20.4% of adults in St Davids are small employers or own-account workers, against 10.1% across Wales. Customers in St Davids want quick answers: what you do, where you are and how to reach you. Aria builds the whole site for £69 a month, with your domain, business email and hosting, and you pay only once you have approved it.
No setup fee: you only pay the £69 monthly fee once you have approved your website.
The local picture in St Davids
An older population reads websites differently: larger text, clear contact details and no hunting for opening hours. In St Davids, where 34.3% of residents are 65 or over, a calm, readable site earns trust faster than a flashy one.
The people a St Davids website talks to
On foot: 18.0% of employed residents get to work that way. People pass by on foot, so make your street and hours easy to find.
40.3% of workers in St Davids work part-time. Customers keep varied hours, so make your opening times obvious.
Short trips: 22.0% of workers in St Davids commute under 2 km. Most customers live and work nearby, so the streets you name matter.
Outright owners: 48.9% of households in St Davids. Home improvement firms should show real photos of past work.
The Census 2021 picture of St Davids
St Davids has 665 households; 41.1% are one-person households. 34.3% of residents are 65 or over and 12.2% are under 15.
A few more figures
- No formal qualifications: 15.7% of adults
- Commute under 5 km: 23.8%
- Bus, minibus or coach to work: 0.5%
- Born in the UK: 95.1%
- Workers commuting by bicycle: 2.8%
- Higher managerial and professional jobs: 10.0%
How St Davids compares
The share of adults with Level 4 qualifications or above is 38.3% in St Davids, against 31.2% in the Pembrokeshire local authority area and 31.5% in Wales. On home working, St Davids (27.6%) compares with 23.1% for the Pembrokeshire local authority area as a whole and 25.6% nationally. Self-employed adults: 16.3% in St Davids, 11.7% across the Pembrokeshire local authority area and 8.3% in Wales.
The Pembrokeshire local authority area added 2,037 residents between mid-2021 and mid-2024 (1.6%).
Serving St Davids and nearby
Within a short drive of St Davids: Haverfordwest (13 miles east), Merlin’s Bridge (14 miles south-east), Crundale (14 miles east) and Goodwick (14 miles north-east). For local government, St Davids is part of the Pembrokeshire local authority area. The nearest large city, Swansea, is roughly 59 miles away to the east. A website can name each place you serve, from Crundale to Goodwick.
Next to St Davids, Haverfordwest counted 12,088 people at Census 2021, with 56.7% of households owning their home. In Haverfordwest, 15.4% of workers were based mainly at home in 2021; in St Davids, 27.6%.
Industries that stand out in Pembrokeshire
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:
- Hotels, B&Bs and holiday lets, 275 in Pembrokeshire: the site should show rates by season and how to get there.
- Farms and agricultural businesses, 1,230 in Pembrokeshire: the site should show what they grow or raise and a form for wholesale enquiries.
- Restaurants, cafés and pubs, 510 in Pembrokeshire: the site should show how to book a table or a private event by email and opening hours and a map.
- Clubs, charities and community groups, 140 in Pembrokeshire: the site should show contact details and upcoming events.
- Manufacturers and engineering workshops, 50 in Pembrokeshire: the site should show industries they serve and a form for drawings and quotes.
Among the most common trades: 145 domestic building firms, 5 driving schools and 35 childcare day centres. Most are small: 85.3% employ fewer than ten people. Whatever the sector, customers check the same things first: what you do, where, and how to get in touch.
The legal basics for St Davids businesses online
A website does not need a special licence, but the business behind it follows the usual rules. A few that come up often:
- A limited company must include its name on all company documents, publicity and letters, and on business letters, order forms and websites it must also show its registered number, its registered office address and where it is registered. GOV.UK: company names on websites
- 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.
Web design for St Davids, handled online
Aria is a web design team that has been building small business websites since 2008. The plan is the same in St Davids as in any other town in the United Kingdom: one monthly fee, everything arranged by email.
- Sign up online in roughly 5 minutes, then email us your logo and a few photos.
- No more than 3 working days later, a temporary link shows you the full website, with your colours and logo.
- Once you say it is ready, you pay the first month and the website goes live on your domain.
After launch, you keep asking for changes by email: a new photo, an updated price, a new service. They are part of the monthly fee.
- A business website or an online shop, for the same monthly fee
- Your own domain: bring the one you have, or we help you choose one
- Email on your domain: unlimited accounts, 5 GB in total, webmail and spam filtering
- Hosting, an SSL certificate and daily backups
- Changes to text, photos and prices, requested by email
- Ready within 3 working days on a temporary link
Questions from St Davids business owners
St Davids is small. Do I really need a website?
Yes. Customers from across Pembrokeshire search before they travel, and a website is how they find you. It also answers the basics (hours, prices, location) without a phone call.
When does the site go live?
The first version is ready within 3 working days, on a temporary link. Publication on your domain comes after your approval and the first payment.
What do I need to send?
Real photos taken with a good phone often work better than stock images. Email them with your logo and a list of services.
How do we work together if I am in St Davids?
We work online from start to finish. Logo, photos and texts come by email, and you approve the site on a temporary link.
Is there a minimum contract?
No lock-in. The plan is month to month at £69, with nothing to pay before you approve the website.
Can I sell online from St Davids?
Yes, an online shop costs the same £69 a month as a regular website: a catalogue of your products, basket and online payment.
Will customers in Haverfordwest and Merlin’s Bridge see that I serve them?
Yes. We add a list of the towns you serve, Haverfordwest and Merlin’s Bridge included, and keep the contact form on every page.
Do I pay anything to get started?
No. No setup fee: you only pay the £69 monthly fee once you have approved your website. No lock-in contract. You can stop the service whenever you need to.
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- Population, households, housing, travel to work, work and qualifications: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, summed for the St Davids built-up area (2022 definition). Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
- Population of the Pembrokeshire local authority area: Office for National Statistics, mid-year estimates for 2021 and 2024.
- Local business units, Pembrokeshire local authority: ONS UK Business Counts 2026.
- Locations of St Davids and the places around it: ONS Open Geography Portal, Built Up Areas 2022; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023.
- Numbers come from the official sources above and are updated when new releases come out; distances are measured in a straight line.