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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
58
Population
93
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
23
Scotland❚DG1 1XJ❚
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
2
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
93
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
49%
65 or over
40%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
6%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
30%
75 or over
26%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
84
Single
24
Married
24
Separated
1
Divorced
9
Widowed
26

Health

Population
93
Very good
22
Good
29
Fair
26
Bad
11
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
84
Scotland❚DG1 1XJ❚
Degree or above
3
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
8
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
10
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
93
White British
8
White Scottish
84
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
93
England
9
Scotland
83
Germany
1

Religion

Population
93
Christian
69
No religion
14
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
20
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
1
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Education
1
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
59
Scotland❚DG1 1XJ❚
Full-Time employee
13
Part-Time employee
4
Self employed
2
Unemployed
3
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
58
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - other social
34
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
59
Occupied
58
Unoccupied
1
Detached
5
Semi detached
41
Terraced
11
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
58
One person
34
Two people
17
Three people
5
Four people
1
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1TR DG1 1TZ DG1 1UB DG1 1XL DG1 3RR DG1 1UF DG1 3QU DG1 1XN DG1 1XB DG1 1XF DG1 1XG 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