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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
65
Population
157
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
48
Scotland❚DG1 3DA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
157
Under 16
29%
16 - 64
54%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
112
Single
40
Married
49
Separated
3
Divorced
12
Widowed
8

Health

Population
157
Very good
79
Good
51
Fair
20
Bad
4
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
112
Scotland❚DG1 3DA❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
13
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
157
White British
7
White Scottish
137
White Polish
6
White Other
2
Mixed Other
3
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
157
England
13
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
135
Wales
1
Poland
5
South America
1

Religion

Population
157
Christian
91
Other
1
No religion
57
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
66
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
3
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
99
Scotland❚DG1 3DA❚
Full-Time employee
36
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
8
Unemployed
6
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
65
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - other social
22
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
65
Occupied
65
Detached
3
Semi detached
14
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
45
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
65
One person
17
Two people
24
Three people
11
Four people
11
Five people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 2DP DG1 1PZ DG1 3AD DG1 3AW DG1 3AG DG1 3AE DG1 3AQ DG1 3AL DG1 1LJ DG1 1LZ DG1 1DX DG1 1NF DG1 3AT DG1 1NL DG1 3AU DG1 3AP DG1 1NJ 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 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