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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
90
Males
42%
Females
58%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
25
Scotland❚DG1 1QN❚
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
90
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
79
Single
30
Married
37
Divorced
7
Widowed
5

Health

Population
90
Very good
43
Good
30
Fair
14
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
79
Scotland❚DG1 1QN❚
Degree or above
7
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
90
White British
2
White Scottish
87
Asian Pakistani
1

Country of Birth

Population
90
England
4
Scotland
84
Pakistan
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
90
Christian
33
Muslim
1
No religion
50
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
43
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
5
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
73
Scotland❚DG1 1QN❚
Full-Time employee
23
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
1
Unemployed
5
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
37
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - other social
18

Housing Types

All categoies
37
Occupied
37
Semi detached
5
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
37
One person
8
Two people
12
Three people
11
Four people
5
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1QW DG1 1XW DG1 1US DG1 1QR DG1 1QL 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