Self-employment runs deep in St Mawes: 20.0% of residents aged 16 and over are self-employed. That says a lot about what a website for a St Mawes business should show first. 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.
St Mawes: the place behind the numbers
Older customers (39.0% of St Mawes) often reach a website through a family member. Plain language and visible contact details help both of them.
Cornwall businesses and what their websites need
Of the 29,950 business sites counted in the Cornwall local authority area (2026), these groups stand out against the national mix:
- Farms and agricultural businesses (3,530): seasonal opening times and what they grow or raise.
- Hotels, B&Bs and holiday lets (885): how to get there and what is nearby.
- Restaurants, cafés and pubs (2,255): opening hours and a map and photos of the dishes and the room.
- Car dealers and motor trade businesses (960): current stock with photos and service and repair hours.
Among the most common trades: 490 pubs and bars, 50 fitness facilities and 130 dental practices. 84.1% are micro businesses with up to nine employees.
St Mawes in numbers
Two or more cars: 41.2% of households; none at all: 16.0%. St Mawes has 326 households; 36.8% are one-person households.
Other numbers worth knowing
- Aged 85 and over: 4.3%
- People per household: 2.0
- Higher managerial and professional jobs: 14.6%
- Commute under 5 km: 19.1%
- One-person households: 36.8%
How St Mawes compares
Households without a car or van: 16.0% in St Mawes, 15.0% across the Cornwall local authority area and 23.5% in England. Self-employed adults: 20.0% in St Mawes, 12.4% across the Cornwall local authority area and 9.7% in England. Households renting privately: 14.3% in St Mawes, 19.7% across the Cornwall local authority area and 20.5% in England.
The population of the Cornwall local authority area went from 571,948 in mid-2021 to 582,205 in mid-2024, a rise of 1.8%.
The area your St Mawes website can cover
Customers may also come from Falmouth (3.1 miles, pop. 24,066), Mylor Bridge (3.2 miles, pop. 1,534), Penryn (4.5 miles, pop. 11,194), Mawnan Smith (5.2 miles, pop. 1,001) and Carnon Downs and Devoran (5.3 miles, pop. 2,129). For local government, St Mawes is part of the Cornwall local authority area. Plymouth is about 43 miles to the north-east. A website can name each place you serve, from Mawnan Smith to Mylor Bridge.
Falmouth (24,066 residents) and Mylor Bridge (1,534) are the nearest places with their own page. In Falmouth, 28.5% of workers were based mainly at home in 2021; in St Mawes, 32.9%.
Who is searching in St Mawes
21.8% of workers walk to work. People pass by on foot, so show your street and opening hours clearly. Outright owners: 48.8% of households in St Mawes. Home improvement firms should show photos of finished jobs.
40.0% of workers in St Mawes work part-time. Customers keep varied hours, so show your opening hours clearly.
14.9% of workers travel less than 2 km to work. Customers are mostly local, so local details count.
4.4% of people in St Mawes have another main language. Plain English and good photos make your site easy to follow for every customer.
Registration and privacy basics for St Mawes
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 has to be registered with Companies House before it starts trading; registering online costs £100. GOV.UK: register a limited company
- You cannot set non-essential cookies on your website before the visitor has consented to them, and that consent must be actively and clearly given. ICO: cookies
- 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
This is general information, not legal advice; confirm the details with the agency behind each item or with a professional adviser.
How Aria builds your St Mawes website
Since 2008, Aria has been setting up websites, domains and business email for small companies. From St Mawes, the price is the same: one monthly fee of £69, and we keep in touch 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.
- When you are happy with it, you approve, the first £69 fee is issued, and the site is published on your domain.
Hosting, the SSL certificate, daily backups and security updates stay with us, and content changes you email in are included.
- 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 about a website for your St Mawes business
Is a website worth it in a place of 643 people?
Yes. Customers from across Cornwall search before they travel, and a website is how they find you. It also answers the basics (hours, prices, location) without a phone call.
Which platform do you use?
On the Aria Platform, which is built on WordPress and set up by our team, so you get a professional site without dealing with the technical side.
Will customers in St Mawes 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 open fast.
Do I need professional photos?
Send what you have; we put it into a proven template with your colours and logo, and you review all the text before launch.
I already own a domain. Can I keep it?
If you already own one, we connect it to the new website and your email. If not, say so in the sign-up form and we will help you pick one, by email.
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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- Census figures: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 tables by output area, added up for the St Mawes built-up area as defined in 2022. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
- Local authority population: ONS mid-year population estimates, mid-2021 and mid-2024.
- Local business units, Cornwall local authority: ONS UK Business Counts 2026.
- Locations of St Mawes 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.