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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lochar
Local Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Accessible Small Town
Households
50
Population
122
Males
42%
Females
58%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
40
Scotland❚DG1 3PE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
122
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
95
Single
28
Married
46
Separated
2
Divorced
13
Widowed
6

Health

Population
122
Very good
60
Good
50
Fair
8
Bad
3
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
95
Scotland❚DG1 3PE❚
Degree or above
14
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
24
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
122
White British
7
White Scottish
106
White Other
1
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
4

Country of Birth

Population
122
England
11
Scotland
106
Hong Kong
1
India
2
Pakistan
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
122
Christian
58
Buddhist
5
Muslim
3
No religion
53
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
68
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
5
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
88
Scotland❚DG1 3PE❚
Full-Time employee
46
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
8
Unemployed
3
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
50
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
22
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
52
Occupied
50
Unoccupied
2
Detached
25
Semi detached
26
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
50
One person
10
Two people
21
Three people
9
Four people
8
Five people
1
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3RS DG1 3TS DG1 3RE DG1 3SY DG1 3RU DG1 3SU DG1 3SP DG1 3SN DG1 3SJ DG1 3SR DG1 3SS DG1 3SL DG1 3PD DG1 3ST DG1 3SW

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