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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lochar
Local Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Other Urban Area
Households
47
Population
122
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
32
Scotland❚DG1 1GL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
122
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
99
Single
20
Married
70
Separated
1
Divorced
3
Widowed
5

Health

Population
122
Very good
70
Good
39
Fair
10
Bad
2
Very bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
99
Scotland❚DG1 1GL❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
No qualifications
8

Ethnicity

Population
122
White British
21
White Scottish
96
White Irish
1
Asian Chinese
3
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
122
England
20
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
95
Hong Kong
1
USA
1
Malaysia
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
122
Christian
67
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
46
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
64
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
8
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
92
Scotland❚DG1 1GL❚
Full-Time employee
41
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
7
Unemployed
1
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
47
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
28
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
47
Occupied
47
Detached
40
Semi detached
4
Terraced
3

Household Size

All categoies
47
One person
6
Two people
24
Three people
4
Four people
9
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1JX DG1 3LF DG1 1JY DG1 3GY DG1 3JL DG1 1JZ DG1 1GN DG1 1GP DG1 3FT DG1 3FJ DG1 3FD DG1 3FE DG1 3FF DG1 3FX DG1 1GZ

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019