Who lives here
7,941
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age52
- Aged 65+34%
- Under 2523.1%
- Median household income$976/wk
- Median rent$390/wk
Tweed, New South Wales
The suburb where word of mouth meets Google.
Tweed Heads South is the residential side of the Tweed Heads cluster, set back from the beachfront towers and built for people who live here year-round rather than holiday here for a week. Population is 7,941, and the age profile is older than most of the coast: median age 52, with 34.0% of residents over 65. Household income runs to $976 a week, workmanlike rather than wealthy, more often paying off a mortgage that's nearly done than a new one. Trades and health services carry the local economy here, the kind of businesses an older, settled suburb actually uses every week.
'Everyone round here already knows where I am' is the usual reason for skipping a website, and in a suburb of 7,941 people it used to hold up. It doesn't anymore. This is a retired and semi-retired community, not a young one: 34.0% of residents are over 65, and only 23.1% are under 25. The site that wins here isn't clever, it's readable: large type, a phone number that's easy to find, real hours instead of a buried contact form. A builder doing renovations, a physio, an aged care provider or a property manager letting units to retirees moving in all need the same thing, something a first-time visitor can use without help. A slow, clever site is a tax on exactly the customers who won't wait for it to load.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Tweed Heads South brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Tweed Heads South market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Tweed Heads South itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Tweed area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~750
businesses in Tweed Heads South (estimated*)
- Tweed total9,130
- Solo / non-employing5,584
- 1–4 staff2,541
- 5–19 staff838
- 20+ staff167
89% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Tweed (2025)
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Construction2,094
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Professional, scientific & technical services1,129
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Rental, hiring & real estate876
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Health care & social assistance771
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Retail trade624
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Agriculture, forestry & fishing562
*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 Tweed Heads South businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Tradie & Builder Site
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Built for the trades: construction leads the Tweed council area with 2,094 businesses, more than any other sector, and most of them need faster quotes.
- Quote request form, no phone tag
- Gallery of finished jobs
- Google Maps + service area listing
- Mobile-first for on-site browsing
Allied Health Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $11,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For physios, GPs and aged care providers: health care & social assistance counts 771 businesses across the Tweed council area, third-largest sector.
- Online appointment booking
- Large-type, high-contrast design
- Service and provider pages
- Click-to-call phone number
Property & Rental Listings Site
Typical price
$4,000 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For property managers and agents: rental, hiring & real estate runs to 876 businesses across the Tweed council area, ahead of health care and retail.
- Searchable property listings
- Enquiry form on every listing
- Photo galleries per property
- Mobile-friendly for on-the-go search
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Why FindDevs in Tweed Heads South
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
In a town of ~750 businesses there might be one or two people building websites, if they're taking work on. We put your brief in front of vetted developers across Australia and hand you three written quotes to compare, 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 Tweed Heads South's actual customers.
With a median age of 52 and 34% 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
Tweed Heads South questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A straightforward trade or service site for a builder or tradie runs $3,000 - $8,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. A booking site for a physio, GP or aged care provider, with online appointments and provider pages, runs $4,500 - $11,000 over 3-5 weeks. A property or rental listings site for an agent or manager runs $4,000 - $9,500. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers who quote fixed prices against your actual brief, so you compare real numbers instead of guessing.
Yes. An estimated 750 businesses already operate in Tweed Heads South, and the suburb sits inside a much larger built-up area, so word of mouth only reaches so far before you're competing with businesses a customer has never met. With 34.0% of residents over 65, a lot of that comparing happens by phone and by search rather than by driving past a shopfront, and a page nobody can find loses to one that ranks.
You tell us what you need, a booking system, a trade site, a property listings page, and we match you with three vetted Australian developers who each send back a fixed-price quote within 24 hours. You compare three real proposals side by side and pick the one that fits, rather than briefing five agencies yourself and hoping one calls back.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Tweed Heads South 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 Tweed Heads South, by registered businesses in Tweed. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
2,094
local businesses
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Professional, scientific & technical services
1,129
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
876
local businesses
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Health care & social assistance
771
local businesses
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