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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
35
Population
77
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
23
Scotland❚DG1 1QW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
3
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
77
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
64
Single
13
Married
42
Divorced
3
Widowed
6

Health

Population
77
Very good
29
Good
34
Fair
11
Bad
1
Very bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
64
Scotland❚DG1 1QW❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
15
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
77
White British
5
White Scottish
71
White Polish
1

Country of Birth

Population
77
England
4
Scotland
71
Poland
2

Religion

Population
77
Christian
48
No religion
21
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
41
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
3
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
2
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
57
Scotland❚DG1 1QW❚
Full-Time employee
20
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
2
Unemployed
1
Retired
12
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
35
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
14
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
35
Occupied
35
Detached
4
Semi detached
3
Terraced
27
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
35
One person
9
Two people
14
Three people
8
Four people
4

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1XW DG1 1US DG1 1QN 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