Who lives here
12,622
residents at the 2021 Census
- Median age30
- Aged 65+3.7%
- Under 2525.4%
- Median household income$2,192/wk
- Median rent$600/wk
Sydney, New South Wales
The suburb that went from factory to towers in one generation.
Zetland is inner-Sydney apartment country, built on what used to be the Kodak factory and the goods yards behind Green Square, and it still reads like recent construction because most of it is. About 12,622 people live here now, and the local business count already sits at 5,010, which is a lot of competition packed into towers a five-minute walk apart. The people running those businesses look like the people living upstairs: median age 30, household income $2,192 a week, mostly office workers who commute short distances or not at all. This is not a suburb built around a main street; it is a suburb built around lifts, lobbies and a train station.
A quarter of Zetland's population, 25.4%, is under 25, and too many local businesses are still reaching them with a static one-page site, an Instagram grid, or a Google listing with last year's hours. That is a mismatch for a resident who compares five options on their phone before leaving the building. Professional, scientific and technical services lead the Sydney council area with 18,661 businesses, and Zetland's working residents carry those habits home: they expect a fast site that states the price and books online, because that is the standard set by every app on their phone. A physiotherapist, a hairdresser, a dog walker or the café under the tower are all fishing in the same lift lobby. In a suburb without a high street, a website is the shopfront, and the businesses still treating it as an afterthought are losing customers who live one floor above them.
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Live ABS data · updated 2026-08-29
The Zetland market, by the numbers.
Pulled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: the 2021 Census for Zetland itself, and the latest Data by Region release (2025) for the Sydney area. This is the market your website sells into.
The business scene
~5,010
businesses in Zetland (estimated*)
- Sydney total85,193
- Solo / non-employing54,691
- 1–4 staff19,007
- 5–19 staff7,632
- 20+ staff3,863
87% of local businesses have fewer than 5 staff. That's exactly who FindDevs was built for.
Biggest local industries
Businesses by industry, Sydney (2025)
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Professional, scientific & technical services18,661
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Financial & insurance services14,993
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Rental, hiring & real estate14,809
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Construction5,943
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Accommodation & food services4,280
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Retail trade4,237
*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 Zetland businesses actually build.
Indicative ranges from briefs like these in the FindDevs network. Your three quotes will be specific to your scope.
Professional Services Website
Typical price
$3,500 – $8,500
Timeline
2–4 weeks
For consultants, brokers and agencies working out of Zetland's towers who need a site that reads as credible as the office downstairs and converts enquiries into meetings.
- Case studies and credentials up front
- Booking link for consultations
- Mobile-first for the lift-lobby search
- Fast load on building wifi and 4G
Café & Hospitality Site
Typical price
$3,500 – $9,500
Timeline
3–5 weeks
For the cafes, bars and restaurants under Zetland's towers, with a menu that's easy to update, online ordering and a booking system built for lunchtime rushes.
- Live menu you can update yourself
- Table bookings and online ordering
- Photos that load fast on mobile
- Google Maps and opening hours sorted
Property & Booking Portal
Typical price
$4,500 – $12,000
Timeline
4–8 weeks
For agents, property managers and services with recurring bookings, a portal that lists availability, takes enquiries and books appointments without a phone call.
- Live listings or availability calendar
- Enquiry forms that reach you instantly
- Appointment booking built in
- Built to handle Sydney-level traffic
Free · No signup wall · Stay anonymous if you want · 2 minutes
Why FindDevs in Zetland
Local knowledge, without being stuck with one local option.
Three quotes, not one local guess.
Around Zetland 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 Zetland's actual customers.
The median age in Zetland is 30. 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
Zetland questions.
It depends on the brief. A professional services site for a consultant or broker runs $3,500 – $8,500. A café or hospitality site with online ordering runs $3,500 – $9,500. A property or booking portal with live availability and appointment booking runs $4,500 – $12,000. FindDevs matches you with three vetted Australian developers who quote against your actual brief, not a suburb, so you get fixed prices back within 24 hours rather than a guess.
The developers matched to your brief are vetted and based in Australia, but not necessarily in Zetland or even Sydney. What matters is that they build to the brief you set, understand the standard expected by Zetland's professional and finance-heavy resident base, and deliver a fixed-price quote within 24 hours. Working remotely is normal for web development, and it opens up a wider pool of vetted talent than restricting the search to one postcode would.
Timeframes depend on scope. A straightforward professional services site takes 2–4 weeks. A café or hospitality site with ordering and bookings takes 3–5 weeks. A property or booking portal with a live calendar and appointment system takes 4–8 weeks. You will get a fixed-price quote and a timeframe within 24 hours of describing the brief, so there is no guessing before you commit to a developer.
Fixed prices
Know the price before you talk to anyone.
These are published fixed-price builds, available to Zetland 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 Zetland, by registered businesses in Sydney. Each one has its own page, because a cafe site and a plant-hire site are not the same job.
Professional, scientific & technical services
18,661
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Rental, hiring & real estate
14,809
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Construction
5,943
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
Accommodation & food services
4,280
local businesses
Web developers for this sector
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