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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
67
Population
161
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
53
Scotland❚DG1 3FB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
161
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
122
Single
34
Married
74
Separated
3
Divorced
8
Widowed
3

Health

Population
161
Very good
107
Good
32
Fair
18
Bad
2
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
122
Scotland❚DG1 3FB❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
16
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
No qualifications
29

Ethnicity

Population
161
White British
9
White Scottish
137
White Polish
7
White Irish
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1
Black African
3

Country of Birth

Population
161
England
10
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
135
Ireland
1
Poland
6
South Africa
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
161
Christian
88
Other
1
No religion
58
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
86
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
7
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
114
Scotland❚DG1 3FB❚
Full-Time employee
55
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
9
Unemployed
2
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
67
Owned outright
19
Owned with mortgage
29
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
13
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
71
Occupied
67
Unoccupied
4
Detached
35
Semi detached
14
Terraced
9
Flat - purpose built
11
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
67
One person
20
Two people
19
Three people
13
Four people
14
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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