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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
68
Population
130
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
50
Scotland❚DG1 1XX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
130
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
115
Single
35
Married
54
Separated
2
Divorced
10
Widowed
14

Health

Population
130
Very good
46
Good
44
Fair
28
Bad
8
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
115
Scotland❚DG1 1XX❚
Degree or above
13
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
130
White British
10
White Scottish
118
White Polish
1
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
130
England
12
Scotland
117
Hungary
1

Religion

Population
130
Christian
57
Other
2
No religion
63
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
66
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
2
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
109
Scotland❚DG1 1XX❚
Full-Time employee
39
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
6
Unemployed
7
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
68
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - other social
34
Rented - private landlord
9

Housing Types

All categoies
70
Occupied
68
Unoccupied
2
Detached
3
Semi detached
24
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
68
One person
26
Two people
28
Three people
9
Four people
4
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1QW DG1 1QN DG1 1QR DG1 1QL DG1 1QG DG1 1UJ DG1 1QQ DG1 1QF DG1 1QJ DG1 1QD DG1 1FA

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