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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
60
Population
140
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
40
Scotland❚DG1 3QT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
140
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
124
Single
25
Married
78
Separated
5
Divorced
10
Widowed
6

Health

Population
140
Very good
76
Good
42
Fair
17
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
124
Scotland❚DG1 3QT❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
26
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
140
White British
10
White Scottish
130

Country of Birth

Population
140
England
11
Scotland
128
Germany
1

Religion

Population
140
Christian
79
No religion
44
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
72
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
2
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
4
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
109
Scotland❚DG1 3QT❚
Full-Time employee
39
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
16
Unemployed
3
Retired
27
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
60
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
21
Rented - private landlord
1

Housing Types

All categoies
61
Occupied
60
Unoccupied
1
Detached
4
Semi detached
56
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
60
One person
12
Two people
27
Three people
10
Four people
11

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3RY DG1 3RZ DG1 3RX DG1 3RT DG1 3QS DG1 3RN DG1 3RW DG1 3UT DG1 3UU DG1 3QY DG1 3RG DG1 3RH DG1 3RQ DG1 3QW DG1 3QN DG1 3RP DG1 3RJ DG1 3QR DG1 3UX DG1 3UY DG1 3TL DG1 3TN DG1 3TT DG1 3RL DG1 3QP DG1 3QZ

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