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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
111
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
49
Scotland❚DG1 3QZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
111
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
99
Single
33
Married
40
Separated
4
Divorced
14
Widowed
8

Health

Population
111
Very good
71
Good
27
Fair
10
Bad
1
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
99
Scotland❚DG1 3QZ❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
111
White British
8
White Scottish
100
White Irish
2
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
111
England
11
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
97
Ireland
1

Religion

Population
111
Christian
63
Buddhist
2
No religion
43
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
78
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
8
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
93
Scotland❚DG1 3QZ❚
Full-Time employee
55
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
10
Unemployed
2
Retired
8
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
60
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
25
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
61
Occupied
60
Unoccupied
1
Detached
19
Semi detached
27
Flat - purpose built
13
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
60
One person
24
Two people
25
Three people
8
Four people
2
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 3QY DG1 3RG DG1 3RH DG1 3RQ DG1 3QW DG1 3QN DG1 3RP DG1 3RJ DG1 3QR DG1 3RL DG1 3QP

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