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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
55
Population
143
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
50
Scotland❚DG1 1GN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
143
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
116
Single
31
Married
66
Separated
1
Divorced
13
Widowed
5

Health

Population
143
Very good
111
Good
23
Fair
7
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
116
Scotland❚DG1 1GN❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
No qualifications
20

Ethnicity

Population
143
White British
29
White Scottish
106
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
2

Country of Birth

Population
143
England
27
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
105
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
2
China
2
India
1

Religion

Population
143
Christian
92
No religion
44
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
90
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
20
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
114
Scotland❚DG1 1GN❚
Full-Time employee
53
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
6
Unemployed
2
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
55
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
58
Occupied
55
Unoccupied
3
Detached
44
Semi detached
8
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
55
One person
11
Two people
17
Three people
13
Four people
11
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1JX DG1 3LF DG1 1JY DG1 3GY DG1 3JL DG1 1JZ DG1 3FT DG1 3FJ DG1 3FD DG1 1GL DG1 1GQ 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