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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
141
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
46
Scotland❚DG1 1UN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
141
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
124
Single
40
Married
56
Divorced
12
Widowed
16

Health

Population
141
Very good
56
Good
45
Fair
24
Bad
11
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
124
Scotland❚DG1 1UN❚
Degree or above
4
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
No qualifications
73

Ethnicity

Population
141
White British
1
White Scottish
139
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
141
England
3
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
134
Germany
1

Religion

Population
141
Christian
82
No religion
47
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
62
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
4
Manufacturing
8
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
5
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
107
Scotland❚DG1 1UN❚
Full-Time employee
33
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
7
Unemployed
6
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
72
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - other social
28
Rented - private landlord
1

Housing Types

All categoies
72
Occupied
72
Detached
10
Semi detached
20
Terraced
41
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
72
One person
31
Two people
23
Three people
10
Four people
7
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1XH DG1 1UY DG1 1XD DG1 1XE DG1 1UP DG1 1UR DG1 1XP DG1 1UL DG1 1UT DG1 1UU DG1 1UW DG1 1UH

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