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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
72
Population
170
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
55
Scotland❚DG1 3RT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
170
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
140
Single
41
Married
77
Separated
2
Divorced
10
Widowed
10

Health

Population
170
Very good
99
Good
56
Fair
12
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
140
Scotland❚DG1 3RT❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
20
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
170
White British
8
White Scottish
157
White Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
170
England
15
Scotland
151
Germany
1
Turkey
2
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
170
Christian
95
Muslim
6
Other
1
No religion
57
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
101
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
9
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
126
Scotland❚DG1 3RT❚
Full-Time employee
67
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
10
Unemployed
4
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
72
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
72
Occupied
72
Detached
20
Semi detached
17
Terraced
35

Household Size

All categoies
72
One person
18
Two people
26
Three people
16
Four people
8
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3RY DG1 3QX DG1 3QS DG1 3QT DG1 3RN DG1 3RW DG1 3SZ DG1 3UU DG1 3QY 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