Who lives here
12,596
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age42
- Aged 65+20.9%
- Under 2524.3%
- Median household income$2,026/wk
- Median rent$375/wk
South Perth, Western Australia
The suburb that watches the city skyline from across the water.
South Perth sits directly across the water from the CBD, and that address shapes its economy more than any single industry does. The suburb held 12,596 people at the last census, packed into riverside apartment towers and character bungalows within a short drive of the city they can see from their balcony. Median household income runs to $2,026 a week, well above the state average, and a median age of 42 points to a suburb of settled professionals rather than share-house renters. Professional, scientific and technical services is the largest industry across the City of South Perth council area, 1,049 businesses, and it shows: this is consultants, specialists and small practices, not a retail strip.
Getting here means crossing the river, whether over the Narrows Bridge or along Canning Highway, and that one crossing shapes how people in South Perth choose a business. A resident deciding between a physio, a family lawyer or a mortgage broker will often search and book before getting in the car, rather than fight bridge traffic on a hunch. Layer in an accountant working from a Mill Point Road apartment or a designer renting one office on Angelo Street, and you get plenty of professional operators with no shopfront at all, just a listing and a mobile number. A site that loads fast, states the price and makes booking obvious does more selling here than a street-facing sign ever could.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The South Perth market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for South Perth itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the South Perth area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,540
businesses in South Perth (estimated*)
- South Perth total5,499
- Solo / non-employing3,742
- 1–4 staff1,195
- 5–19 staff443
- 20+ staff119
90% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, South Perth (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services1,049
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Rental, hiring & real estate954
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Construction674
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Health care & social assistance610
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Financial & insurance services391
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Transport, postal & warehousing380
*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 Perth 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
$3,500 – $8,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
A brochure and booking site for consultants, accountants and specialist practices working out of offices and apartments across the peninsula.
- Service pages that rank locally
- Online booking or enquiry forms
- Mobile-first for on-the-go clients
- Fast load on apartment wifi and 4G
Property & Real Estate Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $11,000
Timeline
4–7 weeks
A listings and enquiry platform for rental and property agents, built to handle a churn of tenants and buyers along the river.
- Live listings with search and filters
- Enquiry forms routed to the right agent
- Photo galleries that load fast
- Integrates with your property database
Trade & Renovation Website
Typical price
$3,200 – $7,800
Timeline
2–4 weeks
A quote-request site for builders and renovators working the peninsula's older bungalows and new apartment fit-outs.
- Project gallery with before and after
- Quote request form, no phone tag
- Licence and insurance details shown
- Service area and travel radius listed
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Why FindDevs in South Perth
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around South Perth 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 Perth's actual customers.
The median age in South Perth is 42. 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 Perth questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A professional services site for a consultant or accountant runs $3,500 – $8,000. A property or real estate platform with live listings and agent routing runs $4,500 – $11,000. A trade or renovation site with a quote form and project gallery runs $3,200 – $7,800. You get three fixed quotes from vetted developers within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to anything.
Not necessarily. FindDevs matches your brief to three vetted Australian developers, wherever they happen to be based, and the match is made on skill and fit for the job rather than postcode. What matters for a South Perth brief is that the developer understands a professional, riverside clientele who compare a site quickly and expect it to work properly on a phone, not that they have an office nearby.
Once you send through your brief, you get three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours. Build time depends on scope: a straightforward professional services site typically takes 3–5 weeks, while a property listings platform with search and agent routing can run 4–7 weeks. You approve the quote and timeline before any work starts, so there are no surprises partway through.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to South Perth 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 Perth, by registered businesses in South Perth. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
1,049
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
954
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
674
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
610
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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