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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
70
Population
171
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
47
Scotland❚DG1 1JZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
171
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
145
Single
33
Married
90
Separated
2
Divorced
8
Widowed
12

Health

Population
171
Very good
94
Good
51
Fair
22
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
145
Scotland❚DG1 1JZ❚
Degree or above
67
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
20
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
No qualifications
20

Ethnicity

Population
171
White British
29
White Scottish
141
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
171
England
30
Nortern Ireland
6
Scotland
127
Wales
1
Germany
1
Zimbabwe
1
Hong Kong
1
USA
1
Netherlands
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
171
Christian
105
No religion
57
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
85
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
14
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
126
Scotland❚DG1 1JZ❚
Full-Time employee
46
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
12
Unemployed
4
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
70
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
71
Occupied
70
Unoccupied
1
Detached
40
Semi detached
23
Terraced
7
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
70
One person
13
Two people
30
Three people
13
Four people
12
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3LF DG1 3GY DG1 3JL DG1 1GN DG1 1GP DG1 3FT DG1 3FJ DG1 3FD DG1 3FE DG1 3FF DG1 1GL DG1 1GQ 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