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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Accessible Small Town
Households
57
Population
141
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
36
Scotland❚DG1 1QD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
141
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
116
Single
30
Married
61
Separated
2
Divorced
15
Widowed
8

Health

Population
141
Very good
65
Good
49
Fair
19
Bad
5
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
116
Scotland❚DG1 1QD❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
141
White British
13
White Scottish
126
White Other
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1

Country of Birth

Population
141
England
12
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
124
Germany
1
Canada
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
141
Christian
59
No religion
69
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
60
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
2
Manufacturing
7
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
5
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
98
Scotland❚DG1 1QD❚
Full-Time employee
32
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
9
Unemployed
6
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
57
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
59
Occupied
57
Unoccupied
2
Detached
28
Semi detached
12
Terraced
19

Household Size

All categoies
57
One person
12
Two people
23
Three people
11
Four people
7
Five people
2
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1QW DG1 1XW DG1 1US DG1 1QN DG1 1QR DG1 1QL DG1 1UJ DG1 1QQ DG1 1FA

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