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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
62
Population
154
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
49
Scotland❚DG1 1XF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
154
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
111
Single
41
Married
54
Separated
1
Divorced
10
Widowed
5

Health

Population
154
Very good
72
Good
46
Fair
23
Bad
12
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
111
Scotland❚DG1 1XF❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
154
White British
15
White Scottish
138
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
154
England
9
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
138
Wales
4
Germany
1

Religion

Population
154
Christian
62
Other
1
No religion
74
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
70
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
12
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
5
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
2
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
101
Scotland❚DG1 1XF❚
Full-Time employee
37
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
3
Unemployed
3
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
62
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
24
Rented - other social
17
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
62
Occupied
62
Detached
7
Semi detached
12
Terraced
42
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
62
One person
15
Two people
20
Three people
12
Four people
12
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

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

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