Who lives here
23,665
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age38
- Aged 65+16.9%
- Under 2531.7%
- Median household income$1,571/wk
- Median rent$330/wk
Gosnells, Western Australia
The suburb sitting inside Perth's freight engine room.
Gosnells runs on freight: the council area counts 3,354 transport, postal and warehousing businesses, well ahead of construction's 1,882, and Thornlie sits inside that engine room rather than beside it. The suburb carries 23,665 people and a median age of 38, solidly working-age, built for logistics and trades rather than tourism or hospitality. It's the kind of economy where a plumber, an electrician, a panel beater or a freight broker keeps genuinely busy without ever needing a shopfront on a high street.
Just under a third of Thornlie's population, 31.7%, is under 25. That's a customer base that searches before it asks anyone, and it changes who a local business is really building a website for. A mechanic on a busy road, a physio near the shopping centre or a removalist working the local streets is competing for attention from people who decide before they ever pick up the phone. Word of mouth still carries weight with the older 16.9% of residents, but the bigger opportunity is the majority who will only ever find a business through a search result. Family income here reaches $1,825 a week, so the money to pay a trade properly is already in the suburb; what's missing for a lot of Thornlie businesses isn't demand, it's visibility.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Thornlie market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Thornlie itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Gosnells area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~1,980
businesses in Thornlie (estimated*)
- Gosnells total10,987
- Solo / non-employing7,958
- 1–4 staff2,129
- 5–19 staff708
- 20+ staff192
92% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Gosnells (2025)
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Transport, postal & warehousing3,354
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Construction1,882
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Professional, scientific & technical services824
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Other services714
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Rental, hiring & real estate644
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Administrative & support services641
*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 Thornlie 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 other trades working across Gosnells: quote requests, service areas and a gallery that proves the work.
- Instant quote request form
- Service area & suburb list
- Before/after project gallery
- Click-to-call and SMS enquiry
Transport & Logistics Website
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For freight, warehousing and courier operators competing on reliability: clear service coverage, fleet capability and a fast enquiry path.
- Freight quote enquiry form
- Service coverage map
- Fleet & capability pages
- Driver careers listing page
Real Estate & Property Portal
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For agencies and property managers handling rentals and sales across the area: searchable listings, inquiry capture and virtual tour support.
- Searchable property listings
- Inquiry & appraisal request form
- Virtual tour / video embed
- Agent profile pages
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Why FindDevs in Thornlie
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Thornlie 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 Thornlie's actual customers.
The median age in Thornlie is 38. 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
Thornlie questions.
It depends on scope. A trade or service website, the kind most builders and mechanics need, typically runs $3,000 – $8,000 and takes 2–4 weeks. A logistics or freight operator needing a quote calculator and fleet pages sits around $3,500 – $9,500. A real estate or property management portal with searchable listings runs $4,500 – $12,000. You get three fixed-price quotes from vetted developers before you commit to any of it, so you know the number upfront.
Thornlie has an estimated 1,980 businesses of its own, separate from the wider Gosnells council figures for industries like transport and construction. That's enough competition that a Facebook page and a good name are no longer enough on their own. If a customer searches for what you do and finds a competitor's website first, before yours even loads, you've already lost that job. A properly built site with local SEO puts you in that first result instead of the third page.
No, and that's fine. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers based on your brief, not your postcode. What matters is that they understand what a Thornlie audience needs: fast pages on mobile data, clear service areas and a form that gets back to a customer quickly. You get three fixed-price quotes within 24 hours and pick whichever one fits the job.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Thornlie 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 Thornlie, by registered businesses in Gosnells. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
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