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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
73
Population
149
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
41
Scotland❚DG1 1TY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
149
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
125
Single
36
Married
60
Civil partnership
1
Separated
4
Divorced
9
Widowed
15

Health

Population
149
Very good
70
Good
52
Fair
18
Bad
6
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
125
Scotland❚DG1 1TY❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
No qualifications
62

Ethnicity

Population
149
White British
10
White Scottish
132
White Polish
4
White Other
2
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
149
England
10
Scotland
133
Poland
4

Religion

Population
149
Christian
93
No religion
52
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
74
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
5
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
108
Scotland❚DG1 1TY❚
Full-Time employee
40
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
10
Unemployed
3
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
73
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
25
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
74
Occupied
73
Unoccupied
1
Detached
20
Semi detached
27
Terraced
24
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
73
One person
24
Two people
32
Three people
9
Four people
6
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1TN DG1 1TW DG1 1TP DG1 1TU DG1 1UA DG1 1TT DG1 1TS DG1 1UD DG1 1UG DG1 3RF DG1 3RD DG1 3RB

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