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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
61
Population
169
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
55
Scotland❚DG1 3FQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
169
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
14%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
36%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
122
Single
39
Married
67
Civil partnership
2
Separated
2
Divorced
9
Widowed
3

Health

Population
169
Very good
130
Good
27
Fair
8
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
122
Scotland❚DG1 3FQ❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
23
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
169
White British
25
White Scottish
117
White Irish
4
White Other
7
Asian Pakistani
8
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
3
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
169
England
25
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
120
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Hong Kong
1
Pakistan
2
South America
5
Canada
1

Religion

Population
169
Christian
90
Buddhist
6
Muslim
5
No religion
55
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
94
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
6
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
121
Scotland❚DG1 3FQ❚
Full-Time employee
68
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
10
Unemployed
2
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
61
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
46
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
64
Occupied
61
Unoccupied
3
Detached
41
Semi detached
16
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
61
One person
7
Two people
24
Three people
12
Four people
13
Five people
4
Six people
1

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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