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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
35
Population
72
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
20
Scotland❚DG1 1XA❚
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
4
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
72
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
59
Single
10
Married
31
Separated
1
Divorced
6
Widowed
11

Health

Population
72
Very good
34
Good
25
Fair
10
Bad
2
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
59
Scotland❚DG1 1XA❚
Degree or above
6
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
10
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
72
White British
4
White Scottish
68

Country of Birth

Population
72
England
4
Scotland
67
Germany
1

Religion

Population
72
Christian
43
No religion
24
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
33
Manufacturing
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
4
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Education
3
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
48
Scotland❚DG1 1XA❚
Full-Time employee
21
Part-Time employee
9
Self employed
2
Unemployed
3
Retired
8
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
35
Owned outright
6
Owned with mortgage
17
Rented - other social
12

Housing Types

All categoies
38
Occupied
35
Unoccupied
3
Detached
4
Semi detached
10
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
35
One person
14
Two people
13
Three people
2
Four people
4
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1TR DG1 1TZ DG1 1UB DG1 1XL DG1 3RR DG1 1XR DG1 1UF DG1 3QU DG1 1XN DG1 1XB DG1 1XF DG1 1XJ DG1 1XS

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