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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
43
Population
86
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
29
Scotland❚DG1 3NZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
86
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
28%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
78
Single
19
Married
47
Separated
4
Divorced
5
Widowed
3

Health

Population
86
Very good
47
Good
26
Fair
9
Bad
3
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
78
Scotland❚DG1 3NZ❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
11
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
86
White British
21
White Scottish
62
White Other
2
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
86
England
21
Scotland
63
Hungary
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
86
Christian
48
No religion
27
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
50
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
7
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
72
Scotland❚DG1 3NZ❚
Full-Time employee
27
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
11
Unemployed
2
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
43
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
48
Occupied
43
Unoccupied
5
Detached
36
Semi detached
11
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
43
One person
12
Two people
21
Three people
8
Four people
2

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