Who lives here
10,988
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age55
- Aged 65+34%
- Under 2521.6%
- Median household income$984/wk
- Median rent$335/wk
Fraser Coast, Queensland
The last bit of mainland before the barge to K'gari.
Urangan is the pointy end of Hervey Bay, the suburb where the mainland runs out on the way to K'gari. Two things shape its economy: an older population and construction. At 10,988 people with a median age of 55, this is one of the older suburbs on the Fraser Coast, and the businesses that do well here are the ones built around that fact, allied health, home care, boating and fishing supplies. Construction remains the biggest employer across the wider region, with 1,538 businesses in the Fraser Coast council area, well ahead of health care and social assistance. Household income sits at $984 a week, modest by capital city standards but typical for a coastal retirement market where the asset is the house, not the payslip.
Only 21.6% of Urangan's population is under 25, which matters more here than in a suburb with a university nearby: the boat harbour and the tourist trade to K'gari attract seasonal, itinerant workers rather than growing a young local workforce. A retirement town well up the coast from Brisbane can't rely on someone's nephew knocking together a website between shifts; that skill has to be brought in from outside. It also means the customer base skews older and steadier than the headline income suggests, with family income at $1,206 a week, so a page needs to be legible, load fast on patchy coastal reception and answer the phone question before it's asked. A charter operator, a physio, a marine mechanic or a home care provider are all selling to the same person: someone deciding from a screen, not a shopfront.
Three vetted Australian developers, hand-picked to a Urangan brief, quoted in writing within 24 hours. Free, no obligation.
Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Urangan market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Urangan itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Fraser Coast area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~700
businesses in Urangan (estimated*)
- Fraser Coast total7,104
- Solo / non-employing4,119
- 1–4 staff2,010
- 5–19 staff792
- 20+ staff183
86% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Fraser Coast (2025)
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Construction1,538
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Health care & social assistance820
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Rental, hiring & real estate693
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Agriculture, forestry & fishing642
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Professional, scientific & technical services549
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Other services476
*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 Urangan businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Trade & Service Website
Typical price
$3,200 – $7,800
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For builders, marine mechanics and trades working the harbour and the wider Fraser Coast: a fast site that turns a phone search into a booked quote, not just a phone number.
- Quote request form
- Click-to-call on mobile
- Job photo gallery
- Local SEO for Fraser Coast searches
Allied Health Booking Site
Typical price
$4,800 – $11,500
Timeline
4–6 weeks
Built for allied health, home care and social assistance providers serving an older population: online booking, clear intake forms and text people can actually read.
- Online appointment booking
- Patient intake forms
- Practitioner profiles
- Large, readable type as standard
Tour & Charter Booking Site
Typical price
$4,500 – $9,800
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For charter operators and tour businesses running whale watching trips or the K'gari crossing: a booking calendar, season dates and pricing that update themselves.
- Tour booking calendar
- Seasonal pricing pages
- Weather and tide notices
- Photo and video galleries
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Why FindDevs in Urangan
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
In a town of ~700 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 Urangan's actual customers.
With a median age of 55 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
Urangan questions.
It depends on what the site needs to do. A trade or service site for a builder or marine mechanic runs $3,200 - $7,800. A booking site for an allied health or home care provider is $4,800 - $11,500 because of the intake forms and calendar. A charter or tour operator's booking site sits at $4,500 - $9,800. Every quote is fixed price, agreed before work starts, and you get three quotes from vetted Australian developers to compare.
No, and that's by design. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers based on the brief, not the postcode. What matters for a Fraser Coast retirement and tourism market is understanding seasonal bookings, older customers and mobile-first browsing, not living near the pier. You compare three fixed-price quotes and choose the developer on the work, not the address.
Most trade and service sites are ready in 2-4 weeks. A booking site with online appointments or a tour calendar, the kind health providers and charter operators need, takes 4-6 weeks depending on how much content and integration is involved. You get a firm timeline as part of the fixed-price quote, before any work starts.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Urangan 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 Urangan, by registered businesses in Fraser Coast. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Construction
1,538
local businesses
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Health care & social assistance
820
local businesses
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Rental, hiring & real estate
693
local businesses
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Professional, scientific & technical services
549
local businesses
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