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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
46
Population
138
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
38
Scotland❚DG1 1RA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
138
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
22%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
99
Single
18
Married
74
Separated
2
Divorced
2
Widowed
3

Health

Population
138
Very good
101
Good
25
Fair
7
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
99
Scotland❚DG1 1RA❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
21
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
14
No qualifications
7

Ethnicity

Population
138
White British
9
White Scottish
124
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
4

Country of Birth

Population
138
England
9
Scotland
121
Wales
1
South Africa
1
China
2
Hong Kong
2
Singapore
1

Religion

Population
138
Christian
88
No religion
39
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
77
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
16
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
94
Scotland❚DG1 1RA❚
Full-Time employee
51
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
10
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
1
Student
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
46
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
48
Occupied
46
Unoccupied
2
Detached
46
Semi detached
1
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
46
One person
5
Two people
16
Three people
8
Four people
10
Five people
5
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1SG DG1 1SF DG1 1RP DG1 1SQ

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