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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
40
Population
88
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
26
Scotland❚DG1 3QY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
88
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
79
Single
23
Married
44
Separated
2
Divorced
1
Widowed
9

Health

Population
88
Very good
46
Good
32
Fair
9
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
79
Scotland❚DG1 3QY❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
88
White British
5
White Scottish
82
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
88
England
5
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
81
India
1

Religion

Population
88
Christian
58
Other
1
No religion
28
Not stated
1

Industry

Population
48
Mining
1
Manufacturing
5
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
3
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
74
Scotland❚DG1 3QY❚
Full-Time employee
32
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
2
Unemployed
2
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
40
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
40
Occupied
40
Detached
1
Semi detached
38
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
40
One person
11
Two people
17
Three people
6
Four people
5
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3RY DG1 3RZ DG1 3RX DG1 3RT DG1 3QX DG1 3QS DG1 3QT DG1 3RN DG1 3RW DG1 3SZ DG1 3UT DG1 3UU 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