Web Design in Johnston

Who lives and works in Johnston

In a small place, the customers who do not know you yet are often elsewhere in Pembrokeshire. A website shows them what you offer before they make the trip.

The business mix around Johnston

UK Business Counts lists 6,615 business sites in the Pembrokeshire local authority area in 2026. Compared with Wales as a whole, these sectors have a larger presence:

• Farms and agricultural businesses (1,230): where to buy their products and a form for wholesale enquiries.
• Hotels, B&Bs and holiday lets (275): how to get there and rates by season.
• Clubs, charities and community groups (140): how to join or volunteer and what the group does.
• Restaurants, cafés and pubs (510): how to book a table or a private event by email and the menu with prices.
• Manufacturers and engineering workshops (35): certifications and industries they serve.

The local count includes 30 veterinary practices, 90 electrical installation firms and 100 takeaways and food stands. Small firms dominate: 85.3% have fewer than ten staff, and 20.0% are sole proprietors. In every one of these sectors, the website that wins is the one that answers questions before the customer has to ask.

Know your Johnston audience

73.8% of workers drive to work. Parking details and a map save customers a phone call.

19.0% of the population is under 15. Hours that fit around school deserve a place on the home page.

Retired people are 28.7% of residents aged 16 and over. They have time to compare, so clear prices and real photos win.

Key numbers for Johnston

24.0% of residents are 65 or over and 19.0% are under 15. Johnston has 717 households; 31.7% are one-person households. Two or more cars: 43.0% of households; none at all: 12.3%.

More Census 2021 figures for Johnston

• Adults in higher managerial or professional work: 6.2%
• Workers on 49 or more hours a week: 11.0%
• Under-5s: 5.2%
• Owned with a mortgage or loan: 27.9%
• Workers commuting by bicycle: 0.9%
• Bus, minibus or coach to work: 2.7%
• Households of one person: 31.7%

Johnston against its local authority area and Wales

The share of households that own their home is 67.1% in Johnston, against 67.0% in the Pembrokeshire local authority area and 66.1% in Wales. On self-employment, Johnston (7.1%) compares with 11.7% for the Pembrokeshire local authority area as a whole and 8.3% nationally. Households in flats: 6.1% in Johnston, 10.4% across the Pembrokeshire local authority area and 12.5% in Wales.

Around Johnston

Nearby towns and villages include Merlin’s Bridge (2.4 miles, pop. 2,220), Neyland (3.5 miles, pop. 3,250), Haverfordwest (3.8 miles, pop. 12,088) and Milford Haven (3.9 miles, pop. 14,251). For local government, Johnston is part of the Pembrokeshire local authority area. The nearest large city, Swansea, is roughly 46 miles away to the east. A website can name each place you serve, from Neyland to Haverfordwest.

In Merlin’s Bridge, 13.4% of workers were based mainly at home in 2021; in Johnston, 11.7%. Merlin’s Bridge has 2,220 residents, 20.8% of them aged 65 or over, against 24.0% in Johnston.

How the Pembrokeshire local authority area is changing

The population of the Pembrokeshire local authority area went from 123,633 in mid-2021 to 125,670 in mid-2024, a rise of 1.6%.

Your website, built remotely for Johnston

We have built business websites since 2008, always working online. Nothing needs to happen in person: you send what you have by email and see the whole website on a temporary link before it goes live.

1. Start with the online sign-up (about 5 minutes) and tell us what the business does.
2. You get a temporary link within 3 working days, so you can click through every page and ask for changes by email.
3. Once you approve it, the first monthly fee is issued and the website goes live on your domain, together with your business email.

New prices, new photos, a new service page: email it in and our team updates the site, included in the fee.

Wales rules for a business with a website

Putting your business online does not change the rules, but a few rules are worth checking:

• Organisations, including sole traders, that use personal information need to pay a data protection fee to the ICO, although many can rely on an exemption; the tier 1 fee is £52. ICO: data protection fee
• When you sell online, you must tell the customer they can cancel their order up to 14 days after it is delivered, and they do not need to give a reason. GOV.UK: online and distance selling
• Under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, whose rules on this came into force on 6 April 2025, you must not commission fake reviews or pretend to be a consumer leaving one, and if you publish consumer reviews you have to take appropriate steps to make sure they are genuine. GOV.UK: unfair commercial practices

General information, not legal advice. Each link goes to the official page, where the details for your situation are.