Who lives here
15,828
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age35
- Aged 65+10.4%
- Under 2515%
- Median household income$2,308/wk
- Median rent$550/wk
Sydney, New South Wales
The postcode where everyone already works in an agency.
Surry Hills is small and dense: 15,828 people packed into terraces and warehouse conversions between the CBD and Redfern, walkable end to end in twenty minutes, with an estimated 6,280 businesses trading out of the suburb itself. Across the wider City of Sydney council area, professional, scientific and technical firms lead all industries on 18,661 businesses, more agencies, studios and consultancies than factories or big-box retail. Household income here is $2,308 a week, well above the Sydney average, and Crown Street's mix of boutiques, bars and small offices runs on customers who can pay full price.
Only 15.0% of Surry Hills is under 25, which makes this an adult market before it's anything else. The person reading a site here is already earning, already busy, and comparing it to the agency work they see at their own job, not scrolling out of curiosity. A criminal lawyer on Devonshire Street, a physiotherapist near Central, an architecture studio and a specialty coffee roaster are all selling to that same buyer. Median age here is 35, family income runs to $3,551 a week, and a slow template or a stock photo reads as cheap to people who are paid to notice cheap work. A fast, well-built site with proper local SEO doesn't need to compete on volume in a suburb this dense, it needs to look like it belongs on Crown Street, not like it was thrown together over a weekend.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Surry Hills brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Surry Hills market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Surry Hills itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Sydney area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~6,280
businesses in Surry Hills (estimated*)
- Sydney total85,193
- Solo / non-employing54,691
- 1–4 staff19,007
- 5–19 staff7,632
- 20+ staff3,863
87% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Sydney (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services18,661
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Financial & insurance services14,993
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Rental, hiring & real estate14,809
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Construction5,943
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Accommodation & food services4,280
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Retail trade4,237
*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 Surry Hills businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Professional Services Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $8,500
Timeline
3–4 weeks
For consultancies, studios and advisory firms competing on credibility rather than price. Case studies, team pages and a booking form that turns a Google search into a consult.
- Case studies & portfolio pages
- Consult booking / enquiry form
- Team & credentials pages
- Fast load on mobile
Café & Restaurant Site
Typical price
$4,000 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For Crown Street's cafes, bars and restaurants where the phone is the front door. Live menu, table bookings and hours that are actually right when someone's deciding where to eat.
- Live menu with pricing
- Table booking integration
- Opening hours & map
- Photo gallery of the space
Real Estate / Property Portal
Typical price
$5,500 – $12,000
Timeline
5–7 weeks
For agents and property managers running listings, appraisals and rental enquiries out of a shopfront the size of a terrace. Built to handle volume without looking like a template.
- Listings with search & filters
- Appraisal & enquiry forms
- Agent profile pages
- CRM / inbox integration
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Why FindDevs in Surry Hills
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Surry Hills 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 Surry Hills's actual customers.
The median age in Surry Hills is 35. 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
Surry Hills questions.
It depends on the build. A professional services or consultancy site runs $3,500 – $8,500, a café or restaurant site with table bookings runs $4,000 – $9,500, and a real estate or property portal with listings and search runs $5,500 – $12,000. FindDevs sends three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours, so you can compare exact numbers before committing to anything.
You'll have three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours of sending your brief. Build time depends on scope: a straightforward services site is usually done in 3–4 weeks, a café or restaurant site with bookings in 3–5 weeks, and a property portal with listings and search closer to 5–7 weeks. Your quote includes a firm timeline before any work starts, so there's no guessing once the job is underway.
Not necessarily, and we don't pretend otherwise. FindDevs matches Surry Hills businesses with three vetted developers from around Australia, chosen for the brief rather than the postcode. What matters is that they've built sites for businesses like yours before, not that they can walk to Crown Street. You deal with them directly once you've picked a quote, and the fixed price and timeline are locked in before any work starts.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Surry Hills 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 Surry Hills, by registered businesses in Sydney. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
18,661
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
14,809
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
5,943
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Accommodation & food services
4,280
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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