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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
88
Males
35%
Females
65%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
16
Scotland❚DG1 1XP❚
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
3
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
88
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
35%
65 or over
50%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
5%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
7%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
34%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
76
Single
13
Married
25
Separated
2
Divorced
10
Widowed
26

Health

Population
88
Very good
29
Good
27
Fair
24
Bad
7
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
76
Scotland❚DG1 1XP❚
Degree or above
7
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
4
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
14
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
88
White British
2
White Scottish
84
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
88
England
7
Scotland
78
Wales
1
Malaysia
1

Religion

Population
88
Christian
56
No religion
20
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
24
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
1
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
45
Scotland❚DG1 1XP❚
Full-Time employee
11
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
2
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
58
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
8
Rented - other social
32
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
59
Occupied
58
Unoccupied
1
Detached
3
Semi detached
9
Terraced
20
Flat - purpose built
27

Household Size

All categoies
58
One person
39
Two people
13
Three people
2
Four people
3
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1XH DG1 1XQ DG1 1UZ DG1 1UY DG1 1XD DG1 1XE DG1 1UP DG1 1UR DG1 1UN DG1 1UL 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