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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Accessible Rural
Households
61
Population
136
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
48
Scotland❚DG1 1RB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
136
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
117
Single
28
Married
76
Separated
2
Divorced
5
Widowed
6

Health

Population
136
Very good
78
Good
46
Fair
11
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
117
Scotland❚DG1 1RB❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
136
White British
32
White Scottish
101
White Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
136
England
31
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
96
Wales
1
Germany
1
Romania
1
India
1
Australia
2
Netherlands
1

Religion

Population
136
Christian
91
Hindu
1
No religion
36
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
81
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
11
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
9
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
114
Scotland❚DG1 1RB❚
Full-Time employee
42
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
19
Unemployed
2
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
61
Owned outright
22
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - private landlord
18
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
69
Occupied
61
Unoccupied
8
Detached
58
Semi detached
10
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
61
One person
14
Two people
28
Three people
13
Four people
3
Five people
3

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