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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
75
Population
199
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
54
Scotland❚DG1 1RF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
199
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
167
Single
55
Married
94
Separated
2
Divorced
8
Widowed
8

Health

Population
199
Very good
90
Good
73
Fair
22
Bad
11
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
167
Scotland❚DG1 1RF❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
23
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
No qualifications
52

Ethnicity

Population
199
White British
24
White Scottish
173
White Irish
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
199
England
27
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
167
Ireland
1
Germany
1

Religion

Population
199
Christian
98
Buddhist
1
No religion
85
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
96
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
11
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
5
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
158
Scotland❚DG1 1RF❚
Full-Time employee
52
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
17
Unemployed
8
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
75
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
23
Rented - other social
13
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
78
Occupied
75
Unoccupied
3
Detached
19
Semi detached
46
Terraced
10
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
75
One person
12
Two people
29
Three people
13
Four people
16
Five people
4
Six people
1

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