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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lochar
Local Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Other Urban Area
Households
68
Population
187
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
Scotland❚DG1 3AT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
187
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
151
Single
39
Married
92
Separated
3
Divorced
10
Widowed
7

Health

Population
187
Very good
115
Good
51
Fair
17
Bad
2
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
151
Scotland❚DG1 3AT❚
Degree or above
54
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
25
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
187
White British
18
White Scottish
161
White Irish
2
White Other
4
Asian Chinese
2

Country of Birth

Population
187
England
21
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
157
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
187
Christian
95
No religion
80
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
92
Manufacturing
5
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
10
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
137
Scotland❚DG1 3AT❚
Full-Time employee
55
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
15
Unemployed
5
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
11
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
68
Owned outright
28
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
5

Housing Types

All categoies
70
Occupied
68
Unoccupied
2
Detached
15
Semi detached
46
Terraced
7
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
68
One person
12
Two people
24
Three people
14
Four people
13
Five people
5

Nearby postcodes

DG1 2DP DG1 1PZ DG1 3AD DG1 3AW DG1 3AE DG1 3AQ DG1 3AL DG1 1LJ DG1 1DX DG1 1NF DG1 1NL DG1 1NN DG1 2SH DG1 3UF DG1 3JJ DG1 3EE DG1 3ES DG1 3EQ DG1 3AH DG1 3AJ DG1 3EG DG1 3EN DG1 3EJ DG1 4BH DG1 3EP DG1 3EW DG1 3BQ DG1 3BD DG1 3DT DG1 3DS DG1 3DP DG1 3DR DG1 3AN DG1 3AX DG1 3FB DG1 3BE DG1 3AS DG1 3AR DG1 3AY DG1 3BA DG1 3BH DG1 3BB DG1 3BJ DG1 3DW DG1 3DL DG1 3DN DG1 3DA DG1 3AZ DG1 3BL

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