clients here to point to. What you get instead is three developers with the right skills for the job, whether that's a booking system for a clinic or a listings feed for a real estate agency, competing on a fixed-price quote so you can compare and choose without a sales call.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to South Brisbane 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 South Brisbane, by registered businesses in Brisbane. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
26,208
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
19,638
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
18,377
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
15,180
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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