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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
58
Population
132
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
49
Scotland❚DG1 3RB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
132
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
103
Single
20
Married
64
Separated
3
Divorced
11
Widowed
5

Health

Population
132
Very good
79
Good
33
Fair
12
Bad
7
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
103
Scotland❚DG1 3RB❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
No qualifications
31

Ethnicity

Population
132
White British
5
White Scottish
123
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
132
England
8
Scotland
123
Canada
1

Religion

Population
132
Christian
66
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
Sikh
1
No religion
51
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
69
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
9
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
98
Scotland❚DG1 3RB❚
Full-Time employee
50
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
5
Unemployed
1
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
58
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
38
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
59
Occupied
58
Unoccupied
1
Detached
8
Semi detached
13
Terraced
36
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
58
One person
16
Two people
24
Three people
9
Four people
5
Five people
3
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 1TN DG1 1TW DG1 1TP DG1 1TU DG1 1SH DG1 1UA DG1 1TT DG1 1TY DG1 1TS DG1 1UD DG1 1UG DG1 1TX DG1 3RF

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