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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
53
Population
148
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
47
Scotland❚DG1 3RU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
148
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
117
Single
38
Married
64
Separated
3
Divorced
9
Widowed
3

Health

Population
148
Very good
96
Good
38
Fair
12
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
117
Scotland❚DG1 3RU❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
24
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
148
White British
6
White Scottish
138
White Polish
1
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1

Country of Birth

Population
148
England
10
Scotland
135
Ireland
2
Poland
1

Religion

Population
148
Christian
88
No religion
58
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
96
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
7
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
116
Scotland❚DG1 3RU❚
Full-Time employee
57
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
9
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
53
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
30
Shared ownership
1
Rented - private landlord
4

Housing Types

All categoies
53
Occupied
53
Detached
3
Semi detached
16
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
53
One person
10
Two people
14
Three people
13
Four people
13
Five people
1
Six people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3RS DG1 3TS DG1 3RE DG1 3SY DG1 3SU DG1 3SP DG1 3SN DG1 3SJ DG1 3SR DG1 3SS DG1 3SL DG1 3PD DG1 3ST DG1 3QJ DG1 3SW DG1 3QH DG1 3PE

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