Who lives here
11,164
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age52
- Aged 65+31.9%
- Under 2523.1%
- Median household income$1,263/wk
- Median rent$450/wk
Noosa, Queensland
The administrative heart of a shire built on tourism.
Tewantin sits where the Noosa River bends inland, the older working town behind the tourist strip at Noosa Heads and the seat of Noosa Shire Council. Construction leads the Noosa Shire council area with 1,490 businesses and rental, hiring & real estate follows close behind at 1,261, a pairing that says property, not tourism, actually runs this economy: building it, selling it, managing it, renting it out by the week. Population is 11,164 and household income runs to $1,263 a week, modest for a shire this expensive to live in, which tells you plenty of local wealth sits in assets rather than wages.
31.9% of Tewantin is 65 or older, and the median age is 52. It means larger type, real contrast, buttons sized for a retired boat owner instead of clever hover effects, and no auto-playing video chewing through a pension-plan data plan. Yet 23.1% of the town is under 25, so the same site still needs to load fast and read well on a cracked phone screen at a job site with patchy reception. An estimated 1,570 businesses trade in Tewantin itself, and a builder, a property manager, a physiotherapist and a real estate agent are all fishing from that same spread-out register of ages, so a design built for only one end of it loses the other. Family income runs to $1,564 a week against a household figure of $1,263, which points to money sitting with couples and families rather than singles, and that's the group with the budget and the patience to pay for a job done properly.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Tewantin market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Tewantin itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Noosa area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,570
businesses in Tewantin (estimated*)
- Noosa total8,016
- Solo / non-employing4,946
- 1–4 staff2,180
- 5–19 staff706
- 20+ staff184
89% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Noosa (2025)
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Construction1,490
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Rental, hiring & real estate1,261
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Professional, scientific & technical services1,122
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Health care & social assistance585
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Retail trade536
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Accommodation & food services408
*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 Tewantin 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
For builders, electricians and other trades working the Noosa Shire construction boom, a site that shows the work and gets the phone to ring first.
- Project gallery with real photos
- Click-to-call and quote request form
- Mobile-first for on-site browsing
- Local SEO for Tewantin and Noosa searches
Property & Real Estate Portal
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–8 weeks
Built for the agents and property managers running Noosa Shire's rental and letting market, with listings that update themselves and search that actually works.
- Live listings synced to your database
- Filterable search by suburb and price
- Enquiry forms routed straight to agents
- Booking calendar for inspections
Clinic & Retail Booking Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For health clinics, allied health practices and shopfronts serving an older, established customer base that needs a website it can actually read.
- Online booking and appointment reminders
- Large type and high-contrast layout
- Click-to-call front and centre
- Google Business integration
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Why FindDevs in Tewantin
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Tewantin 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 Tewantin's actual customers.
With a median age of 52 and 31.9% of locals over 65, we match developers who design for readability, fast regional connections and easy booking, not design-award vanity.
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
Tewantin questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or service website for a builder or electrician typically runs $3,000 – $8,000 and takes 2–4 weeks. A property or real estate portal with live listings and search runs $4,500 – $12,000 over 4–8 weeks. A clinic or retail site with online booking sits at $3,500 – $9,500 and takes 3–5 weeks. You get three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours, so you're comparing real numbers, not guessing.
No, and we wouldn't pretend otherwise. FindDevs matches your project to three vetted Australian developers based on what the brief needs, not their postcode. What matters more than a local address is a site built to suit Tewantin's customers: an older population that needs to read text without squinting, a strong property and construction market, and a business community that searches Google before it calls anyone. Your developer works remotely and delivers the same fixed-price, fixed-timeline project either way.
Most trade and service sites take 2–4 weeks from brief to launch, property portals with live listings take 4–8 weeks, and clinic or retail booking sites take 3–5 weeks. Send through what you need and you'll have three fixed-price quotes from vetted Australian developers within 24 hours, so the clock on the actual build can start almost immediately instead of waiting weeks just to get a proposal back.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Tewantin 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.
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Your industry
Developers who have built for your trade before.
The biggest employers around Tewantin, by registered businesses in Noosa. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
1,490
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
1,261
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
1,122
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
585
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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