Madeley has an older population: 27.2% are 65 or over, and 31.5% of adults are retired. That says a lot about what a website for a Madeley 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.
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Madeley: the place behind the numbers
The Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority area grew by 3.6% between mid-2021 and mid-2024, to 127,474 people. New residents have no favourite plumber, café or hairdresser yet, so they search; a clear website is how a Madeley business gets onto that first list.
Madeley in numbers
Two or more cars: 41.8% of households; none at all: 17.5%. Madeley has 1,521 households; 33.5% are one-person households.
More Census 2021 figures for Madeley
- Owned with a mortgage or loan: 28.0%
- Higher managerial and professional jobs: 10.6%
- Average household size: 2.2 people
- One-person households: 33.5%
- Aged 85 and over: 3.6%
- Commute under 5 km: 10.3%
Side by side with the Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority area
The share of self-employed adults is 9.2% in Madeley, against 7.5% in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority area and 9.7% in England. Workers based mainly at home: 25.7% in Madeley, 23.0% across the Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority area and 31.5% in England.
Madeley and the surrounding area
Nearby towns and villages include Halmer End and Alsagers Bank (2.7 miles north-east), Keele (2.8 miles east), Baldwin’s Gate (3.2 miles south), Audley (3.5 miles north) and Bignall End (3.9 miles north-east). Madeley is in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority area. Stoke-on-Trent is about 7.7 miles to the east. If you work in Halmer End and Alsagers Bank or Keele as well, the site can say so on a service area page.
In Halmer End and Alsagers Bank, 20.6% of workers were based mainly at home in 2021; in Madeley, 25.7%. Next to Madeley, Halmer End and Alsagers Bank counted 1,158 people at Census 2021, with 69.2% of households owning their home.
Customers in Madeley: what the census shows
Driving is how 62.6% of employed people in Madeley get to work. Your postcode and directions where they are easy to find.
Outright owners: 42.1% of households in Madeley. Home improvement firms should show photos of finished jobs.
Newcastle-under-Lyme businesses and what their websites need
Of the 4,315 business sites counted in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority area (2026), these groups stand out against the national mix:
- Furniture, electronics and homeware shops (440): a contact form for stock questions and the product range with prices.
- Trades such as electricians, plumbers and roofers (385): the services they offer and where and emergency contact details and hours.
- Restaurants, cafés and pubs (325): the menu with prices and photos of the dishes and the room.
- Wholesalers and distributors (200): how trade accounts work and delivery areas.
- Farms and agricultural businesses (175): what they grow or raise and seasonal opening times.
Among the trades with their own count, the Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority area has 10 fitness facilities and 30 dental practices. Most are small: 81.5% employ fewer than ten people. In every one of these sectors, the website that wins is the one that answers questions before the customer has to ask.
How Aria builds your Madeley website
Aria has been building business websites and online shops since 2008, and every project runs 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.
- Do the online sign-up (about 5 minutes) and send your logo, photos and service list by email.
- You get a temporary link within 3 working days, so you can click through every page and ask for changes by email.
- After your approval, you pay the first month and the website goes live 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
The legal basics for Madeley businesses online
Some homework for Madeley businesses before the website goes live:
- 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
- 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
- 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.
What business owners in Madeley ask us
Madeley is small. Do I really need a website?
Yes. Customers from across Newcastle-under-Lyme search before they travel, and a website is how they find you. It also answers the basics (hours, prices, location) without a phone call.
How long until my website is ready?
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.
My customers come from Halmer End and Alsagers Bank and Keele as well. Can I say so?
Of course. Email us the places you serve (say Halmer End and Alsagers Bank, Keele and Baldwin’s Gate) and they go on a service area page.
Who writes the text and picks the photos?
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.
What if I need to change something later?
Our team does it for you: email what needs changing and we take care of it, along with hosting, SSL and backups.
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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- Numbers for Madeley come from Census 2021 (Office for National Statistics), aggregated to the 2022 built-up area. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
- Mid-2021 and mid-2024 population of the Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority area: ONS mid-year population estimates.
- Business sites in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local authority area: Office for National Statistics, UK Business Counts 2026 (local units).
- Distances to nearby places are straight-line, between ONS built-up area points (Open Geography Portal); contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023.
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.