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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
144
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚DG1 3ST❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
144
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
129
Single
34
Married
62
Separated
3
Divorced
17
Widowed
13

Health

Population
144
Very good
64
Good
49
Fair
21
Bad
9
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
129
Scotland❚DG1 3ST❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
17
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
No qualifications
38

Ethnicity

Population
144
White British
8
White Scottish
127
White Polish
1
White Irish
1
Asian Chinese
4
Black African
3

Country of Birth

Population
144
England
14
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
118
Wales
1
Germany
2
Poland
1
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
2

Religion

Population
144
Christian
94
Buddhist
4
Muslim
3
No religion
32
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
75
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
7
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
110
Scotland❚DG1 3ST❚
Full-Time employee
49
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
7
Unemployed
2
Retired
21
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
11
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
70
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
30
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
71
Occupied
70
Unoccupied
1
Detached
58
Semi detached
12
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
70
One person
25
Two people
26
Three people
11
Four people
6
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

DG1 3RS DG1 3TS DG1 3RE DG1 3SY DG1 3RU DG1 3SU DG1 3SP DG1 3SN DG1 3SJ DG1 3SR DG1 3SS DG1 3SL DG1 3QJ 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