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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
32
Population
89
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
28
Scotland❚DG1 3RF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
89
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
37%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
74
Single
23
Married
39
Divorced
9
Widowed
3

Health

Population
89
Very good
50
Good
29
Fair
5
Bad
4
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
74
Scotland❚DG1 3RF❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
89
White British
6
White Scottish
81
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
89
England
8
Scotland
77
Germany
1
Czech Republic
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
89
Christian
54
No religion
28
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
55
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
3
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
72
Scotland❚DG1 3RF❚
Full-Time employee
32
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
4
Unemployed
1
Retired
6
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
32
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
32
Occupied
32
Detached
5
Semi detached
23
Terraced
4

Household Size

All categoies
32
One person
5
Two people
10
Three people
7
Four people
7
Five people
3

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 3RD DG1 3RB

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