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Shoalhaven, New South Wales

The coast town that doubles in summer and empties by autumn.

Ulladulla runs at two speeds. The permanent population is 7,262, and the median age is 51, with 31.3% of locals over 65, numbers that put it among the older towns on the New South Wales south coast. But the local economy doesn't slow down to match: construction leads the Shoalhaven council area with 2,087 businesses, more than any other sector, driven by renovations, new coastal builds and the trade work an ageing housing stock always needs. Ulladulla is a fishing and holiday town first, a retirement town second, and a building site in between.

7,262 people is not a lot of customers. In a town this size, word travels fast about who does good work, and just as fast about who doesn't. What multiplies the numbers is the people who don't live here: holiday home owners booking a builder before they arrive, and Princes Highway traffic that doubles the real catchment every summer. A concreter, a locksmith, a physiotherapist or a cafe owner here is selling to Sydney weekenders as much as to locals, and both groups search before they call. With 31.3% of the population over 65, that same site needs to read clearly on a lounge room tablet, not just a phone. Household income is $1,007 a week and family income $1,337, comfortable rather than flush, so the pitch has to be clear value, not polish. A site that can't be read at a glance loses the job to whoever answers first.

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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29

The Ulladulla market, by the numbers.

Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Ulladulla itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Shoalhaven area. This is the market your website sells into.

Who lives here
7,262
residents at the 2021 Census
  • Median age51
  • Aged 65+31.3%
  • Under 2524.4%
  • Median household income$1,007/wk
  • Median rent$340/wk
The business scene
~550
businesses in Ulladulla (estimated*)
  • Shoalhaven total8,294
  • Solo / non-employing4,583
  • 1–4 staff2,601
  • 5–19 staff916
  • 20+ staff194

87% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.

Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Shoalhaven (2025)
  • Construction2,087
  • Professional, scientific & technical services839
  • Rental, hiring & real estate803
  • Health care & social assistance676
  • Retail trade551
  • Accommodation & food services539

*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 Ulladulla businesses actually build.

Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.

Trade & Building Website
Typical price
$3,000 – $8,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks

A straightforward site for a builder, concreter, sparky or plumber working the renovation and new-build jobs driving construction across the Shoalhaven.

  • Quote request form
  • Job gallery with before and after photos
  • Service area and coverage map
  • Click-to-call, mobile-first layout
Health & Allied Health Booking
Typical price
$4,500 – $11,000
Timeline
3–5 weeks

Built for a physio, dentist, GP clinic or allied health practice serving an ageing population that needs appointments booked simply, not buried in menus.

  • Online appointment booking
  • Patient intake and consent forms
  • Large text, high-contrast layout
  • SMS and email appointment reminders
Retail & Café Website
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,000
Timeline
2–4 weeks

For a retailer, cafe or holiday letting business serving locals through winter and Sydney weekenders through summer, with trading hours that actually change.

  • Online menu or product catalogue
  • Seasonal trading hours front and centre
  • Click and collect or online ordering
  • Photo gallery for the shopfront

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Why FindDevs in Ulladulla

Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.

Three quotes, not one local guess.

In a town of ~550 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 Ulladulla's actual customers.

With a median age of 51 and 31.3% 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

Ulladulla questions.

It depends on what you need. A trade site for a builder, concreter or plumber runs $3,000 - $8,000. A retail or cafe site, including online ordering or a product catalogue, runs $3,500 - $9,000. A booking site for a clinic or allied health practice, with online appointments built in, runs $4,500 - $11,000. Every quote is fixed-price, and you get three of them, from three different vetted Australian developers, within 24 hours of sending your brief.
Once you send a brief, three vetted Australian developers send back fixed-price quotes within 24 hours, so you're comparing real numbers on day one, not waiting on callbacks. Build time depends on scope: a straightforward trade or retail site usually takes 2-4 weeks, and a booking site with online appointments and patient forms for a clinic usually takes 3-5 weeks. Either way you know the price and the timeline before any work starts.
No. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers, not necessarily local ones, and matches on the brief rather than the postcode. Ulladulla runs an estimated 550 businesses of its own, from trades to health services to retail, and increasingly they compete for search results with businesses well outside town. A developer based in Sydney or Brisbane can build and support a site for an Ulladulla business exactly as well as one next door, and you still get three fixed-price quotes to compare within 24 hours.
Your industry

Developers who have built for your trade before.

The biggest employers around Ulladulla, by registered businesses in Shoalhaven. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.

Construction
2,087 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Professional, scientific & technical services
839 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
803 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Health care & social assistance
676 local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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