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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
172
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
Scotland❚DG1 1UP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
172
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
144
Single
49
Married
69
Separated
4
Divorced
9
Widowed
13

Health

Population
172
Very good
87
Good
55
Fair
23
Bad
6
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
144
Scotland❚DG1 1UP❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
17
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
No qualifications
61

Ethnicity

Population
172
White British
6
White Scottish
157
White Polish
3
White Other
1
Asian Pakistani
5

Country of Birth

Population
172
England
11
Scotland
153
Germany
1
Poland
3
Pakistan
4

Religion

Population
172
Christian
92
Muslim
5
No religion
68
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
85
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
1
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
127
Scotland❚DG1 1UP❚
Full-Time employee
55
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
5
Unemployed
9
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
72
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
27
Rented - other social
17
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
75
Occupied
72
Unoccupied
3
Detached
3
Semi detached
22
Terraced
45
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
72
One person
23
Two people
22
Three people
9
Four people
12
Five people
6

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1XQ DG1 1UZ DG1 1XE DG1 1UR DG1 1XP DG1 1UN 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