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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
70
Population
162
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
Scotland❚DG1 3SH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
162
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
32%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
143
Single
39
Married
84
Separated
1
Divorced
11
Widowed
8

Health

Population
162
Very good
80
Good
54
Fair
22
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
143
Scotland❚DG1 3SH❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
25
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
162
White British
8
White Scottish
152
White Irish
2

Country of Birth

Population
162
England
5
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
151
Germany
1

Religion

Population
162
Christian
97
No religion
45
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
96
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
10
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
8
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
9
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
132
Scotland❚DG1 3SH❚
Full-Time employee
65
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
6
Unemployed
3
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
70
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
70
Occupied
70
Detached
27
Semi detached
41
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
70
One person
17
Two people
27
Three people
15
Four people
9
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3RS DG1 3RE DG1 3SY DG1 3RU DG1 3SU DG1 3SN 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