Who lives here
18,534
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age39
- Aged 65+16.4%
- Under 2532.3%
- Median household income$2,295/wk
- Median rent$500/wk
Surf Coast, Victoria
Where construction outpaces the surf tourism it's known for.
Torquay's economy is being built, literally. Construction leads the Surf Coast council area with 1,054 businesses, well ahead of anything else, and that shows in the estates spreading back from the beach roads. Household income here is $2,295 a week, among the higher figures on this stretch of coast, and with 32.3% of residents under 25 against 16.4% aged 65 and over, this is a young, growing population rather than a retirement town. Bells Beach and the Great Ocean Road bring the visitors through, but the businesses paying the bills here build houses, fit them out and service the people who just moved in.
"We're flat out, we don't need a website" is what you'll hear from half the trades and shopfronts in Torquay, and business is good enough right now to make the excuse sound reasonable. But household income here runs $2,295 a week and family income $2,627, some of the strongest figures on this coast, and that sets what a job is actually worth. A builder, an electrician, a physio or a property manager working this market is pricing people who can pay properly, and who now expect the online experience to match: real photos, a working phone number, a quote form that doesn't ask them to call during business hours. A website here isn't marketing spend, it's the difference between quoting at trade rates and getting talked down to a mate's rate.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Torquay market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Torquay itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Surf Coast area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~2,240
businesses in Torquay (estimated*)
- Surf Coast total4,543
- Solo / non-employing2,931
- 1–4 staff1,153
- 5–19 staff364
- 20+ staff95
90% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Surf Coast (2025)
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Construction1,054
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Professional, scientific & technical services626
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Rental, hiring & real estate460
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Agriculture, forestry & fishing435
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Health care & social assistance380
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Retail trade277
*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 Torquay businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Builder Sites
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For the builders, electricians and trades filling Torquay's new estates. Real project photos, a one-step quote form, and enough local SEO to show up before the competitor two streets over.
- Project gallery with real photos
- One-step quote request form
- Mobile-first for job site use
- Local SEO for suburb searches
Retail & Cafe Sites
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For the shops and cafes on Torquay's strip. Menus, stock and opening hours you can update yourself, and a homepage that loads before a browsing visitor moves on to the next tab.
- Editable menu or product listings
- Opening hours shown up front
- Fast load on mobile data
- Google Business + maps linked
Property & Booking Portals
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–6 weeks
For real estate, rental and clinic bookings where the enquiry needs to land straight away. Live availability, listings with search and filters, and automated confirmations.
- Booking or enquiry calendar
- Listings with search filters
- Automated confirmation emails
- Built to handle traffic spikes
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Why FindDevs in Torquay
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Torquay 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 Torquay's actual customers.
The median age in Torquay is 39. 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
Torquay questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or builder site with a quote form typically runs $3,000 - $8,000 over 2-4 weeks. A retail or cafe site with menus and stock runs $3,500 - $9,500 over 3-5 weeks. A property, rental or booking portal with live availability runs $4,500 - $12,000 over 4-6 weeks. FindDevs gets you three fixed-price quotes from vetted developers within 24 hours, so you can compare before committing to any of it.
No. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers based on your brief, not your postcode. They may not be based in Torquay or anywhere on the Surf Coast, and FindDevs doesn't run an office here either. What matters is whether they understand the brief: a site that loads fast on a phone at the beach, shows opening hours clearly, and turns a visit into a quote or booking without friction. You get three fixed-price quotes to compare, and you choose the developer, not the other way round.
It depends on the project. A straightforward trade or retail site usually takes 2-4 weeks from brief to launch, and a booking or property portal with more moving parts takes 4-6 weeks. If you want to be live before the Christmas and Bells Beach summer crowds arrive, get your brief in now. FindDevs returns three fixed-price quotes within 24 hours, so the build clock only starts once you've picked a developer and locked the project in.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Torquay 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 Torquay, by registered businesses in Surf Coast. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
1,054
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
626
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
460
local businesses
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Health care & social assistance
380
local businesses
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