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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
37
Population
81
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
26
Scotland❚DG1 1QL❚
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
81
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
27%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
67
Single
30
Married
18
Separated
2
Divorced
8
Widowed
9

Health

Population
81
Very good
41
Good
21
Fair
16
Bad
2
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
67
Scotland❚DG1 1QL❚
Degree or above
3
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
No qualifications
29

Ethnicity

Population
81
White British
9
White Scottish
68
White Polish
3
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
81
England
9
Scotland
67
Wales
1
Poland
2
Turkey
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
81
Christian
35
Muslim
2
No religion
38
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
39
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
4
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
64
Scotland❚DG1 1QL❚
Full-Time employee
19
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
5
Unemployed
5
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
37
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
5
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
13
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
37
Occupied
37
Detached
2
Semi detached
6
Terraced
27
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
37
One person
14
Two people
10
Three people
9
Four people
2
Five people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1QW DG1 1XW DG1 1US DG1 1QN DG1 1QR DG1 1QG DG1 1UJ DG1 1QQ DG1 1QF DG1 1QJ DG1 1QD 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