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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
65
Population
152
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
46
Scotland❚DG1 1SN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
152
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
123
Single
29
Married
72
Separated
3
Divorced
8
Widowed
11

Health

Population
152
Very good
82
Good
42
Fair
18
Bad
9
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
123
Scotland❚DG1 1SN❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
16
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
152
White British
24
White Scottish
124
White Irish
2
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
152
England
26
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
121
Germany
1
Turkey
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
152
Christian
84
Muslim
1
No religion
52
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
78
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
6
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
109
Scotland❚DG1 1SN❚
Full-Time employee
47
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
10
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
65
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
28
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
67
Occupied
65
Unoccupied
2
Detached
26
Semi detached
33
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
65
One person
16
Two people
25
Three people
13
Four people
8
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