Caerphilly, in Caerphilly, had 33,104 residents in its built-up area at Census 2021. A small business website in Caerphilly should reflect it. 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.

Caerphilly at a glance

Of the 5,070 business sites in the Caerphilly local authority area (UK Business Counts 2026), 15.5% are run by sole proprietors. Small firms are the norm here, and the ones that are easy to find online get the call.

Caerphilly by the numbers

33,104Population of the built-up areaCensus 2021
176,232Caerphilly local authority, mid-2024ONS mid-year estimate
19.8%Aged 65 and overWales: 21.3%
68.4%Home ownershipWales: 66.1%
5,070Business sites, Caerphilly local authority (2026)UK Business Counts 2026

19.8% of residents are 65 or over and 17.9% are under 15. Of the 14,248 households in Caerphilly, 68.4% own their home and 11.9% rent privately.

Other numbers worth knowing

  • Commute by train: 2.1%
  • Average household size: 2.3 people
  • Commute under 5 km: 21.3%
  • Semi-detached houses: 43.7% of households
  • Adults with no qualifications: 21.1%
  • Residents 85 or older: 2.1%

How Caerphilly compares

On self-employment, Caerphilly (6.2%) compares with 6.2% for the Caerphilly local authority area as a whole and 8.3% nationally. The share of households in flats is 9.9% in Caerphilly, against 8.4% in the Caerphilly local authority area and 12.5% in Wales. Workers based mainly at home: 29.8% in Caerphilly, 23.9% across the Caerphilly local authority area and 25.6% in Wales.

How the Caerphilly local authority area is changing

The population of the Caerphilly local authority area barely moved between mid-2021 (175,999) and mid-2024 (176,232).

Where Caerphilly sits in Wales

Nearby towns and villages include Bedwas (1.8 miles, pop. 6,463), Abertridwr and Senghenydd (2.4 miles, pop. 5,639), Llanbradach (2.7 miles, pop. 3,766) and Trethomas (2.8 miles, pop. 1,713). The nearest large city, Cardiff, is roughly 5.6 miles away to the south. A website can name each place you serve, from Bedwas to Llanbradach.

In Bedwas, 26.8% of workers were based mainly at home in 2021; in Caerphilly, 29.8%. Bedwas has 6,463 residents, 22.3% of them aged 65 or over, against 19.8% in Caerphilly.

The business mix around Caerphilly

UK Business Counts lists 5,070 business sites in the Caerphilly local authority area in 2026. Compared with Wales as a whole, these sectors have a larger presence:

  • Restaurants, cafés and pubs (395): how to book a table or a private event by email and the menu with prices.
  • Furniture, electronics and homeware shops (530): a contact form for stock questions and delivery areas.
  • Car dealers and motor trade businesses (220): current stock with photos and directions and opening hours.
  • Trades such as electricians, plumbers and roofers (550): before-and-after photos and emergency contact details and hours.

The local count includes 35 accounting and auditing practices, 25 dental practices and 155 takeaways and food stands.

Who your customers are in Caerphilly

At Census 2021, 29.8% of people in work in Caerphilly worked from home. People at home during the day look up services between tasks.

Before you publish: rules that apply in Wales

Some homework for Caerphilly businesses before the website goes live:

  • 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
  • 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

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

How the £69 plan works

Since 2008, Aria has been setting up websites, domains and business email for small companies. For a business in Caerphilly, that means the same £69 plan as anywhere else in the United Kingdom, with your material and your questions going by email.

  1. Answer the short sign-up form, which takes about 5 minutes; the rest goes by email.
  2. No more than 3 working days later, the whole site is on a temporary link, built on a proven template with your brand.
  3. When you are happy with it, you approve, the first £69 fee is issued, and the site is published on your domain.

A price change or a fresh photo: email it in and our team updates the site, included in the fee.

Plan£69/monthNo setup fee: you only pay the £69 monthly fee once you have approved your website. No lock-in contract.
  • 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
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What business owners in Caerphilly ask us

What about my domain name?

If you already own one, we connect it to the new website and your email. If not, tell us in the sign-up and we will help you pick one, by email.

Who keeps the website up to date?

Our team does it for you: email what needs changing and we take care of it, along with hosting, SSL and backups.

Can customers order from my website?

Yes, an online shop costs the same £69 a month as a regular website: product catalogue, basket and online payment.

Will customers in Caerphilly 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.

How do we work together if I am in Caerphilly?

No meetings needed: we talk by email at support@ariaserv.com, and you see the full website on a temporary link before approving it.

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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Tell us about your business in the sign-up form and we take it from there, by email.

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Sources for the numbers on this page
  • Population, households, housing, travel to work, work and qualifications: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, summed for the Caerphilly built-up area (2022 definition). 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.
  • Businesses: ONS, UK Business Counts 2026 (local units), Caerphilly local authority.
  • Locations of Caerphilly and the places around it: ONS Open Geography Portal, Built Up Areas 2022; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023.
  • Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.