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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
71
Population
166
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
47
Scotland❚DG1 3PU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
166
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
135
Single
23
Married
91
Separated
4
Divorced
5
Widowed
12

Health

Population
166
Very good
100
Good
46
Fair
19
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
135
Scotland❚DG1 3PU❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
23
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
166
White British
19
White Scottish
147

Country of Birth

Population
166
England
26
Scotland
138
Ireland
1
Netherlands
1

Religion

Population
166
Christian
102
Other
1
No religion
56
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
82
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
8
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
126
Scotland❚DG1 3PU❚
Full-Time employee
44
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
18
Unemployed
3
Retired
36
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
71
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
33
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
75
Occupied
71
Unoccupied
4
Detached
33
Semi detached
38
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
71
One person
17
Two people
33
Three people
10
Four people
6
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3QD

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