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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lochar
Local Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Accessible Rural
Households
67
Population
183
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
49
Scotland❚DG1 3LQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
183
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
140
Single
28
Married
100
Divorced
6
Widowed
6

Health

Population
183
Very good
106
Good
58
Fair
13
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
140
Scotland❚DG1 3LQ❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
23
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
No qualifications
33

Ethnicity

Population
183
White British
29
White Scottish
146
White Irish
3
White Other
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
183
England
30
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
146
Ireland
1
Philippines
1
USA
1
Australia
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
183
Christian
118
Buddhist
1
No religion
38
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
91
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Mining
1
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
11
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
131
Scotland❚DG1 3LQ❚
Full-Time employee
40
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
20
Unemployed
6
Retired
24
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
67
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
27
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
5

Housing Types

All categoies
70
Occupied
67
Unoccupied
3
Detached
55
Semi detached
12
Terraced
2
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
67
One person
11
Two people
21
Three people
16
Four people
14
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3LL

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