Westhampnett is a place of families: 18.9% of residents are under 15, and 33.7% of households have dependent children. People searching in Westhampnett want quick answers: what you do, where you are and how to reach you. Our £69 plan covers the website or online shop, your domain, email and hosting, ready within 3 working days on a temporary link.
No setup fee: you only pay the £69 monthly fee once you have approved your website.
What makes Westhampnett different
The Chichester local authority area grew by 3.8% between mid-2021 and mid-2024, to 129,206 people. New residents have no favourite plumber, café or hairdresser yet, so they search; a clear website is how a Westhampnett business gets onto that first list.
Industries that stand out in Chichester
Of the 7,770 business sites counted in the Chichester local authority area (2026), these groups stand out against the national mix:
- Farms and agricultural businesses (425 sites): seasonal opening times and where to buy their products.
- Photographers, designers and creative studios (240 sites): contact details and packages and prices.
- Gyms, sports clubs and leisure businesses (145 sites): the timetable and how to get in touch.
- Professional firms such as accountants, solicitors and engineers (230 sites): office address and hours and the services and who they are for.
- Car dealers and motor trade businesses (245 sites): finance contact details and service and repair hours.
The local count includes 30 childcare day centres, 35 dental practices and 105 electrical installation firms. Small firms dominate: 86.1% have fewer than ten staff, and 12.5% are sole proprietors.
The area your Westhampnett website can cover
Customers may also come from Tangmere (1.5 miles, pop. 4,000), Chichester (1.6 miles, pop. 31,709) and Mid Lavant (2.2 miles, pop. 1,441). Westhampnett is in the Chichester local authority area. Portsmouth is about 15 miles to the west. If you work in Chichester or Tangmere as well, the site can say so on a service area page.
Next to Westhampnett, Tangmere counted 4,000 people at Census 2021, with 57.0% of households owning their home. In Tangmere, 27.6% of workers were based mainly at home in 2021; in Westhampnett, 34.7%.
Population and households in Westhampnett
Of the 507 households in Westhampnett, 63.0% own their home and 16.9% rent privately.
A few more figures
- People per household: 2.4
- Born in the UK: 89.3%
- Under-5s: 7.5%
- Bus commuters: 0.5%
- One-person households: 23.5%
- Owned with a mortgage or loan: 33.9%
Side by side with the Chichester local authority area
The share of households in flats is 7.7% in Westhampnett, against 16.4% in the Chichester local authority area and 22.2% in England. Residents aged 65 or over: 19.5% in Westhampnett, 27.1% across the Chichester local authority area and 18.4% in England. On home ownership, Westhampnett (63.0%) compares with 65.4% for the Chichester local authority area as a whole and 61.3% nationally.
Who is searching in Westhampnett
41.3% of adults hold Level 4 qualifications or above. Explaining how you work, step by step, wins their trust. Driving is how 49.5% of employed people in Westhampnett get to work. A map and a note about parking answer the first question many drivers have.
Self-employed people are 11.4% of adults in Westhampnett. Competition among sole traders is strong, so a portfolio sets you apart.
34.7% of working residents worked mainly from home in 2021. People at home during the day search for local services during the day.
Running a business website from Westhampnett: the rules
A website does not need a special licence, but the business behind it follows the usual rules. A few that come up often:
- 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
- You must not send marketing emails or texts to individuals without specific consent; there is a limited exception for your own previous customers, often called the soft opt-in. ICO: email marketing
- 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
This is general information, not legal advice; confirm the details with the agency behind each item or with a professional adviser.
Web design for Westhampnett, handled online
Aria is a web design team that has been building small business websites since 2008. For a business in Westhampnett, that means the same £69 plan as anywhere else in the United Kingdom, with your material and your questions going by email.
- Sign up online in roughly 5 minutes, then email us your logo and a few photos.
- You get a temporary link within 3 working days, so you can click through every page and ask for changes by email.
- Once you approve it, the first monthly fee is issued and the website goes live on your domain, together with your business email.
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
What business owners in Westhampnett ask us
Westhampnett is small. Do I really need a website?
Yes. Customers from across Chichester search before they travel, and a website is how they find you. It also answers the basics (hours, prices, location) without a phone call.
What do I need to send?
Send what you have; we put it into a proven template with your colours and logo, and you review all the text before anything goes live.
How do we work together if I am in Westhampnett?
No meetings needed: we talk by email at support@ariaserv.com, and you see the full website on a temporary link before approving it.
Will customers in Westhampnett be able to use the site on their phones?
Yes, it is built to work on phones first, with buttons that are easy to tap and pages that load quickly.
Do I need a domain already?
Your domain stays yours. Bring the one you have, or let us know you need one and we will help you choose.
Can I add a page for the area I cover around Westhampnett?
Of course. Email us the towns you serve (for example Tangmere, Chichester and Mid Lavant) and we put them on a page of their own.
Can the website be an online shop?
Yes. The plan can be an online shop with a catalogue, a basket and online payment, for the same £69 a month.
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.
Web design near Westhampnett
A professional website for £69 a month
Tell us about your business in the sign-up form and we take it from there, by email.
- Census figures: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 tables by output area, added up for the Westhampnett built-up area as defined in 2022. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
- Mid-2021 and mid-2024 population of the Chichester local authority area: ONS mid-year population estimates.
- Businesses: ONS, UK Business Counts 2026 (local units), Chichester local authority.
- Locations of Westhampnett 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.