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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Accessible Rural
Households
54
Population
132
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
42
Scotland❚DG1 3PJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
132
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
114
Single
26
Married
70
Separated
6
Divorced
6
Widowed
6

Health

Population
132
Very good
69
Good
46
Fair
12
Bad
4
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
114
Scotland❚DG1 3PJ❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
21
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
No qualifications
24

Ethnicity

Population
132
White British
17
White Scottish
112
White Other
1
Mixed Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
132
England
19
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
110
South Africa
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
132
Christian
90
No religion
38
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
71
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
5
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
8
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
111
Scotland❚DG1 3PJ❚
Full-Time employee
30
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
16
Unemployed
3
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
54
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
57
Occupied
54
Unoccupied
3
Detached
43
Semi detached
10
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
54
One person
11
Two people
22
Three people
11
Four people
7
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3PQ

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