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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
74
Population
175
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
48
Scotland❚DG1 1PS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
2

Age Groups

Population
175
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
140
Single
19
Married
101
Separated
4
Divorced
7
Widowed
9

Health

Population
175
Very good
108
Good
38
Fair
21
Bad
6
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
140
Scotland❚DG1 1PS❚
Degree or above
70
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
No qualifications
13

Ethnicity

Population
175
White British
23
White Scottish
136
White Irish
3
White Other
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
5
Asian Other
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
175
England
26
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
130
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
3
Middle East
3
India
2

Religion

Population
175
Christian
90
Buddhist
1
Hindu
6
Muslim
4
No religion
65
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
81
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
5
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
13
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
121
Scotland❚DG1 1PS❚
Full-Time employee
44
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
12
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
3
Student
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
74
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
25
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
5
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
80
Occupied
74
Unoccupied
6
Detached
52
Semi detached
22
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
74
One person
17
Two people
30
Three people
12
Four people
13
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

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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