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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
63
Population
143
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚DG1 1SA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
143
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
126
Single
28
Married
81
Separated
1
Divorced
9
Widowed
7

Health

Population
143
Very good
66
Good
61
Fair
8
Bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
126
Scotland❚DG1 1SA❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
143
White British
14
White Scottish
126
White Polish
1
White Irish
1
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
143
England
15
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
120
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
143
Christian
92
No religion
39
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
79
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
5
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
4
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
112
Scotland❚DG1 1SA❚
Full-Time employee
41
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
20
Unemployed
1
Retired
21
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
63
Owned outright
28
Owned with mortgage
32
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
66
Occupied
63
Unoccupied
3
Detached
42
Semi detached
20
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
63
One person
16
Two people
28
Three people
11
Four people
3
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1QP DG1 1SD

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