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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
131
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
26
Scotland❚DG1 3RL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
131
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
44%
65 or over
39%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
9%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
36%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
108
Single
18
Married
72
Divorced
7
Widowed
11

Health

Population
131
Very good
59
Good
53
Fair
17
Bad
1
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
108
Scotland❚DG1 3RL❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
4
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
131
White British
8
White Scottish
121
White Irish
2

Country of Birth

Population
131
England
12
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
117

Religion

Population
131
Christian
81
No religion
48
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
51
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
5
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
95
Scotland❚DG1 3RL❚
Full-Time employee
36
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
4
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
60
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
60
Occupied
60
Detached
3
Semi detached
55
Terraced
2

Household Size

All categoies
60
One person
18
Two people
27
Three people
8
Four people
5
Five people
1
Eight or over
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 3QY DG1 3RG DG1 3RQ DG1 3QW DG1 3QN DG1 3RP DG1 3QR DG1 3UX DG1 3UY DG1 3TL DG1 3TN DG1 3TT 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