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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
72
Population
187
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
Scotland❚DG1 1UL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
187
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
144
Single
49
Married
69
Separated
4
Divorced
11
Widowed
11

Health

Population
187
Very good
98
Good
54
Fair
22
Bad
12
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
144
Scotland❚DG1 1UL❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
187
White British
6
White Scottish
181

Country of Birth

Population
187
England
7
Scotland
179
Germany
1

Religion

Population
187
Christian
84
No religion
84
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
81
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
3
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
2
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
134
Scotland❚DG1 1UL❚
Full-Time employee
46
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
4
Unemployed
7
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
72
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
17
Shared ownership
3
Rented - other social
37
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
73
Occupied
72
Unoccupied
1
Detached
3
Semi detached
28
Terraced
42

Household Size

All categoies
72
One person
17
Two people
25
Three people
11
Four people
11
Five people
5
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1XH DG1 1XQ DG1 1UZ DG1 1UY DG1 1XD DG1 1XE DG1 1UP DG1 1UR DG1 1XP DG1 1UN DG1 1UT DG1 1UU DG1 1UW

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