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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
52
Population
134
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
41
Scotland❚DG1 1RP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
134
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
110
Single
17
Married
78
Separated
5
Divorced
6
Widowed
4

Health

Population
134
Very good
86
Good
36
Fair
8
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
110
Scotland❚DG1 1RP❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
No qualifications
11

Ethnicity

Population
134
White British
27
White Scottish
97
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Chinese
1
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
134
England
27
Scotland
100
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Hong Kong
1
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
134
Christian
85
Muslim
2
No religion
41
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
74
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
9
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
101
Scotland❚DG1 1RP❚
Full-Time employee
45
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
9
Unemployed
2
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
52
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
29
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
1

Housing Types

All categoies
52
Occupied
52
Detached
48
Semi detached
1
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
52
One person
6
Two people
22
Three people
12
Four people
12

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1SG DG1 1SF DG1 1RR DG1 1RA 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